Author: historywithmissc

With almost a decade of experience, I help new teachers thrive and veterans teachers rediscover the magic of teaching. I focus on student-led instruction that reduces workload and stress for teachers, putting students in the driver's seat of their education!

Top 5 Social Studies Review Games

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  Regardless of the content you teach, students have A LOT to learn throughout high school. According to the Professional Learning Board, “Neurophysiological studies show that one of the important components of learning is repetition or practice which helps to strengthen the connections of the wiring in the brain.” Essentially, we know that review is […]

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5 Ways to Incorporate Competition into Your Secondary Classroom

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5 Ways to Incorporate Competition into Your Secondary Classroom A high school student, Betty White, and my Dad walk into a Laser Tag park… Okay. What on earth do these things have to do with each other? Isn’t this post supposed to be about teaching? How old is Betty White anyway? Does anyone even play Laser Tag […]

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Teaching teens and why it’s literally the best…

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I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. Sure, I fumbled around between Broadway star, Veterinarian, and Senator but ultimately, I always made it back to teaching. I have found my ultimate joy in teaching the medium-humans otherwise known as teenagers. They are profoundly frustrating, entertaining, and down-right fascinating. They are the perfect combination of […]

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Read Memoirs

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FROM HOW TO LIVE BOUGIE, WITHOUT REALLY TRYING I’m a huge fan of memoirs. When I prop my feet up, light three different scented candles, click on the latest YouTube fireplace, and crack open a real pages-made-of-paper book, I almost always prefer it to be a memoir. I love learning about people’s unique life experiences, […]

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Own a Pair of Fuzzy Slippers

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from How to Live Bougie, without Really Trying  This whole thing started over a pair of fuzzy slippers. Well actually, the whole thing started when I realized the life I had always imagined turned out to be exactly the life I didn’t want. But you could say the slippers were my inspiration. I received them as […]

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How to Live Bougie, without Really Trying

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Throughout your lifetime, you encounter various phases where you learn things about yourself that often have a lasting impact on your existence. When I was eight, I was told that I was “too bossy”. I realized that my “bossiness” would make me an excellent teacher. When I was seventeen, the boy I gave my “everything” […]

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Where do I go from here?

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Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my booty, a million-and-one times, thank you for stopping by! This life of ours is so incredibly short and fragile, it must be handled with care, it must be lived to fullest, it must not be taken too seriously. I’m am thrilled to be sharing all of these […]

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