If you follow this age I wanted to give everyone a heads up. For technical reasons this page is changing from .blog to .com. I hope noting will change and you will still receive new posts. If you find, however, that after a while you are not receiving posts, you may want to check with … Continue reading Page changes
Month: March 2020
Blog change
If you follow this site I wanted to give a heads up that it may change in the near future. for technical reasons it is changing from .blog to .com. I am hopping you will still get updates from the site, but if you find that you do not, you may want to check in … Continue reading Blog change
Spanish Flu
There has been a lot of criticism over the President’s use of the term “Chinese virus” and rightfully so. Names have not always been an accurate way of identifying ground zero for any disease. Health leaders have named this current virus COVID-19. You cannot call this coronavirus because that is a blanket term that covers … Continue reading Spanish Flu
Class Notes
I wanted to make a comment about an interview with LeBron James yesterday. One thing we have learned during this trying time is that sports are not essential. I love sports, both playing and watching. I hate that March Madness is canceled this year, it is one of my favorite times of the year, yet … Continue reading Class Notes
Class Notes
For my WWII reading class, we just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. A few of my students had already read it, but I would rather have a few read it again than any students not read it. If you are unaware of Night, it is the autobiographical account of a young 14-year-old Wiesel and his … Continue reading Class Notes
Class Notes
For my WWII reading class, we just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. A few of my students had already read it, but I would rather have a few read it again than any students not read it. If you are unaware of Night, it is the autobiographical account of a young 14-year-old Wiesel and his … Continue reading Class Notes
Class Notes
For my WWII reading class, we just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. A few of my students had already read it, but I would rather have a few read it again than any students not read it. If you are unaware of Night, it is the autobiographical account of a young 14-year-old Wiesel and his … Continue reading Class Notes
Class Notes
With my current classroom situation (going fully on-line), I may not have a class note to post every day. I will try to get a few in. Here is an important one If we are to ever heal as a nation it is important that we accept and deal with the issues of slavery and … Continue reading Class Notes
Class Notes
With my current classroom situation (going fully on-line), I may not have a class note to post every day. I will try to get a few in. Here is an important one If we are to ever heal as a nation it is important that we accept and deal with the issues of slavery and … Continue reading Class Notes
Class Notes from Mexico
As I have mentioned many times before, for five years we lived in McAllen, TX only a few miles from the Mexican border. While there we came to greatly appreciate the Mexican people and cultural. I also enjoyed learning the history of Mexico, it is a rich and colorful story. Being in Mexico this week … Continue reading Class Notes from Mexico
Historically Speaking 