Winston-Salem, NC
Joined January 2017
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Studying effects of Industrial Revolution. Created propaganda posters to get ppl to join your factory. Some were so good! @WSFCS_SS
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth and we want to celebrate black poet and activist Claude McKay. Born in Jamaica, McKay came to the U.S. and eventually joined the Harlem Renaissance, writing about racial discrimination. He passed through Ellis in 1921 after living abroad for 11 years.
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Join the NCDPI and @OERProject on November 7 at 4pm for a virtual session on teaching Comparison. Don't miss out on your chance to learn a few techniques for engaging in activities that will support your students’ acquisition of this skill. Learn more: content.govdelivery.com/acco…
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Designing our Funky Bobble Heads today for people who helped influence the movement for independence @MeehanEDU @mrmatera #emc2learning @WSFCS_SS
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Today the @WSFCS_SS department came to teach us about NC Geography with a giant map. We had a great lesson learning about the movement of Native Americans and settlers throughout the state. @SedgeGardenES #4thGrade
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Having some fun learning about debt and rates for credit cards playing Cat Insanity @NextGenPF @WSFCS_SS
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Reminder: As schools build master schedules for next school year, K-12 students need at least 45 mins/day for social studies & science, not double-blocking kids into ELA & Math interventions by cutting Tier 1 core content instruction. More time in ELA ≠ improved literacy.
🧵Thread: New guidance out this week from @CCSSO highlights the importance of addressing disrupted instruction in social studies. State, district, and school leaders should check out this policy brief for more context and recommendations. 🧵1/9 learning.ccsso.org/addressin…
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🧵Thread: New guidance out this week from @CCSSO highlights the importance of addressing disrupted instruction in social studies. State, district, and school leaders should check out this policy brief for more context and recommendations. 🧵1/9 learning.ccsso.org/addressin…
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BREAKING: U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court reut.rs/3JnfgAC
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How do you make economics more fun? Add in a 10 min review game of “where is the question?” and enjoy watching Ss scramble around @WSFCS_SS
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[PUB] USGS Map Projections for download: ow.ly/q0Y550GPli4
#GeographyAwarenessWeek is always a great time to learn about map projections!
L: Front image poster shows the portrait of Gerardus Mercator.
R: Back image of poster showing (a snippet) of map projections.
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ALT Gerardus Mercator (1512 – 1594). Frontispiece to Mercator’s Atlas sive Cosmographicae, 1585 – 1595. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection.
ALT Back of poster image, showing map projections and definitions.
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The North Carolina State Capitol is offering FREE virtual programs for elementary, middle, and high school students (classes and groups). Please contact Natalie.Rodriguez@ncdcr.gov.
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Discovered today that the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has a bunch of 1 minute (or less) videos on historical figures! youtube.com/user/Smithsonian…
Using their video on Sundiata tomorrow in class!
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Got to pick our PD option today and so glad I picked @Newsela integration with @CanvasLMS! Learned so much, easy to understand and follow and implement right away for this year
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After discussing how catapults were used as siege weapons in medieval times, Ms. Cathcart’s student built and tested them! @WSFCS_SS – at Winston-Salem, NC
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#DidYouKnow one of the first Americans to enter WWI was a nurse named Madelon "Glory" Hancock from Asheville, NC? She received 12 decorations from 3 countries – Great Britain, Belgium & France! 🙌
Join us on May 25 at 10 am to learn more about her story! eventbrite.com/e/coffee-with…
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Experience our new exhibit, #AnsweringTheCallNC! 🇺🇸
Learn about the lives of North Carolina soldiers during each conflict—from the Spanish-American War (1898) through WWII (1941–1945)—with artifacts, vignettes, graphics, video clips and oral histories. bit.ly/2OdqCAS
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Tried out virtual story cubes today from #emc2learning and definitely going to keep it around as one to use. @MeehanEDU @mrmatera
