March 29, 2024March 29, 2024Imperialism, Reconstruction to Present, Rise of Industrial America Fun Friday Fact: Teddy Roosevelt’s Famous Sidearm Here’s a fun fact that I didn’t find out until a few weeks ago. Did you know that when fighting in the […]
November 29, 2023November 3, 2023Presidents, Primary Source, Progressive Era, Teaching Tips Inspiration and Encouragement from Teddy Roosevelt Do you need a little inspiration to keep going? Do your students? I LOVE “The Man in the Arena” speech by Teddy […]
September 25, 2023January 7, 2024New Nation, Podcast, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized How to Find Interesting Facts for Your Lessons Guess what I came across today…a photograph of Dolley Madison! Yep, an actual photograph (see above)! It was taken in 1848 by […]
October 19, 2016October 14, 2016Presidents, Progressive Era, Reconstruction to Present, Videos Teddy Roosevelt Video Footage at the Library of Congress According to the Library of Congress, “It has been said that during the silent newsreel period no president was more photogenic than Theodore […]
October 13, 2016December 6, 2016Help for New Teacher, Miscellaneous, Podcast, Presidents, Teaching Tips LTH 012 – What to Put on Your Board In this episode, I discuss what you should put on your board so that students, administrators, and others know what is going on […]