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The Many Styles of Principals
Principals are not necessarily the lynchpin of a school–just ask Seymour Skinner here, Principal of Springfield Elementary School on The Simpsons. Springfield Elementary runs in spite of its principal,...
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Who “owns” the Holocaust? – The delicate nature of genocide
Sometimes it’s probably best to not lead with a picture, and today is one of those days in the Neighborhood. Few subjects have as many landmines in the popular discussion as the Holocaust. It is...
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Movies for the Classroom: Walt Disney and World War II Cartoons
As summer approaches, I like to show how media and communication have affected our history. To that end, YouTube has been an invaluable asset in reaching students with historical media. You would be...
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Summer Vacation Flick: Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”
I’ll be pretty infrequent with posts this week, as curricular matters need to be attended to. In short, my curriculum and assessment quagmire that I alluded to last week needs to be somewhat...
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A Long-Winded History of Presidential Addresses to Congress
The Presidential address to Congress is the “After School Special” of American politics. In the course of over two centuries of representative government, the President sometimes summons both houses of...
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Mr. D’s First Ever Contest: “Who is history’s greatest a**hole?”
Author’s Note: The asterisks in the title are for those readers that might catch this on spam filters. Check all your boxes before deleting as a rule. Thanks, Mr. D As today is a national holiday to...
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Movies for the Classroom: With the Marines at Tarawa
I’ve still been a little shell-shocked lately after the grueling test season ended. I’ll be trying for more original material for later this week, possibly before Thanksgiving. This week I’ve been...
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Movies for the Classroom: Triumph of the Will
If any teacher is starting, or is in the middle of, a unit about the Holocaust, you MUST include this film in your lessons. Triumph of the Will (1935), directed by Leni Riefenstahl, is widely...
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Video for the Classroom: “Joe Louis was a Fighting Man”
It’s almost criminal that over a week has passed in Black History Month, and the Neighborhood has no posts about important African Americans. Today’s post is a more fun aspect of history, but...
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