by Maurice Blackmon | Mar 21, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Social Studies
Are you with me? It’s the question I pose throughout just about all of my lessons. It’s what I ask students when they come in before school for one-on-one tutoring. It’s the question that will occasionally show up on a worksheet or in a powerpoint...
by Maurice Blackmon | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Social Studies, Solutions
The idea of student engagement is one that has always challenged me. On one hand, I know exactly what it means because I’ve spent more time in my life as a student than as anything else, it seems. I’ve experienced the excitement of sitting in classrooms...
by Maurice Blackmon | Oct 22, 2018 | 9/10th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Social Studies
The inevitable question that boldly emerges in some form or another at the conclusion of a lesson well-taught, from the teacher’s perspective at least, or that whispers in the ear of the student as they work to make meaning of a number of competing feelings...
