Homeroom

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Homeroom

• Absence Request Forms
• Picking up on Plaza

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Social Studies

• The aim of the historian, like that of the
  artist, is to enlarge our picture of the world,
  to give us a new way of looking at things.
  (James Joll)
• Philosophy of Teaching
• -creating a comfortable, open-minded, cooperative
  environment that provides students with diverse
  resources and multiple perspectives.
• -Backwards Planning is most efficient and
  effective for the teacher and the students in
  staying organized, gathering resources, and
  fairly assessing the students.
• -reading skills on the top of my list and think
  that oral histories are a great way to introduce
  current events, learn about others, and keep
  history alive.
• -responsible, respectful, and active citizens of
  the world.

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St. Barnabas Parish

• Woodlawn, NY
• K-8

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Fordham University



 

• Bronx, New York
• Majored in American Studies

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History Trips

• 2007 Jamestown and Williamsburg
• 2008 Paris, Brittany, and Amsterdam

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Parent/Guest Speakers

• Company Project in 7th Grade
• Cattle, Cotton, and Oil
• Political Speakers for Election Project
• Veterans Day

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Classroom Management

• Exit Cards
• Self-Evaluation having students input
• Ending on a Positive Note
• Group/Hands On Activities

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Goals for the Year

• To use Smart Board and the Smart Ideas software
  successfully in order to enhance lessons and
  expose my students to different kinds of concept
  maps.
• To maintain a consistent and organized system in
  the classroom.
• Work together with peers for interdisciplinary
  units (Holocaust Unit)
• To help my students learn and study history in
  context and not only to memorize but also to be
  able to apply what they have learned

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Texas History

• Unit One Texas A Unique Environment, which
  focuses on the geography of Texas
• Unit Two Early Texans, which focuses on Native
  Texans, European Exploration, and Spanish
  Settlement
• Unit Three Texas From Colony to Republic, which
  begins with the Colonization of Texas and ends
  with Texas Revolution and Independence
• Unit Four Times of Trouble in the New State,
  which addresses Texas Statehood, the Civil War,
  and Texas and the Union
• Units Three and Four will continue into the
  second half of the year and we will also study
  Texas role in the broader context of US History
  and Texas in the present

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American History

• Unit One Different Worlds Meet, which includes
  the study of Early Americans to European
  Exploration
• Unit Two Colonial Settlement, which studies
  Colonial America
• Unit Three Creating a Nation, which studies the
  American Revolution
• Unit Four The New Republic, which studies the
  Jefferson Era and the beginnings of Westward
  Expansion
• And by the end of the school year we will get up
  to Civil War and Reconstruction

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Homework for the Parents

• Write a letter to your child answering the
  following questions
• What historical events had the most impact on
  your own life? Ex For myself, it would be 9/11
  especially being in New York City at the time
• What lessons can we learn from our history? Ex
  We can learn from the missteps of past leaders or
  about the most successful way to interact with
  others.
• What do you hope your child learns from this
  class?