Peter Pappas's articles Teacher Life Socratic Seminar for the Covid Classroom As teachers struggle to navigate the new landscape of the Covid classroom, I’m reminded of a Socratic seminar model I used years ago while teaching AP history and government. It blended instruction in both full class and smaller seminars in way that could be a useful model to decrease the dens Written by Peter Pappas July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Teaching Historical Thinking Skills Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Our class begins with a review of the Sam Wineburg reading and TEDEd flipped lesson& Written by Peter Pappas July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Curating Historical Content Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Most materials are in the public domain if they were produced before 1923. I see this as rough Written by Peter Pappas July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life How to Teach Online I teach two courses in the School of Education at the University of Portland – a social studies methods class in the fall and an ed tech methods class in the spring. Content differs, but the approach is the same. This spring, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and mid course I made the transition to on Written by Peter Pappas June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Necessary Disclosures About a Non-Disclosure Agreement The NDA is not a new concept as its political cousin prescribed by the Official Secrets Act has been around for many years. However, the necessity for maintaining secrecy in the business world is growing. Leaked secrets can cause massive reputational damage and financial losses to companies, w Written by Peter Pappas June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Spreading the Word About Your Tutoring Business Working as a tutor can be highly rewarding. It can be a joy to share your knowledge and skills with others. If you want your tutoring business to go far, however, you have to be able to market it well. Thankfully, there are all sorts of marketing strategies on hand to capable and eager tutors Written by Peter Pappas March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Ways Traveling Together Can Rekindle Love Problems and disagreements pop up in even the best relationships. Still, if your partner is worth holding onto, the idea is to come up with some or other solution for your rocky relationship. We’re not talking about those pathetic, needy little notes that you put in his lunchbox that say ‘ Written by Peter Pappas March 25, 2020March 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Workplace Asbestos Exposure Now Linked to Heart Disease and Stroke Anne-Helen Harding, Ph.D., of Britain’s Health and Safety Laboratory, headed up a study of British workers published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The study findings show that occupational exposure to asbestos may be linked to a risk of heart disease and stroke. Written by Peter Pappas March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Technology Importance of Having a Mobile-Friendly Website A mobile-friendly site is one that responds well to any size screen and doesn’t have any problems with opening up on handheld devices. Mobile-friendly websites have taken the website design industry by storm and there are very important reasons that should make you migrate to it. Although so Written by Peter Pappas February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Pre-Twitter Racist Rant Race-baiting before social media? Here’s an excerpt from “Don’t Be a Sucker” – a short film which warns of the dangers of promoting racism in America. It was produced by the United States Department of War and released in 1943 (and adapted as a slightly shorter version Written by Peter Pappas July 15, 2019January 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Was the U.S. Justified in Dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan? This semester my EdMethods students used Microsoft Sway for their final lesson design projects. This document-based lesson by Nicole Matier students examine a variety of source material in preparation for a debate. Students will use these sources to construct an argument to debat Written by Peter Pappas March 7, 2019January 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Wounded Knee Massacre This semester my EdMethods students used Microsoft Sway for their final lesson design projects. This document-based lesson by Nick Campagna asks student to use original source documents to explore different accounts of the Wounded Knee Massacre. How do we analyze primary sources to co Written by Peter Pappas February 25, 2019January 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Teacher Life Socratic Seminar for the Covid Classroom As teachers struggle to navigate the new landscape of the Covid classroom, I’m reminded of a Socratic seminar model I used years ago while teaching AP history and government. It blended instruction in both full class and smaller seminars in way that could be a useful model to decrease the dens Written by Peter Pappas July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Teaching Historical Thinking Skills Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Our class begins with a review of the Sam Wineburg reading and TEDEd flipped lesson& Written by Peter Pappas July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Curating Historical Content Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Most materials are in the public domain if they were produced before 1923. I see this as rough Written by Peter Pappas July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life How to Teach Online I teach two courses in the School of Education at the University of Portland – a social studies methods class in the fall and an ed tech methods class in the spring. Content differs, but the approach is the same. This spring, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and mid course I made the transition to on Written by Peter Pappas June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Necessary Disclosures About a Non-Disclosure Agreement The NDA is not a new concept as its political cousin prescribed by the Official Secrets Act has been around for many years. However, the necessity for maintaining secrecy in the business world is growing. Leaked secrets can cause massive reputational damage and financial losses to companies, w Written by Peter Pappas June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Spreading the Word About Your Tutoring Business Working as a tutor can be highly rewarding. It can be a joy to share your knowledge and skills with others. If you want your tutoring business to go far, however, you have to be able to market it well. Thankfully, there are all sorts of marketing strategies on hand to capable and eager tutors Written by Peter Pappas March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Ways Traveling Together Can Rekindle Love Problems and disagreements pop up in even the best relationships. Still, if your partner is worth holding onto, the idea is to come up with some or other solution for your rocky relationship. We’re not talking about those pathetic, needy little notes that you put in his lunchbox that say ‘ Written by Peter Pappas March 25, 2020March 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Workplace Asbestos Exposure Now Linked to Heart Disease and Stroke Anne-Helen Harding, Ph.D., of Britain’s Health and Safety Laboratory, headed up a study of British workers published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The study findings show that occupational exposure to asbestos may be linked to a risk of heart disease and stroke. Written by Peter Pappas March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Technology Importance of Having a Mobile-Friendly Website A mobile-friendly site is one that responds well to any size screen and doesn’t have any problems with opening up on handheld devices. Mobile-friendly websites have taken the website design industry by storm and there are very important reasons that should make you migrate to it. Although so Written by Peter Pappas February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Pre-Twitter Racist Rant Race-baiting before social media? Here’s an excerpt from “Don’t Be a Sucker” – a short film which warns of the dangers of promoting racism in America. It was produced by the United States Department of War and released in 1943 (and adapted as a slightly shorter version Written by Peter Pappas July 15, 2019January 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Was the U.S. Justified in Dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan? This semester my EdMethods students used Microsoft Sway for their final lesson design projects. This document-based lesson by Nicole Matier students examine a variety of source material in preparation for a debate. Students will use these sources to construct an argument to debat Written by Peter Pappas March 7, 2019January 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Wounded Knee Massacre This semester my EdMethods students used Microsoft Sway for their final lesson design projects. This document-based lesson by Nick Campagna asks student to use original source documents to explore different accounts of the Wounded Knee Massacre. How do we analyze primary sources to co Written by Peter Pappas February 25, 2019January 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
