La Roja – La Muerte de una Dinastía Increíble
Well La Roja de España just lost to La Roja de Chile 2-0 eliminating the reigning world champs from the World Cup. This followed a shocking 5-1 loss to Holland (the 2010 runner’s up). …
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Education Links – Spring
Here is a round-up of the best education stories/essays that I have read this Spring. 60 years later we need a new Brown vs. Board of Education – This month the landmark case of Brown…
The Joy of Stats
A great introduction to statistics. I use this as my introduction to my modeling unit in ITGS
Introduction to the People’s Republic of China (lessons 1-3)
I have recently completed teaching a unit on the Peoples Republic of China and wanted to post it. The complete unit was 10 lessons focused primarily on China under Mao. The unit was designed…
¡Semana Santa en Serendip!
Well I am starting to let myself get a little bit excited for our upcoming trip to Sri Lanka (actually super-excited). On a whim we chanced upon on a pair of cheap tickets back in…
Food Maps
I love food and I love maps, and this project is simply brilliant! From Artists and Travelers And here are a couple of other great map sites I have come across this month: This is…
The Pacific War – Lecture
Here is an island-hopping prezi lecture that I did on the Pacific War theater during our unit on World War 2 (Grade 12). I did this over two days but it would be easily expandable…
No Job Land
I haven’t posted much on Madrid lately. As an English speaking expatriate with a decent job I live a bit in a bubble—well a lot really. My life is pretty comfortable and the kids I…
What’s on the Web?
I’m a bit behind on my reading, but I had a wonderful 3 week break without the internet where I actually had time to read several books–and even a pair of fiction books, which I…
And we’re back…!
Well we’re back from the most amazing vacation ever. Please check out our photo albums, Safari and Capetown, Soweto, Sharks & Vino (on Facebook) to see what we were up to. It was a great trip. I…