Lesson Plans for The Odyssey: Alternative Book Report for Becoming the World’s Greatest Epic Hero or Heroine

I had just finished teaching The Odyssey. I nailed it with my Odyssey teaching unit, which covered just about every common core objective your local politician and lawyer and school administrator and college professor and whatever outsider who thinks he could retire from his corporate gig and become heaven’s gift to the public education system […]

Back to School Tips for Teachers: The #1 Back to School Tip You Need

Being a teacher and being a Browns fan are quite similar. In August when the start of things are right around the corner, there’s a lot of fake optimism. We say the right things only because showing any signs of negativity would bring about a cavalcade of criticism from outsiders. In reality, none of us […]

“The Pit and the Pendulum” Movie

The summer of YouTube movies based on short stories is sadly coming to an end. I searched for “The Pit and the Pendulum” movie, and came across an assortment of films, most of them totally inappropriate for classroom use. This is the best “Pit and the Pendulum” movie for classroom use. It’s claymation at its […]