Saturday, August 30, 2025
Knowt.com - GREAT APUSH Study Tool
GREAT Resource for APUSH and Reviewing! I had a student make a 5 on the APUSH Exam and she said what made the difference was this!!! You have to make an account, but it is FREE and completely worth it!
Once you get in they have flash cards for important terms, practice questions, timelines, and mock exams. At this point if you spend 10 minutes reviewing a night you are golden! If you wait till the week before you will have to give hours! Who has time for that?
www. knowt.com
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Confronting Hard History
This week in class we watched a TED Talk - Confronting Hard History. I LOVE ted Talks, and especially this one. The speaker argues we MUST confront hard history or we are doomed to repeat it. Or even continue it! He also argues that we hate history, and we avoid it or ignore it when it gets hard or sad.
My job as your APUSH teacher is not to offend you, or upset you! My job is to present what happened, and not sugar coat it, or gloss over it. Also College Board knows your phone will tell you everything. They want you to be able to have an opinion, and put values on people and events. Is it good or bad? Was it effective or not?
There are some moments in American History that rips my heart out, and then throw it to the ground and step on it! I know as a historian "why" these things happened, but as a human it is hard to wrap my brain around. How could you treat another human like that?!
American Slavery
\Trail of Tears
WW2 Japanese Interment Camps
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
We Are Booker T!
I BLEED Black and Orange!!! Last year they made a video about Booker T. It is truly AMAZING!!! If you have never seen this please watch! It does not disappoint! And I am it!
Here is the original 2011 We are Booker T video from 2011. I LOVE this one so much! I was teaching at the Hive and I know ALL the faces!
Thursday, August 14, 2025
I BLEED BLACK AND ORANGE!!!
It is my 21st year at the Hive! I bleed black and orange!!!! I started working at the Hive in 2005. Feels like yesterday, but was so long ago! Here are some of the reasons I love Booker T:
1. The Pride and the Tradition
Mr. Hornet 2024 and I
Miss Hornet 2024 and I
This is Miss Hornet and Mr. Hornet and I from last year. They were both in my class, and I ADORE them! Mr. Hornet even gave me a shout out at the Coronation. I LOVE the traditions of Booker T! I am so glad teachers cannot vote in Mr. and Miss Hornet. I usually know all the candidates, and love them all!
Two years ago my fifth hour won door decorating contest! We were so happy!
I love Homecoming and Spirit Weeks, and dressing up! My wardrobe is all black and orange! This Homecoming 2013! I love that students participate and go all out! That really impressed me as a teacher!
2. Being a Class Sponsor - Class of 2010
The 2010 Nominees for Mr. and Miss Hornet Fall 2009
My 2nd year I became the Class Sponsor of 2010. Being involved with Booker T is good for students and teachers! Royce Anderson was Mr. Hornet, and TPS made a video about him. Listen to his advice to future Hornets! I completely agree! Be involved - it deepens your love for Booker T!
Being the Class Sponsor of the Class of 2010 was the best decision ever! I got to know them, and 11 years later we had a mini reunion, and the love was still there! They will always have my heart! This year we have organized a 15 year Reunion!
3. I took students to Europe 3 Times
Paris 2007
Paris 2007
Rome 2008
I have done 3 trips to Europe with Booker T. students! I am such an advocate for traveling! See the world - the world is so much bigger than Tulsa, OK!!! It was pure joy showing them the world!
4. Supporting Students
Booker T students are rock stars! I ADORE you! I would move mountains for you! Love watching you guys grow and learn! I truly enjoy coming to school every day! I have the best JOB on the planet!!
Class of 2024 - I will miss these two so much!!!! They were in my APUSH class when they were sophomores.
Class of 2024 - I will miss seeing him in the halls saying hello!
Class of 2015 - These two have my heart!
2023 - Cheering on my APUSH Students before the Exam started.
This amazing girl was in my Advisory for 4 years! So happy for her!
This was the NSU Graduation - Spring 2023. I adore this girl to the moon and back! So when she invited me to her college graduation - of course I said yes! Her future is SO BRIGHT!!!
Wayman Tisdale
If you go to Booker T - you MUST know who Wayman Tisdale is! He went to Booker T, in the 1980s, and became an NBA player and successful musician. He is so FAMOUS that ESPN made a documentary about his life! It is AMAZING - you need to watch!
Here is the trailer!
You can actually watch the whole documentary on YouTube at this link:
I believe the BEST part is the life lessons you can get from watching this! Wayman Tisdale was a HORNET and sn INSPIRATIONAL person! He died from Cancer in 2009. As someone living with MS - if I have a bad day I LOVE to watch because he is always positive and smiling! He also reminds us to follow our passions and believe in ourselves!
If you are a HORNET, and do not know who Wayman Tisdale is - WATCH this!