Bulldog Blast Podcast #1

Seventh and Eighth graders have begun producing a podcast, which incorporates 21st Century Skills such as collaboration and communication.  Episode 1 includes segments about the recent pipe bomb scare, Hurricane Willa, a debate about baseball and lacrosse and an interview with a teacher in our building.  #hcsbulldogfamily #heuveltontech #bulldogblast

Flipping the Classroom

I use a lot of videos to flip my classroom. Students get more out of the flipped lesson if you record your own videos. Click here for a sample video. #flippingtheclassroom #heuveltontech

Collaboration

Students are collaborating on essays for the North Country Historical Writing Contest. #hcsbulldogfamily #heuveltontech pic.twitter.com/vjK5ZNAmY0

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Students are collaborating on essays for the North Country Historical Writing Contest. #hcsbulldogfamily #heuveltontech

Reconstruction Introduction

I like to introduce students to Reconstruction by playing a song called "I'm a Good Ole Rebel" and discussing the lyrics with them. This year I'm dividing students into groups and asking them to answer these questions: 1. How does this song make you feel? 2. What idea is the song writer concerned about? 3. What are the most important words in the song? Why? 4. How do you connect with the song? Lyrics are provided to each student. With the protests over Confederate statues I'm also going to read and discuss an article in Junior Scholastic with students about the topic. This lesson was designed for 8th graders. #heuveltonbulldogfamily #Reconstruction #Confederatemonuments

Found Poems

With all of the state testing lately, I decided to do something with students that was more creative. Seventh and eighth graders wrote poems based on the content we were learning. Seventh graders wrote about the War of 1812. Eighth graders created poems about the 1920s. I gave students a rubric and showed examples of what found poems could look like. We worked on these poems for three days in both English and Social Studies. One huge concern of students was writing the poem. We heard a lot of "I can't write poems", but we assured students that poems don't have to rhyme. They were free to write any kind of poem they liked. We found that they worked very hard and really took pride in their work.

📷 War of 1812 Found poem example #heuveltontech #poetry https://t.co/IGoO9m6GqZ

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📷 War of 1812 Found poem example #heuveltontech #poetry https://t.co/ifAHQP33DC

— OGDENSBURG HISTORY (@jmadlin001) April 20, 2016

📷 War of 1812 Found poem example #heuveltontech #poetry https://t.co/EtljXmfNHc

— OGDENSBURG HISTORY (@jmadlin001) April 20, 2016

📷 1920s Found poem example. #heuveltontech #poetry https://t.co/DHj3BJ1vF5

— OGDENSBURG HISTORY (@jmadlin001) April 20, 2016

📷 1920s Found poem example. #heuveltontech #poetry https://t.co/cdtQO8z6Yk

— OGDENSBURG HISTORY (@jmadlin001) April 20, 2016

War of 1812 Found poem example. #heuveltontech #sstlap pic.twitter.com/A2awdGcuvA

— OGDENSBURG HISTORY (@jmadlin001) April 19, 2016

1920s Found poem example. #heuveltontech #sstlap pic.twitter.com/UCePbbrJ9T

— OGDENSBURG HISTORY (@jmadlin001) April 19, 2016

The Lily, the Lion and the Eagle Chapter 38

The Lily, the Lion, and the Eagle Chapter 37

The Lily, the Lion, and the Eagle Chapter 36

The War that Made America Answer Keys

By popular demand here are the answer keys for the War that Made America Study Guide I created. Enjoy!!

Current Event Google Form

I've just started using this Google form for 7th graders. We've begun a 1:1 Chromebook program so each student is able to access the news and complete the form pretty easily. Grading is a breeze!

The Lily, the Lion and the Eagle chapter 35

APUSH Project

This year I am teaching APUSH for the first time. I have one student, so I've individualized instruction (obviously). The first project was to create a storybook to be presented to the 5th grade. He chose to create a Prezi about Hernan Cortes, the Spanish Conquistador. Prezi Project

The Lily, the Lion and the Eagle Podcast Chapter 32

The Lily, the Lion and the Eagle Podcast Chapter 31

What's hiding inside Maya glyphs - Thoth's Pill #6 (Syllabary)

Ogdensburg volunteers recognized for work on cleanup of Ford family vault

Ogdensburg volunteers recognized for work on cleanup of Ford family vault

War of 1812 Talks

2015 War of 1812 Heritage Talks NEXT Saturday! Reserve your seats/meals NOW! September 18th and 19th The North Country is crucial to the narrative of American history and the 7th annual War of 1812 Heritage Talks sponsored for the first time by St. Lawrence University and the Fort de La Présentation Association are instrumental in our community’s on-going understanding and appreciation of this region’s history. The talks also serve to highlight and strengthen our region’s value as a destination for historical tourism. The reception will take place Friday, September 18th from 5pm-7pm. Sponsored by the SLCHA at the Silas Wright House in Canton, it is free and open to the public. The talks will take place September 19th beginning at 8:30 and ending at 4:00. In total there will be 6 speakers who will give 20-minute presentations of their work followed by 10-minute Q&A periods. In addition to the Q & A periods, the talks will be broken up with two 15-minute breaks (morning and evening) and an hour-long lunch break. A box lunch will be provided to the speakers and attendees. $9 general admission. Includes the talks, continental breakfast, boxed lunch. St. Lawrence University Students, Faculty, Staff talks free. Boxed lunch for an additional fee. The speakers MELISSANE PARM SCHREMS, Ph.D. Associate Professor, History/Coordinator, Native American Studies, Saint Lawrence University Her research and teaching interest include the American founding until 1830. She will place the war in historical context and speak on the significance of the War of 1812 as a research topic and why it is ignored in the national narrative. CHERYL BOOTS, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer of Humanities, Boston University Dr. Boots is the author of Singing for Equality: Hymns in the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements, 1640-1855. Dr. Boots will speak on the importance of music in the roles of enslaved and free African Americans, Indians and Abolitionists in the War of 1812. GENE ALLEN SMITH, Ph.D. Professor of History/Director, Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University Dr. Smith's research interests include Early American, Maritime and Naval history. His most recent book is The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812. He will be invited to speak on enslaved soldiers and seamen within the context of War of 1812 maritime history. TIMOTHY ABEL, Ph.D. Historian/adjunct professor of anthropology at Jefferson Community College and SUNY Canton Dr. Abel will introduce and interpret the most significant findings of the 2015 Plattsburgh, NY field school: Pike's Cantonment Archaeology Project. RICHARD FELTOE curator and corporate archivist for the Redpath Sugar Museum and is active as a living history reenactor As a living history reenactor, he portrays the life of a Canadian militia soldier from the Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada regiment in the War of 1812-1815. His many publications include Redcoated Ploughboys. KEITH HERKALO is the author of The Battles at Plattsburgh, a history of the land and lake fight that took place on Sept. 11, 1814, as the British Army and Navy launched a combined attack down Lake Champlain towards Albany. He is also the editor of The Journal of H.K. Averill, Sr.: An Account of The Battle of Plattsburgh and Early North Country Community, and is a regular speaker on historic topics as well as serving as president of the Battle of Plattsburgh Association.

Ogdensburg library and librarians from Waddington and Gouverneur receive praise in online poll sponsored by Sen. Ritchie

Congratulations Ogdensburg Public Library!  Your staff has helped me tremendously as a social studies teacher.

Ogdensburg library and librarians from Waddington and Gouverneur receive praise in online poll sponsored by Sen. Ritchie

The Lily, the Lion and the Eagle Podcast chapter 15

Reading like a Historian

The Stanford Education Group has created some great resources for Social Studies in grades 7-12 to use. I really like the fact that PowerPoints are included. I've already used the Manifest Destiny lesson and thought the primary sources and questions were fantastic.