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Building engagement for your upcoming novel study is a crucially important but daunting task. Creating classroom “buzz” about the new book you are about to read helps to build anticipation…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 10, 2024 Every time I go on social media, I am bombarded by talk of the teacher retention issues going on in our world right now (don’t…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 12, 2023 Ancient Civilizations Unit Teaching Ideas As a middle school history teacher, I have always found Ancient Civilizations to be super engaging to learn about and…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 Prehistory is the period of human history between the first use of stone tools and the beginning of recorded history when writing systems were invented….
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Feb 20, 2024 Welcome back to the blog! I am super excited to be here today to share an exclusive FREE resource – Graphic Organizers for Any Novel…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 31, 2023 I am just going to come right out and declare how much I love teaching about Ancient Civilizations. I think it is incredibly important to…