America is Advanced Citizenship
While I've been teaching Current Events classes all summer (and what a summer of news events this has been!) I started back to my...
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darbymkennedy
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
How Primary Sources Can Make A Difference
I have to admit something. When I was in high school, and even college, I was never thrilled to do what instructors called "primary...
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darbymkennedy
- May 22, 2022
- 2 min
Seeing it all come together...
Back in March of 2021, I wrote a blog post about creating a Thematic World History class. I'm now on the other side of that class. I...
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darbymkennedy
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
Diplomacy is more than foreign policy
I'm a big fan of using simulations in my classroom for several reasons. The biggest reason is that it allows learners the opportunity to...
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darbymkennedy
- Apr 14, 2022
- 3 min
Noodling New Classes
I've been mulling over two new class ideas for the last several months. By writing about them here, I hope to create a "must do" sort of...
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darbymkennedy
- Feb 8, 2022
- 3 min
Learning About All of Humanity
One of the top reasons I love teaching is because I get to keep learning. And, I love the opportunity to approach the study of history...
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darbymkennedy
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Four Months Later....
Time flies when you're having fun, right? That is my only excuse for neglecting this blog. But today is the last meeting of my final...
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darbymkennedy
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
A New School Year Awaits
I have not been physically in front of a class of students since March 11, 2020. Next week, thanks to the overwhelming amount of work and...
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darbymkennedy
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
The Connections Are Everything
Let's me be completely honest here.... I'm a total history nerd, and I'm proud of that. My fascination with history started with my...
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darbymkennedy
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
What I'm Reading... And Why
I recently started reading The World: A Brief Introduction by Richard Haass, who serves as the President of the Council on Foreign...
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darbymkennedy
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Different View Of World History
I taught an amazing group of upper level high school students in a World History class during the 2019-2020 school year. It was a great...
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darbymkennedy
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Lifelong Learning
One of the best parts of teaching is that my job requires that I keep studying and learning and growing. I've joked that I'd love to go...
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darbymkennedy
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
History Is About The Long View
One of the most common questions I get in both my Current Events classes and my History classes is "how did we get here?" This has been...
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darbymkennedy
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
What We Lose Without History
My husband and I had a long talk this past weekend about graduation requirements and college entrance expectations. This is what happens...
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darbymkennedy
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min
Teaching History Through Objects
I have, on occasion, been known to squeal with excitement when I come across a item or concept that can serve as the focal point for...
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darbymkennedy
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
Is it a Moment, or a Movement?
During the week, I teach four separate current events classes to a total of about 30 students. When I asked the group yesterday why they...
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darbymkennedy
- Jun 7, 2020
- 2 min
What A Week To Be A History Teacher...What A Week To Be A Human
I recently commented to a friend and fellow history teacher that these past few weeks have been a trying time to teach history,...
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darbymkennedy
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
Why do I teach? Because of Mrs. Bayrd.
I think that most of us have one or more (if we are lucky) favorite teachers that really inspired us. I decided I wanted to be a teacher...
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