2019 has come to a close, and I know that I always take time at the end of the year to look back on the best of the year. What was the best use of my time? What was the best family event?...Read More

Wordless Wednesday is a quick post with just a picture from my classroom, a short explanation, and a question for you, my readers. ~~~~~ I work hard to balance my world history class assessments between tests and projects. This is one of my...Read More

Wordless Wednesday is a quick post with just a picture from my classroom, a short explanation, and a question for you, my readers. ~~~~~ There are so many passages on the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition exam that my students had to have...Read More

Wordless Wednesday is a quick post with just a picture from my classroom, a short explanation, and a question for you, my readers. ~~~~~ This is my side whiteboard in my classroom. I use it for notes and information for my students. This...Read More

Wordless Wednesday is a quick post with just a picture from my classroom, a short explanation, and a question for you, my readers. ~~~~~ Argumentative writing has been a staple in my classroom since I started teaching. It has only grown with popularity...Read More

When I first started working at Carson City-Crystal High School in the fall of 2009, a wonderful social studies teacher that worked there, Mr. Tim Hullinger.  He and I are close in age, had classrooms on the third floor (far away from the...Read More

Wordless Wednesday is a quick post with just a picture from my classroom, a short explanation, and a question for you, my readers. ~~~~~ For the last nine years, I have taught Advanced Placement English Literature, for the last two years I have...Read More