Rob Morris
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ammon, Idaho, United States
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Greetings, fellow teachers. I have been a public school teacher in Wyoming and Idaho for 39 years, at both the junior and senior high levels. I'm a 1982 graduate of the University of Montana, with additional coursework at the University of Wyoming and Idaho State University. I'm certified in Social Studies an English grades 6-12. I am also a published author and cartoonist with over 20 books to date, ranging from World History comic books to a unit history of the 95th Bomb Group (Heavy) in World War II, and from books on the American Civil War to a book co-written with a former AFL and NFL football player. I have been designing my own lessons and projects for over 30 years, and all my projects are student tested and approved. I find that project-based learning is the best way to teach kids with a wide variety of skill levels and interests. I hope you agree. I have intentionally kept my prices low so that all my colleagues can afford them easily. My teaching specialties include: Ancient Eastern Civilizations, Ancient Western Civilization, United States history, World Geography, US Government and Creative Writing. When not teaching and writing, I spend time running, camping, listening to my records, and reading.
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Ancient Athens or Sparta Travel Brochure Student Project (Digital or Hand-drawn)
Athens or Sparta Brochure ProjectThis can be done as either a paper tri-fold or digitally using Canva, Google Slides, or some other similar program. Digital brochures can be shared through Google or through email. I let students work on this each day over a couple of days, for maybe 30 minutes on day one and 15-20 minutes on day two. It is then due in a day or two and becomes homework. Teaching the Lesson1. Explain what the students will be doing. “You will be creating a brochure convincing peo
6th - 9th
Ancient History, European History, World History
Integrated September 11 9/11 Attacks Integrated Lesson for Grades 6-9
I created this when I realized that my students today were born after 9/11, unlike me, who was teaching 9th grade on 9/11/2001 and remember it like yesterday. I have shown this show, with some changes, for over ten years to students from grades 7-12, mostly 7th and 9th graders. Students have been highly engaged and affected. I have received zero parent complaints out of over a thousand students. The show takes slightly longer than one junior high class period. This is best done in two days. It
6th - 12th
Social Studies, U.S. History, World History
Create an Egyptian God or Goddess Project and Optional Battle Game
Easy lesson to use after discussing Egyptian gods and goddesses. Students create their own, using three different animal bodies and putting information on a Pokemon-style game card. Optionally, students can challenge each other to short battles using a single die. Spanish version available on request.
6th - 8th
Ancient History, World History
Iconography of the Buddha: Recognizing Buddha in Asian Art and Drawing Your Own
Description: This fun art and learning activity comes with everything you need to teach it to your 6th-8th grade Social Studies students in any unit about India and/or Buddhism. It is kid-tested. Included you will find: Step-by-step teacher instructionsA Youtube video teaching the iconography/elements of the BuddhaA Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art article "Marks of Perfection" that teaches the same thing and has several excellent photos.Six student examples done by my 7th gradersNCSS Standards
6th - 8th
Art History, Asian Studies, Social Studies
Virtual Excavation of Prehistoric Site--The Mystery of the House
In this project, individual students or small groups will "excavate" a virtual archaeological site and then attempt to determine as much as possible about the people who lived there and their way of life. The "Mystery House" is based on an actual Bronze Age house in England, but students will not be given this information. Using three types of dating (part of the lesson, complete with short age-appropriate Youtube videos), student should be able, using evidence, critical thinking skills, and t
6th - 8th
Ancient History, Social Studies
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Greetings, fellow teachers. I have been a public school teacher in Wyoming and Idaho for 39 years, at both the junior and senior high levels. I'm a 1982 graduate of the University of Montana, with additional coursework at the University of Wyoming and Idaho State University. I'm certified in Social Studies an English grades 6-12. I am also a published author and cartoonist with over 20 books to date, ranging from World History comic books to a unit history of the 95th Bomb Group (Heavy) in World War II, and from books on the American Civil War to a book co-written with a former AFL and NFL football player. I have been designing my own lessons and projects for over 30 years, and all my projects are student tested and approved. I find that project-based learning is the best way to teach kids with a wide variety of skill levels and interests. I hope you agree. I have intentionally kept my prices low so that all my colleagues can afford them easily. My teaching specialties include: Ancient Eastern Civilizations, Ancient Western Civilization, United States history, World Geography, US Government and Creative Writing. When not teaching and writing, I spend time running, camping, listening to my records, and reading.
Teaching style
My style involves lots of class discussion, and I often use the Socratic Method. We tie all lessons into modern applications. I try to develop simulations that recreate historical events so that students can experience them and have to make the same decisions that the great leaders of the past had to make. The longer I teach, the more I get into project-based lessons. In the absence of good ones, I write my own.
Awards & shining teacher moments
~2007 Eagle Rock Junior High Teacher of the Year, Idaho Falls District 91
~2008 Eagle Rock Junior High Teacher of the Year, Idaho Falls District 91
~2010 Idaho Falls Magazine 50 People Who Make a Difference
~2011 Waddell and Reed Guest Speaker, Night at the Idaho Museum, World War I Night
~2012 Guest Speaker, Veterans' Day Assemblies at Firth High School and Taylorview Junior High
~2013 Grand Prize Winner, Military History Writers of America Novel Approach Writing Contest
~2017 Eastern Idaho Teacher of the Year, as voted by the readers of the Idaho Falls Post-Register
~2018 Eastern Idaho Teacher of the Year, as voted by the readers of the Idaho Falls Post-Register
~2019 Idaho Falls High School Teacher of the Year, Idaho Falls
~Author of over 20 books on various subjects. Check out my Amazon Author page at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rob-Morris/author/B001JRX6YK?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
~Created a set of Ancient History comic books for Teachers' Discovery, Auburn Hills, MI that sold several hundred thousand copies to teachers worldwide. (Currently out of print).
My own education history
~1982--BA University of Montana, History and Political Science, (Honors).
~1988- Additional course work at the University of Wyoming
~1989-present--coursework from the Idaho State University, Boise State University, Brigham Young University.
~Eight-time Idaho Humanities Council Summer Institute Teacher Fellow
~2019--Awarded a coveted spot in the US World War Two Memorial Summer Institute in Washington, D.C. that was cancelled due to Covid.
~Supervised over a dozen student teachers from Idaho State and Brigham Young University-Idaho.
~30+ years as assistant and head track, cross-country, and boys' soccer coach
~TAC certified in Track and Field, 1991.
Additional biographical information
Married, 3 children, 8 grandchilden, love to create lessons.
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