tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424363211524705040.post3230278653176291896..comments2023-08-11T10:19:07.542-04:00Comments on Still Learning: Another View of WritingSusanne Nobleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385103686774213540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424363211524705040.post-45664717828318048092009-03-05T15:07:00.000-05:002009-03-05T15:07:00.000-05:00I have been a High School history teacher for over...I have been a High School history teacher for over 20 years. I have also taught numerous English classes, and have just had my first novel published (see below). Wherever possible, I like to involve literature in the history classroom. One successful example is reading excerpts from All Quiet on the Western Front in studying WWI. My novel is entitled The Fuhrer Virus. It is a fictional WWII spy/conspiracy/thriller for adolescent/adult readers and can be found at www.eloquentbooks.com/TheFuhrerVirus.html, www.amazon.com, and at www.barnesandnoble.com.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Paul SchultzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424363211524705040.post-20646192710953189232009-03-05T08:15:00.000-05:002009-03-05T08:15:00.000-05:00I am right there with you on this. Having the hist...I am right there with you on this. Having the history background brings the literature to life. I wish we were able to integrate more effectively at FA.scmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471307420557070063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424363211524705040.post-6477811370495093112009-03-04T21:29:00.000-05:002009-03-04T21:29:00.000-05:00Can't wait till our run to discuss tomorrow!Can't wait till our run to discuss tomorrow!ktblashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15078436390573890771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424363211524705040.post-51222115523072775762009-03-04T21:06:00.000-05:002009-03-04T21:06:00.000-05:00i think writing about things help you understand t...i think writing about things help you understand them. i think trying to envision yourself as someone else is the first step toward empathy.<BR/>i like to write poems from the perspective of others; such work forces me to consider myself in light of others.Nancy Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895934793253274506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424363211524705040.post-55166773502807759072009-03-04T19:32:00.000-05:002009-03-04T19:32:00.000-05:00I'm not a history teacher, but I was an English te...I'm not a history teacher, but I was an English teacher, and for 8 years I team-taught an interdisciplinary course with a Social Studies teacher. It was one of my favorite classes to teach, and we really tried to blur, if not remove completely, the lines between the "English" content and the "Social Studies" content. <BR/><BR/>Even in my traditional English classes, I used to joke that I was a Social Studies teacher trapped in an English teacher's body. My students did historical research and thoroughly examined the historical context with just about every work we read. If I was able to do it as an English teacher, I'm sure a Social Studies teacher could use literature as representative of a larger theme or time period (e.g., reading <I>Night</I> during a study of the Holocaust).<BR/><BR/>There's a part of me that thinks students, to varying degrees, dislike the disconnect and compartmentalization of their academic day. I tried to incorporate social studies, statistics, and science into my English classroom as much as possible, and I think my students dug it more or less, if for no other reason than it appealed to a wider variety of academic strengths and interests than just those that fall under the heading of Language Arts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com