Jamestown Resources

There are some excellent videos out there on YouTube and through PBS and other vendors. Ever since the 400th anniversary Jamestown resources have gotten a big boost. There is a Discovery Channel series "Moments in Time" episode available and is on Unitedstreaming for those that have a subscription. A National Geo, Nightmare at Jamestown and there are some great shorts on YouTube including the hilarious Lego Jamestown and then segments of a History of US, which is visually stunning.

Declaration Music Video

At the AVID Institute, a teacher shared this video with our group. It is great. I plan to show it to all of my classes, including my college sections. Of course, the more you know about Second Continental Congress and the players, the more enjoyable this clip really is. I am including the link for my readers. Just control left click on the title below! Enjoy!!!

Too Late to Apologize, Declaration

AVID Summer Institute, Dallas

I attended AVID Summer Institute I in Dallas and it was great. Particularly the strands where teachers explored AVID instructional activities and got the opportunities to share resources and advise on success and failures in the classroom implementing AVID activities. The Write Path AVID book for Social Studies is fantastic and has so many activities. Great!!!

Polk, Polk and more Polk

I am currently read the Polk biography from Walter Borneman and have decided to read Silbey,s annexation of Texas text and the book from Merry on Polk and the expansion of the United States. It will keep me busy for a few weeks.

Current Reads - Constitution

This is such a wonderful book that I am not even finished and I am making recommendations. It is not only accurate, historical and insightful, but just good plain reading. It has enough of a narrative to follow the author with enough insight to the reader interested. Great!