History teaches everything including the future - Lamartine
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development - Aristotle
History remembers only the brilliant failures and the brilliant successes - Randolph S. Bourne
The supreme purpose of history is a better world - Herbert Hoover
No historian should be trusted implicitly - G. Kitson Clark
History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time - Anonymous
Life must be lived forward, but it can only be understood backward - Soren Kierkegaard
History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such - Henry L. Stimson
History is a vast early warning system - Norman Cousins
Supernova Team
Visit our team site to find team news, upcoming field trip information, permission slips, team slideshows, presentations, and access to the other team classes.
Class Blog
During the year, students will be required to investigate and debate a topic we are coverning in class. It might be a historical or contemporary topic.
Social Studies Department
The ASFMS Social Studies Department site contains links to our 6th - 8th grade history curriculum.
Teacher Study Tours
I've been fortunate to travel to China ( 2006 and 2011), Korea ( 2008 and 2009), and Japan ( 2009). I took many pictures and video and have made them available online.
Students As Town Planners
This unit of study culminates in students researching their town's comprehensive plan and making suggestions on how to improve their community.
Presentations and Publications
This section includes articles I've written on curriculum, presentations I've made, in addition to editorials in local papers.Live and Learn Forever