Erin
Erin is a National Board Certified high school social studies teacher who builds her courses on inquiry and project-based learning. She started Let’s Cultivate Greatness as a passion project to help other teachers create empowered, articulate young adults who are equipped to shape the future. She is based in Washington State.
Asking questions seems easy enough. But after spending any time at all teaching you know it’s not. Certainly, not asking great questions anyway. It’s one of those subtle yet fundamental skills I... Read More
Primary source analysis is the cornerstone to teaching history these days. And once you have a few good analysis strategies in place, it’s easy to assume your students can seamlessly turn their... Read More
It truly takes a village to raise a child and the school community has never been more essential in supporting our students. In my high school Leadership class, we add... Read More
We know teaching writing in history class is important. But it can also be incredibly daunting to even think about how to weave it into your content-heavy classroom. So, we... Read More
Never before have teachers, especially civics teachers, been in such a delicate, but essential, position to be reliable, non-partisan, and unbiased sources on current politics. The 2016 election left so... Read More
We all know about the amazing iCivics web-based curriculum, the generous endeavor founded by former Justice Sandra Day O’Conner. In fact, it seems to be recommended so much in Facebook groups that... Read More
We call it Civics, not Government, class because the purpose is to instill a sense of citizen duty and participation, not just a memorization of names, flow charts, and Constitutional... Read More
You are committed to switching to thematically teaching your history class, you’ve read my blog post of the 5 steps to building a thematic unit, you have a unit and theme... Read More
Last month, I detailed some actionable tips for guiding you to be more antiracist and inclusive in your overall instruction and classroom, so that is a great place to start if... Read More
You probably went into teaching social studies because you have always been a bit of a nerd for learning the real story behind the accepted narrative and somewhat politically involved... Read More
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