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The Commonplace Classroom

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Former supplemental instruction leader at Jacksonville State University (201), former Brainfuse tutor (2018 - College Writing, Elementary Writing, GED Writing, GRE Writing, High School Writing, History, Intermediate Writing, and Social Studies Grades 3-12), and former middle school social studies teacher at Gateway Academy (2019-2021). Homeschool graduate and homeschool mother of Kindergarten and PreK children.

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"Santianna" Sea Shanty and the Mexican-American War: Fact Check Activity

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The Commonplace Classroom

This activity gives students the opportunity to witness the sort of “telephone game” bias effect concerning historical and current events. It is most useful following a study of the Mexican-American War, after the students are familiar with the key figures and events in that story.

8th - 10th

U.S. History

CCSS

RH.6-8.1

, RH.6-8.2

, RH.6-8.6

Source Classification Exercise

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The Commonplace Classroom

This is a very simple worksheet for students to practice identifying different types of sources in the research process: primary (firsthand information), secondary (a later source removed from the event), and tertiary (generally a reference work such as an encyclopedia). The assignment instructs the student to search a topic of their choice on the internet (and may include a specific offline source if they have one in mind) to classify 5 titles for the exercise.

6th - 8th

Social Studies

CCSS

W.7.6

, W.7.8

"Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo" Worksheet

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This is a three-page worksheet designed for middle school students to exercise geographic and reading comprehension skills while being introduced to the biography of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. The reading comprehension questions are prefaced with a primary source (age-appropriate excerpts from Augustine's Confessions). A note at the beginning directs students to use dictionary.com to learn the definitions of the emboldened terms that they don't recognize, but if a computer search is not a

6th - 8th

Religion, Social Studies, World History

CCSS

RH.6-8.1

, RH.6-8.2

, RH.6-8.4

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Teaching style

- Charlotte Mason - Classical - Unit Studies - Seminar Format

Awards & shining teacher moments

James Madison Memorial Fellowship

My own education history

- Our Declaration: "We the People" and the Declaration of Independence (DoI) (Civic Learning Institute, Harvard edEx) - Project Based Approaches Certification (North East Florida Educational Consortium) - James Madison Fellow (AL '16) - Georgetown University summer institute - Jacksonville State University (Master of Arts in History, '17) - Troy University ('Bachelor of Science in History, minor in Political Science, '13) - Home educated Pre-K through High School

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Amanda Read Sheik is a writer, historian, educator, visual artist, voice over artist, filmmaker, and 2016 James Madison Fellow who revels in investigating the roots of contemporary culture and politics and communicating her discoveries. Amanda wants to know why people think, speak, act, and govern the way they do, and is willing to question “why?” at levels most do not bother to wonder. Her work has been published at a variety of outlets, including The Daily Caller, Live Action News, Just Facts, and her former column at The Washington Times Communities. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Troy University with a Bachelor of Science in History, and holds a Master of Arts in History from Jacksonville State University. She married film director Joshua Sheik on March 17, 2018. They have three children whom they home educate, and they live and work in Florida where their production company Ebed Pictures is based and where Amanda taught history at a private Christian school for two years.