With other a decade of experience, I continue navigating middle school with heart and humor with a focus on leveraging AI and technology for student success.
In this jigsaw activity, students will evaluate the ways the Black Death impacted life in Europe during the Middle Ages. They will be divided into expert groups focusing on specific topics such as the economic effects, social changes, medical responses, and cultural shifts caused by the plague. After researching their topics, students will collaborate to compare and contrast these historical impacts with the effects of modern epidemics and pandemics, promoting reading comprehension, critical thi
-10 Exit Questions to assess learning and understanding -General across any Historical Context -Incorporates the 4 C’s: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creative Thinking This resource is a set of ten exit questions designed by a teacher for teachers to assess students’ learning and understanding across various historical time periods. Each question is crafted to encourage critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creative thinking skills. The questions are versati
This activity can be used at the beginning, middle, or end of your Fall of Rome unit. Students are asked to evaluate, rank, and closely read the reasons for why the Roman Empire collapsed. Students can work independently, or in small groups to analyze captions and images describing the reasons for the Fall of Rome. Answer key to the close reading guided questions included.
A performance task used to assess student knowledge of interpreting maps, and analyzing graphs. Students will need no prior knowledge of the Bubonic Plague to respond to all questions accurately. This is a formative assessment assigned during the study of our larger unit; Medieval Europe and is used to drive future instruction.
A performance task used to assess student knowledge of interpreting maps, and analyzing graphs. Students will need no prior knowledge of the Bubonic Plague to respond to all questions accurately. This is a formative assessment assigned during the study of our larger unit; Medieval Europe and is used to drive future instruction.
6th - 8th
Middle Ages, Social Studies, World History
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With other a decade of experience, I continue navigating middle school with heart and humor with a focus on leveraging AI and technology for student success.
Teaching style
My teacher mind set is to share my passion for learning, and bring novelty to classroom experiences.
My own education history
Earned my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and History from Rutgers University and then went on to get my Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education with Middle School Social Studies Specialization.
After a decade in the classroom, I obtained my Supervisors Certification from Montclair State University.
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I enjoy spending time with loved ones, cooking, reading, hiking with my Labrador Retriever, and traveling to see new places.
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