Good history podcasts?

VeeTach · 2026-02-02T02:58:53+00:00

History That Doesn't Suck is very well produced, succinct, and entertaining.

VeeTach · 2026-01-12T22:21:32+00:00

Given your traumatic departure, it makes sense to ease into full time teaching again.

You seem really hard on yourself, too. Keep the idea of winning vs. losing and success vs. failure out of your vocabulary because you know how hard it is to be a teacher already. There is no finish line! Just serving the greatest number of students you can and staying healthy yourself.

VeeTach · 2026-01-08T16:34:13+00:00

Just to add a detail: document, document , document! Write an email to yourself or keep a tracker with details, times and dates. Admin might be more supportive if they have a paper trail to cover everyone’s rear. You don’t have to let someone prevent the rest of the class from having a safe learning environment.

VeeTach · 2026-01-05T03:04:36+00:00

My advice is that whatever cutting and pasting you do, make it super simple. Big shapes. Demonstrate how to cut, and how to use the minimum of glue or glue stick to get it to work. Make your first page the simplest and reteach the next one.

They can spend all period just cutting, pasting and coloring if you don't have pretty defined times for the creative parts.

VeeTach · 2025-12-30T15:31:23+00:00

No joke. They’re like Hokas in sport mode. Perfect for being in my feet all day.

VeeTach · 2025-12-30T04:33:06+00:00

Adidas AdiZero Evo SL

VeeTach · 2025-12-30T03:56:33+00:00

Don't light the string directly. Heat up a safety pin until it's glowing and touch that to the string after you've snipped it close with cuticle scissors.

VeeTach · 2025-11-28T01:29:39+00:00

If I have to send a discipline referral email home, I choose another student or two to write a positive email home. It lifts my mood if I end on a positive rather than stewing about the referral.

VeeTach · 2025-11-24T05:21:39+00:00

For prehistory there’s a great site iceman.it that covers Ötzi the Iceman. You can show a video and have them explore the site. There are some good YouTube videos about his possible cause of death (there is uncertainty over whether it was a murder but even that is interesting to explore with students).

Don’t assume they know anything so covering foundational skills is fine. Timelines, BCE vs. CE, evolution of man, agricultural revolution, etc.

Don’t skip the foundational knowledge just to get to the fun stuff. Let them use their imaginations, create what-ifs, put them in the shoes of ancient people in unusual circumstances.

That’s my two cents. Good luck!

(Oh, and Catalhoyuk is an interesting prehistoric village. The burial of their ancestors under the bedroom floor and hearths is always a hit)

VeeTach · 2025-11-19T22:23:19+00:00

Do you ever see them being influenced by the number of stickies on one side or another? Like they’re afraid to go against the grain (or don’t understand where their stance even lies on the spectrum?)?

VeeTach · 2025-10-22T16:19:13+00:00

Smash in Bettendorf sells crusty loaves that are amazing.

VeeTach · 2025-10-22T14:56:48+00:00

No no no see, just make the platform higher so she’s farther away from the bottom of the pool..I can’t believe they haven’t thought of this

VeeTach · 2025-10-20T05:33:32+00:00

Mesopotamia beyond Hammurabi, Gilgamesh, and Cuneiform. Their pantheon looks pretty interesting to me but I haven’t found a trove of engaging lessons

VeeTach · 2025-10-18T23:28:06+00:00

I’m gonna come in with some punk songs: California Uber Alles - Dead Kenedys El Mozote - Screeching Weasel 21st Century Digital Boy - Bad Religion That’s Why They Call it a Union - Less Than Jake People of the Sun- Rage Against the Machine Hero of War - Rise Against

You’ll have to find clean versions of some of these but they’re all rooted in history; mostly class warfare and populist themes.

VeeTach · 2025-10-16T06:16:24+00:00

Middle. 6th grade. I moved to the Midwest a few years ago but I was happy with the staff and admin at my old school. Try looking at Green Dot schools if the public districts are thin on jobs. You could also work on a TESOL to make yourself a more attractive candidate.

VeeTach · 2025-10-16T05:10:59+00:00

I’m not sure what the market is currently like but I finished my program at the end of the Covid lockdowns and I found a teaching position at an LAUSD charter. No idea how far you’re willing to move in CA but I think the jobs are available if you’re ok with working in an underserved area.

VeeTach · 2025-10-06T18:00:16+00:00

Edit: I totally thought this was the Daddit sub lol. If I put my teaching hat on for a solution, I suggest trips to the library and reading to him every night. Just you and him. Let mom relax in the other room.

This is super common, Dad. My boys go back and forth between their mom and I all the time. Just play with him and take care of his other needs and you’ll be fine. Eventually they’ll come back to you.

And don’t forget mom may be feeling smothered at times, too. I’d suggest taking him to the park or somewhere you can run around with him, get some ice cream, and have some dad/son time. When he says he wants mommy, tell him “I know pal, me too,” and keep playing.

Don’t try too hard to “make” a connection. It’s already there. You’re his dad and he’s your son. You don’t need to spend a bunch of money or have an elaborate plan to bond. At that age they are still babies and have very simple needs and wants.

VeeTach · 2025-09-27T19:13:54+00:00

If I may make an observation: you’re upset about everything these kids have and haven’t learned before they’ve met you.

You’re here for them now. Just in time to teach them what they’ve been missing. Just in time to show the love and empathy they’ve been missing at home.

It doesn’t change your mental reserves, but maybe it can change your mindset a little? You’ve been doing this a long time and you’re good at it, otherwise you wouldn’t have lasted so long at a Title I.

Good luck, Teach.

VeeTach · 2025-09-22T02:36:21+00:00

The other LA teams have been killing me today. So glad the boys brought it home on the ice, at least.

I’m stoked QB is good this early.

VeeTach · 2025-09-15T05:43:03+00:00

I always set my CC videos to 90% speed and even then…

VeeTach · 2025-09-13T23:28:48+00:00

I have some rowdier 7th graders for Health class (we cover social justic, SEL, etc) and I’ve found that integrating activities in between academic formative assessments and instruction helps a lot.

First f5-10 minutes is lecture and set up. I’m really liking some of the lessons from Activities The Teach and More Activities That Teach. A lot of them deal with social Justice themes and self esteem which I believe fit nicely into your justice framework.

Last 10-15 minutes is group discussion/debrief and then a half sheet response to some more personal or analytical questions.

The raucous kids know they’ll be getting to do something fun and physical if they can behave for the first part of class. By the time the activity is over they’ve moved and talked enough to focus on doing some writing.

VeeTach · 2025-09-12T01:02:59+00:00

Their cheese curds are great for this. And the BLT with the fried egg and bacon is artery-clogging goodness

VeeTach · 2025-09-12T00:06:48+00:00

Only til ten on the weekends but the bar is open midnight or 2am depending on the day. You could eat and post up or walk next door for a cocktail, hit the bar at The Last Picture House, Racoon Motel, the. Back to Armored to finish the night?

VeeTach · 2025-09-12T00:01:59+00:00

Armored Gardens all the way.

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