I am an 8th Social Studies teacher, who was allowed to attend two different Constitutional Weekends at Montpelier. Immediately I started to see the intelligence of Will Harris’ argument, and agreed with him on his belief in description. I am a full believer that many people have an opinion on a problem, with no real [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
A Visual Interpretation of the Financial Crisis
Remember Madison’s worries about the imprecision of language? More than a few Americans have been overwhelmed by the news about the financial crisis and have no idea what to think about all the information. Many have been convinced to be afraid but few know what the problem really is. Jonathan Jarvis offers this incredibly simply [...]
My Serial of Boxes (Pt. 3 of 3)
In the previous installment, I overcame my apprehension at introducing the politicolors, and began to share student responses to political theory. At one time, I had been worried about the abstract nature of such an approach, yet here they were truly excited to use colored pencils in their notes and making connections of which I [...]
My Serial of Boxes (Pt. 2 of 3)
When last we met, I was explaining my dread, as I contemplated using Will’s boxes with my 4th-6th classroom. Here was this rich, layered theory, which I still hadn’t mastered; yet, the politicolors had given dimension to the founding, I’d never before imagined. Could I bring them to life? It was understood that I had [...]
