@modernwest I taught it in my high school English class to provide my students with background info they needed to understand medieval literature: Crusades, feudal system, code of chivalry, corruption in the church, forest lore, themes of loyalty, honor, “I would die for you”...
Zaretta Hammond: When our vocabulary expands, we become better thinkers, stronger readers, and more powerful writers. Why? Because words themselves are a form of background knowledge.
Yesterday, security processes detected several AP Computer Science students who attempted to share AP questions/answers with others during the exam. We’re cancelling their scores and remaining exam registrations, and notifying their high schools and designated colleges. (1/4)
A lot of hand wringing about reading loss going on, but it was my experience that many of my students had stopped reading books years ago. This was a curriculum problem and a teaching problem long before the pandemic.
@teachergoals If they have recently read To Kill a Mockingbird and studied the case of Emmit Till, they might compare and contrast.
Are we a “better people” now?
Like a pebble tossed in a pond that creates many ripples, what possible societal changes will occur?