Category: Reviews

Reading History Class Revisited in the summer made me really miss the middle schoolers who fill my classroom each fall. On each page, Jody Passanisi shows a deep knowledge and affection for these students’ minds and hearts. Along the way she offers… Continue reading

If you could watch a class taught by David N. Perkins, Harvard’s Project Zero cofounder and author of Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World, it would likely be full of questions, and he wouldn’t give all the answers… Continue reading

I felt as if I couldn’t write this review fast enough because every teacher should read this book before returning to school this fall. Through specific classroom examples and deep knowledge in the field, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey inspire us to lead our students to become independent learners… Continue reading

Many of our history students find it difficult to connect to the past and make it relevant to their own lives. Even when they can see the logical connection from the present to the past, sometimes the emotional connection is absent… Continue reading

When I first glanced at David Thornburg’s From the Campfire to the Holodeck: Creating Engaging and Powerful 21st Century Learning Environments, the book seemed to encourage the thoughtful use of technology without being overly impressed by… Continue reading