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The Power of Truth and Kindness in the Classroom

The Power of Truth and Kindness in the Classroom

Posted on January 19, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
Teachers have long understood that students come into our classrooms with great challenges before them. They enter naive, and often willing to accept whatever is told to them as truth. They also enter filled with acceptance, yet at the same...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged secondary smorgasbord, Super Secondary Blog Hop, teacherspayteachers, Uncategorized, Walking Tours
The Best Teaching Advice Ever…

The Best Teaching Advice Ever…

Posted on February 20, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
Each month, I join up with the Secondary Smorgasbord group to write a topic-related blog post.  I often struggle to find my personal take on the topics and beg and plead with my friends to help me unfreeze my writer's...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged new teachers, secondary smorgasbord, teaching, Uncategorized
Taking A Gamble: Preparing for a Sub in the Secondary Classroom

Taking A Gamble: Preparing for a Sub in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on January 15, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
As winter set in each year, so did sinus infections that filled me with fever, mucous, and dread.  I could handle the sweats and chills.  I could take on the drips and floods.  But the thought of placing my classroom...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged blog hop, secondary smorgasbord, teaching, Teaching resources, Uncategorized
Understanding Our World to Create A Global Classroom

Understanding Our World to Create A Global Classroom

Posted on November 14, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
American students are often taught the Geography of the world, American History, and even World History from a bubble perspective.  We see things through very American eyes with limited understanding of cultural differences and their impact on the world events...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged secondary smorgasbord, teaching history, teaching social studies, Uncategorized
Tricks and Treats for Teaching Vocabulary in the Secondary Classroom

Tricks and Treats for Teaching Vocabulary in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on October 15, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
In our secondary content-based classrooms, we often forget the importance of starting with the fundamentals, including the teaching of vocabulary.  For many, this task is a boring, repetitive task where students define terms in exchange for a grade in the...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged secondary smorgasbord, strategies, teaching methods, Uncategorized
Getting Things Started in the Secondary Classroom

Getting Things Started in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on September 14, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
One of the greatest challenges for secondary teachers is Getting Class Started on time.  When working with teens, their attention is often on anything but your classroom objectives, so getting them started is key to keeping them on track! I've...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged bell ringers, bellringers, interactive notebook, secondary smorgasbord, Uncategorized
Secondary Smorgasbord: How I Use Pinterest for Education

Secondary Smorgasbord: How I Use Pinterest for Education

Posted on August 14, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
Let me start by being totally honest.  When I was first introduced to the idea of blogging about my favorite Pinterest boards and their uses for the Secondary Smorgasbord Linky, I was not at all enthusiastic.  While I use Pinterest,...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Pinterest, secondary smorgasbord, teaching, Uncategorized
Secondary Smorgasbord: Games to Keep Them Engaged at Year’s End

Secondary Smorgasbord: Games to Keep Them Engaged at Year’s End

Posted on May 10, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
Teaching new content at the end of the year is most often out of the question with crazy schedules and early dismissed groups as events and other obligations draw our students in every direction.  Still, we know we must wrap-up...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged end of school year, Monday Mapping, secondary smorgasbord, teaching, Uncategorized
Secondary Smorgasbord: Curious to see What’s Growin’ – Words of the World

Secondary Smorgasbord: Curious to see What’s Growin’ – Words of the World

Posted on April 14, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
The Secondary Smorgasbord Blog Hop is on again, and this month's theme is "Curious to see What's Growin'" in our Secondary classrooms!  Since I'm not in the classroom this year, I decided to tell you a bit about my latest...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged secondary smorgasbord, Super Secondary Blog Hop, teaching social studies, Uncategorized
March Secondary Smorgasbord: Incredible Kids

March Secondary Smorgasbord: Incredible Kids

Posted on March 13, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck
After having taught for fifteen years in middle and high school before stepping out of the classroom, I met, and still remember, many incredible kids.  I remember the funny ones, the mischievous ones, the creative ones, and even the one...Read More
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Incredible kids, secondary smorgasbord, Super Secondary Blog Hop, teacherpayteachers, teaching, Uncategorized

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My name is Michele and I love to teach, travel, and talk!  I’ve been a teacher as long as I can remember, but only 15 years in the formal sense, and I’ve taught everything in the Social Studies and ELA Departments from grades 6-12.

Creating new resources for the Social Studies classroom is my true passion.  I love making resources I know will help students learn better and teachers teach easier!

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