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Continue reading →: On Reading
I’ve had lots of random but related thoughts recently, and I’m compiling them here. During my first semester teaching, my 18-year-old student asked me–I was 21 at…
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Continue reading →: July 31, 1620: The Pilgrims Leave Leiden in the Netherlands for England En Route to America
I’m sure you won’t be surprised to learn that every year around Thanksgiving, we talk about the Pilgrims. Even though it is only July, I did so…
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Continue reading →: Carl Sandburg’s Connemara
One of the privileges (and it is a privilege!) of homeschooling is the ability to take off a day or two and go to certain destinations. Historical…
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Continue reading →: July 30, 1866: The New Orleans Massacre
Today finds us revisiting another disturbing anti-Black event in American history: The New Orleans Massacre on July 30, 1866, during the Reconstruction era in the South. I…
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Continue reading →: Whose vs. Who’s
As an English teacher, I’ve long been a curator of English gaffes. I’m now starting to assess all of the ones I’ve saved over the years. Here’s…
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