At the end of a year of online teaching, in the midst of exhaustion and disorientation, I feel grateful for all that my students offered me throughout the year. I felt the struggle of building a nurturing, collaborative community online. Whenever I hit a low point, students stepped up, helping me and the group find […]Read Post ›
I’m so excited about and proud of this year’s Modern Day de Tocquevilles! Click on the image below to see their work and learn more about the project.
Teaching at a public school in Philadelphia it feels crucial to design curriculum that allows students to deeply understand, and speak out about, changes that are happening in the School District of Philadelphia. This year my American Government classes began the year with an inquiry into the concept of democracy. This lead to an investigation of […]Read Post ›
The work that my students have done on these projects has been awe inspiring. This two month project has been a poignant reminder for me of the abilities and insights of young people. Click on the image above to see the work of Modern Day de Tocquevilles. Click here to read more background about the […]Read Post ›
During the past two months 12th Graders in my Government classes have become Modern Day de Tocquevilles. After having spent the first quarter of the course inquiring about democracy we used Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America as a model for students to research and present detailed observations and analysis about the state of democracy in […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 