Writing for change x.com/PassmanACPS/st…

Critical thinking is a vital life skill.

Story Mapping injustice and art analysis to prepare for reading A Small Place. Thank you @ellisbeckyg Erica Thorsen

How many cows did it take to make a Gutenberg Bible? Our TEAM 21 Ss know! Thank you, Virginia Arts of the Book for our field trip!

History meets real world application and authentic audiences. Ss crown their Absolute Monarchs Erica Thorsen Jason Ver Planck @msrobertsacps

Exploring Enlightenment texts and the Declaration of Independence Small Special Collections Library (UVA) to bring our interdisciplinary unit alive Jesse Turner

Great resource - definitely going to use this as a hook for Animal Farm!

Gorgeous and beautiful hook for our units on trade and commerce!

Great day at #KlugeRuhe with our interdisciplinary class looking at aboriginal art and how history and culture meets protest Jesse Turner AHS TEAM Program

Meet the #SinglePointRubric | Cult of Pedagogy Thanks to ⁦@AdamSeipel⁩ for this wonderful read. Clear and effective feedback for discussion and projects cultofpedagogy.com/single-point-r…

Discussion norming has never been this easy @AdamSeipel

I have loved every moment of this experience-such beautiful people, inspiring writing and impactful work! Apply!!! Maureen Jensen AlbemarleCountySchls

Ss planning and leading their own discussion on To Kill a Mockingbird. Students chose the format and questions. Powerful conversation on intersectionalities of race and class Jesse Turner 𝔹𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕪-𝕁𝕠 𝕎𝕪𝕟𝕙𝕒𝕞 Kasaundra Blount

Nothing like a puzzle to engage Ss after a long break!

Is Othello relevant today? Ss look at different eras when Othello was produced to see what patterns emerge about power and justice. @AdamSeipel Sources curated by Erica Thorsen

Despite remote learning's many frustrations, Ss have never been more engaged with blackout poetry. Technology offers useful tools for reading Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference"& Night @MsLauxAHS Erica Thorsen

Speechless. I asked Ss to bring Othello to modern audiences using symbolism, and this student took the opportunity to teach me about shape symbolism in art. The power of choice boards @AdamSeipel

Using historical documents about the age of exploration for an interdisciplinary pairing. Student wrote a disclaimer on his paper, "You could die or your teeth will fall out. I do not think being an explorer is worth it." They're learning, @amrobs620

"But children who are reading far below grade level need us to meet them where they are." x.com/MaureenMJensen…

Lit Citcle #4 success! Today looking at how the setting and culture influences the author. Real world discussions about Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Venezuela, India, and the Dominican Republic