Melissa Motes

8th grade Ancient history teacher. Nat Geo Certified Educator. Nearpod Certified. Flocabulary Certified. M.Ed. in STEAM Ed. MCPSS.

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

Today, Ss were able to interact w/explorer, Theanne Schiros @ExploreInside about using biology to create textiles for sustainable clothing & other objects. Connecting the talk to our legacy PBL & our 9th grade globalization unit @BartonAcademy

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

@Vegas Vegas!!!! #VegasSuperSweeps #Entry

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

@Vegas Vegas!!!!! #VegasSuperSweeps #Entry

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

@Vegas 🤞to win #VegasSuperSweeps #Entry

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

I love representing @BartonAcademy in Montgomery @ALHistoryEdu Today is always a favorite of mine & @KSCoffeeTeacher b/c we are able to dig into primary sources! We discovered the Judkins family & even read through Octavia LeVert’s diary from the 1840’s. Beautiful penmanship!

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

Spent the day @AlabamaArchives & @ALHistoryEdu learning about the Rosenwald Schools through the exhibit History Lives On & hands-on learning with primary sources #alwayslearning #engaginghistory

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

🖐️I love my school! We have such a unique history & location, which is not even touching on how we are changing the face of education through PBL (project based learning) & the community partnerships/opportunities afforded to our Ss & their interests.

[Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies @BartonAcademy]

Raise your hand if your school is the first public school in Alabama… It’s listed in the National Register of Historic Places, AND it sits on the Mobile Mardi Gras Parade Route! 🖐️ #undertheBartondome #mardigrasmobile #publiceducation #westartedit

[Alabama Department of Archives and History @AlabamaArchives]

Calling all Alabama K-12 educators! 📚 Applications are NOW open for our Summer 2024 Alabama History Institutes. @ALHistoryEdu Apply to join your peers at nine immersive workshops across the state in June. Deadline to apply is March 8, 2024. Apply Here: https://t.co/PShLn5gCqM 🍎

[Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies @BartonAcademy]

Our #BartonExplorers earned a TOP THREE score among Alabama middle schools! Check it out! 💙

[Amanda Jones, Ed.D. @amandau27]

I am so incredibly proud of my @BartonAcademy faculty, staff, students, parents, and community! Increasing from 94 to 97 and performing highest in our district and region within our first two years of reopening is REMARKABLE! Go Explorers! #bartonexplorers #undertheBartondome

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

One perk of working @BartonAcademy is location. Another is choosing the weekly elective you teach, a film class that meets on Tuesdays. Add in a film production just blocks from school & that equals happy Ss. Thanks to @amandau27 & Cody for making this happen & Josh for helping!

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

@BlakeBusbin I wouldn’t have known about this workshop, if it wasn’t for your monthly newsletter. Thanks for putting that together each month!

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

Spent yesterday at the Alabama Holocaust Education Center in Birmingham, learning about the process of storytelling & memoir, lead by Menachem Kaiser. Can’t wait to share my learning w/Ss @BartonAcademy for our PBL!

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@TimDorsey302 https://t.co/ml9NyqnoD1

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

Our film exploratory @BartonAcademy began working with a local screenwriter, Christian Mott, on the script for their first film. The film is excepted to be completed by the end of October. I love this collaboration with the Mobile Film Office!

[Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies @BartonAcademy]

In less than one month the 2024-25 magnet application period opens! Visit us and explore what’s happening #undertheBartonDOME!

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

9th grade Ss @BartonAcademy have been digging deeper into trade networks around the world between 1200-1450. Ss are creating annotated maps, researched Indian Ocean trade & today explored camel caravan trade through saddles. #engaginghistory

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

8th grade Ss @BartonAcademy creating chalk maps of ancient Egypt. Geographic knowledge skills will be tested at a later date. 😉#engaginghistory

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

8th grade Ss @BartonAcademy reviewed for our first test with Quizlet Live & an old fashion game of War with ancient Mesopotamian societies. #engaginghistory

[Melissa Motes @MsMotesHistory]

I am so excited about collaborating with the Mobile Film Office for our “Lights, Camera, Action” class. Today, Kelly reviewed types of jobs in film & brainstormed with Ss @BartonAcademy about their first film topic!