Happy the 13th!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving and eat some GREAT food!

Enjoy Thanksgiving!!!!! See you Monday the 2nd!

Happy Veteran's Day 2019

Study Tips - Recall

Harriet

  

They made a movie about her life!!!!  EVERYONE should see this!!!!  I cannot wait!!!!

I hope this happens in 2020:

Get rid of Jackson!!!!!

Announcement for AP US History Classes!

Two Announcements:

1. Have a Pencil on Monday!!!  The Councilors are coming to fill out PSAT paperwork!!!!

2.  Do NOT forget to sign up for the AP Exam!!!  Tuesday at 11:59 is your deadline!!!

Understand not Memorize!

AP US History teacher all stars  highly recommend this video to help learn new content!  Of course I had to watch it right away!  It is brilliant and I see why he recommends it!  This video talks about the importance of understanding!  How it is different from memorization!  He really talks about active recall!  Below is the book he recommends to all students!

Enjoy Fall Break!!!! Be Safe!

See you on the 21st!!!!  Get Some Rest!!!!!

Help People!!!!!

Happy Friday the 13th!!!!

School Pictures

Thursday September 12th is School Pictures Day!!! Look your BEST!  You can wear a choice of three things:

1. School Uniform

2. Spirit Wear

3. Dress Up

E. W. Woods Monument

E. W. Woods began Booker T HS and was principal for over 30 years!  This moment was a BIG deal!

E.W. Woods Monument!

Back To School Night 2019

Back To School is Thursday the 29th starting at 530!!!!!  Hope to See you there!

STUDY!

I'm on Vacation!

I'll see you on the 14th!  Enjoy the last days of summer!

Be Kind!

Be Uncomfortable!

Have Manners!

Take Care Of Each Other

Be back Friday the 28th!

Be Your BEST!

Stay In School!

Michael Jordan's Tips for Success!

3 Life Lessons

Tulsa Race Riot - May 31, 1921

Said Goodbye to a Booker T Legend!

On May 11, 2019 they laid to rest a Booker T icon!  Sadly Coach Harris passed away, and I am so honored I was present at his Celebration of  Life!!!!  It was a beautiful service full of Booker T Royalty paying their respeects to a fellow great!!!!

Enemy Proverb!

I Stand With Paris!

A few weeks ago sadly Notre Dame de Paris caught on fire and burned for 6 hours till it finally went out!  It caught the attention of the world, and we all sat in horror and shock while it burned.  I truly believe most felt helpless.  Dan Rather captured the world's emotion with this statement:

"Why has the burning of Notre Dame moved so many? Because we believe in beauty, majesty, faith, art, history, and the human expressions thereof. We recognize in this cathedral our common humanity. A scar now emerges in our connections to our past, our future, and each other."

I feel so lucky! I have been to Paris 14 times, and I hope I go back another 14 times.  Here are some of my favorite pics of Notre Dame!

AP US HISTORY College Board Site

I was  having a bad day a few weeks ago!  Then I took students to the art show and I saw a former student from last year!  He declared he made a 5 on the APUSH Exam!  I instantly had a smile!  Then he said it was all because of me, and he wanted to say Thank You!  I became so embarrassed, and he explained he knew the content but also knew the structure of the Exam! That is so true  you need both!  Look at the College Board Site and learn the structure of the test!

APUSH College Board Site

Lessons from History

This was an amazing AP US History Shirt!!!! I love it!

One of my favorite things about history is you can learn life lessons!  Trust!  Life is too short to learn all the lessons!  This week we are watching 42 in Oklahoma History!

As the movie has played I hope the students have seen how strong Jackie Robinson is!  People heavily discriminated against him, and said horrific and unbelievable things to him! Honestly it was hard to watch!  I truly believe a difference between now and then is people would fight back today!  Sadly in the 1940s Jackie Robinson could not talk back or fight back!  As Oprah says about the Little Rock Nine  he handles it with Grace and Dignity!  I wonder could people do it today?  I do not think they can!  I asked  my students what Life Lessons did you learn from 42?  The two things I heard all day was persistence and perseverance.  I loved what Oprah said about the Little Rock Nine - it is the same thing as Jackie Robinson!

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Everyone has a Story!!!!

Patience

One thing I love about history is you can learn life lessons! One lesson you can learn from President Abraham Lincoln is patience.  The first goal of President Lincoln during the Civil War was to preserve the Union.  Then very quickly President Lincoln realized he had to free the slaves, but he had to wait for a large Union Victory - that was 2 years!  The Battle of Antietam provided that moment!

President Lincoln visited the battle he patiently waited for!

Captain Marvel

This movie shows the power of the human spirit!  And it rings Do Not Give Up!  This is a Girl Power Story, but a Human Power Story!  Go See It!

Notorious RBG!!!