Teaching Portfolio in Pictures

Classes Taught:

• 6th grade US History

• 7th grade Geography/Civics

• 8th grade World History

• Sociology (10th-12th grades)

• Mobile History (10th-12th grades)

• “Hall of Fame” Elective (middle school)

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:

Student notes on empathy in the virtual classroom

Interactive “Virtual Museum” on the Progressive Era in Mobile, AL for Mobile History Course
(Feel free to click through the museum to visit the exhibits)

Sociology activity using music to show stratification and mobility in American society.

Jamboard done with Sociology students on “What is Culture to You?”

Introduction activity to class, teacher, and using artifacts to learn about surroundings.

Teacher annotations based off classroom discussion.

Teacher annotations page 2

Student annotations example

Student sensory figures of Confucius.

Student example of Solar Eclipse activity 2018 on a day when most of students were absent. Students researched various solar eclipse myths from history and created an informative poster.

Paper example of student created advertisement based off of ancient Chinese achievements.

Digital student examples of advertisements on ancient Chinese achievements.

Students working on note taking and drawing while learning about Michelangelo and the Renaissance.

Student storyboard notes based on the Islamic belief that you are not to draw anything living (humans or animals) to explain the life of Muhammad.

Student writing project example. Prompt was to write diary entries from the perspective of a Punic War soldier. Side and specific historical information should be included with story.

Polynesian War Battle Graffiti: Students were grouped and researched a specific battle. They then collaborated to create graffiti art to represent aspects of the battle.

Student essay example of referencing the text to defend topic.

Student digital annotations using Nearpod.

Example of a bonus question relating to content.

Students created merit badges based off of achievements of ancient Egyptians.

Elective activities:

Black History Month interactive project. Students researched an African American of their choice, created an Instagram post that taught someone about them, and created a short biography video. The QR code links to the videos for students to watch.

After studying about Michael Jordan and his wildly successful shoe and clothing industry, students were given their own pair of J’s to design and name.

After researching the creation of Iron Man, students created superheros based off a modern day issue they would want to help solve.

We researched the backstory and life of Batman, students were then asked to place Batman in a specific historical event.

Classroom Culture:

I believe that the basis of any teacher’s classroom, is their culture. The way they interact with their students, the structure they create, and the extra assignments they use to create a family within their walls.

2018 One Word Project: Students were asked to choose one word to focus on for 2018. Rather than choosing a resolution, students chose a word to focus on that they could think back to in many life situations. They then wrote why they chose this word.

Black History Month 2018: Since I was teaching Ancient Africa, students were required to select a famous native African to create an inspiring/informational poster to share with our hallway.

While writing is a large part of my classroom expectations, some days students appreciate showing what they know in other ways. Rather than write a paragraph, I had students create apps that showed me the same outcome as the writing would have required (comparing and contrasting monotheistic religions).

Part of any school culture is how you market major school assignments and events. This was a summer reading poster that I redesigned to allow all information to be on one page, allow parents/students to buy with one click, and catch their attention.

On a typically “lame duck” day after testing, instead of watching a movie, my classes were allowed to debate (using Socratic Seminar) which invention we had studied so far was the most important. Evidence and compelling evidence was required to gain points for the assignment.

This is a Pineapple Chart I created for our staff. The idea of a Pineapple Chart is from Cult of Pedagogy. In essence, it is a PD program with no constraints. Teachers write in when they have interesting lessons, and other teachers can drop in to see. No writing, no forms, no interactions, just a time to learn.