This is a view of my classroom as it appeared near the beginning of the year. I change the rear wall from American Revolution to the American Civil War at the beginning of the Spring semester. I try to reach a happy medium with posters and illustrations. I want to the room to be inviting and stimulating without going overboard and just overwhelming a hapless student. I conduct a staff development every Spring on classroom resources including how to get inexpensive posters and illustrations for the American history classroom.
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Nice! What grade do you teach?
By the way, did you find it hard to get a job teaching history? It seems like it is next to impossible. My research into history jobs is limited (I've only been doing it for a few months) but it seems like there are no schools anywhere in the United States that are looking for history teachers. What's your take?
I teach 8th grade, which is United States History from pre-colonization to Reconstruction, in Texas. Positions for teaching Social Studies in secondary school in general are hard to find. I have been trying to transfer to high school for several years. Nect year I get to help implement Pre-AP American History in 8th grade so I will definitely not try for a tranfer next year. It is tough out there. Social Studies teachers generally stay where they are and you have to wait until someone retires. My dream job is to be a curriiculum coordinator for a district.
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