Teachers – The Hour of History

The Land of Big Numbers

by StevenBlog Posts, Book and a Backpack, Teaching, Teaching Resources March 12, 2022November 30, 2022No Comments

I just finished a great professional development with NCTA (National Consortium for Teaching about Asia) in which teachers from all over the US, who teach a number of different subjects and grades, got together (virtually) to read The Land of Big Numbers. It came at a time when I was extremely busy and it was …

Soccer is History

by StevenBlog Posts, General Notes, Teaching Resources December 6, 2021December 6, 2021No Comments

When I was at Temple University I taught a class called the Global History of Soccer. It was mostly a class on globalization, a world history class, that focused on how one can see history through soccer. Students liked the course and it was a great primer for the 2018 World Cup. I still use …