Today, let this be the answer.

Hi #APUSH220 After our discussion in class and about Thomas Jefferson I wanted to know more about his enlightenment views. I found this about a bible he wrote on humanity. divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/arti…

Check out Coach Sanchez, featured as the Quintessential Person in Quintessential Barrington's September/October issue! #ThePlaceToB LINK: quintessentialbarrington.com/so24-quintesse…

“If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid.” — Epictetus

It's so important for teachers to understand the implications of Cognitive Load Theory & the limitations of working memory for their students. But it's just as important for them to understand the importance of those things for themselves... A🧵

The proper handshaking technique, according to Richard Nixon:

7 Stoic DON’Ts: 1/ Complain...not even to yourself 2/ Talk more than you listen 3/ Tie your identity to your possessions 4/ Compare yourself to others 5/ Suffer imagined troubles 6/ Judge others 7/ Be all about business

People will do what they’re going to do—cheat, abuse, hurt, act with injustice—but we’re not. We’re going to stay at it. We’re going to keep going. We’re going to be and do good.

“Chasing” is the right word. Students respond to novelty, but things are only new until they’re not. Then they’re just work. So you switch to the next thing, which has a learning curve and an opportunity cost. Until it gets old. Better to focus on the mechanics of great teaching.

People with more content knowledge are less likely to claim to have knowledge they actually lack. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What a finish at Watkins Glen International!!

#APUSH220 Illinois had several French forts. Fort de Chartres, a massive stone fort built in 1753, was "one of the strongest forts in North America and the key to the French defenses." Via Illinois History fortdechartres.us Via University of Illinois bit.ly/3Cs62QM

It's National Voter Registration Day and Constitution Day! BHS teamed up with the League of Women Voters to hold a voter registration drive for students! 🇺🇸🗳️ Have you registered to vote yet for the Nov. 5 election? REGISTER HERE: ova.elections.il.gov

#APUSH220 By the summer of 1768 John Dickinson wrote a hit song published in newspapers throughout the colonies. “John Dickinson’s Hit Single: Liberty Song” Via Journal of the American Revolution & Todd Andrlik: bit.ly/2QdXdXr Listen to a performance by Bobby Horton: youtube.com/watch?v=N0rMRj…

#APUSH220 How old were our Founders on July 4th, 1776? Probably much younger than you think… A. Hamilton - 21 B. Ross - 24 A. Adams - 31 T. Jefferson - 33 J. Adams - 40 J. Dickinson - 43 G. Washington - 44 The full list here via Journal of the American Revolution: bit.ly/2xlakcz

#APUSH220 I researched more about the gaspee and what happened before to cause the colonist to burn it, and the reaction from the British. The National Archives blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-burning-of…

#APUSH220 Where are all of my military history fans? David Lawrence describes the combat styles of the Continental and British Armies in the Revolutionary War in four minutes. How were they similar? Different? Via American Battlefield Trust youtube.com/watch?v=OYljJS…

Nearly 30 of our US government and civics students participated in a Lake County election judge training on campus today. They will serve as election judges for the Nov. 5 presidential election! Cary Waxler

#APUSH220 In 1778-79 George Rogers Clark captured British posts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia in IL before taking Fort Sackville in Vincennes, IN. To get to Vincennes, Clark's army marched for 18 days through freezing IL floodwaters. Via GeorgeRClarkNPS bit.ly/4ebulpg