"A Fascist's Tale" is how it began.
What proceeded was the telling of how the Dark Lord came to power... along with an image of Gandalf and a speech bubble saying "Fly you fools!"
Yup.
This was an assignment one of my students handed in today.
The task?
Good question.
It had nothing to do with destroying the Ring of Power. I mean, come on, everyone knows one does not simply walk into Mordor.
It was a timeline, actually.
Yup.
A timeline.
We are studying 1919-1933 in History 12 right now, and rather than have my students answer questions to tell me about Hitler's rise to power in Germany, I had them create a timeline. I told them it could be in whatever format they wanted (an actual timeline, a PowerPoint, paragraph form, etc). So one student did a PowerPoint.
And it was Lord of the Rings themed.
Pretty epic, if I do say so myself!
I would love to take full credit for this, but I can't. These are kids are just plain incredible! The work they hand in makes me seem like a way better teacher than I actually am. Each of my classes has something unique to offer, but I seriously cannot wait for my grade 12 class at the end of each day. I get to work with a group of students who are taking they course because they love the subject matter. They were telling me that their idea of taking a break from the homework in other classes is to do the homework for my class!
What teacher doesn't want to hear that?!
So yes, despite an exhausting start to the week, things are going well.
My incredibly lame Friday night is moving along rather nicely :)
After work I spent a little over an hour at the Laundromat. I did my laundry, wrote a letter to Mr. Charming, and shared pleasantries with some my fellow patrons.
Then I returned home and cleaned my house.
Now, after a lovely, hot shower, I am drinking tea, eating a lemon square, and reclining on the couch.
And I currently sound like I must be about 70 years old!
But all is well. Next week is a short week and then it is off to a conference. Which also means Thanksgiving is coming. Which means I get to see Mr. Charming in 168 hours.
Not that I'm counting!
And I get to spend the weekend with my family!
And I will hopefully come back a little less tired and a little more able to make it to Christmas!
So here's to lemon squares, dark lords, and possibly staying up later than eight o'clock tonight!
What proceeded was the telling of how the Dark Lord came to power... along with an image of Gandalf and a speech bubble saying "Fly you fools!"
Yup.
This was an assignment one of my students handed in today.
The task?
Good question.
It had nothing to do with destroying the Ring of Power. I mean, come on, everyone knows one does not simply walk into Mordor.
It was a timeline, actually.
Yup.
A timeline.
We are studying 1919-1933 in History 12 right now, and rather than have my students answer questions to tell me about Hitler's rise to power in Germany, I had them create a timeline. I told them it could be in whatever format they wanted (an actual timeline, a PowerPoint, paragraph form, etc). So one student did a PowerPoint.
And it was Lord of the Rings themed.
Pretty epic, if I do say so myself!
I would love to take full credit for this, but I can't. These are kids are just plain incredible! The work they hand in makes me seem like a way better teacher than I actually am. Each of my classes has something unique to offer, but I seriously cannot wait for my grade 12 class at the end of each day. I get to work with a group of students who are taking they course because they love the subject matter. They were telling me that their idea of taking a break from the homework in other classes is to do the homework for my class!
What teacher doesn't want to hear that?!
So yes, despite an exhausting start to the week, things are going well.
My incredibly lame Friday night is moving along rather nicely :)
After work I spent a little over an hour at the Laundromat. I did my laundry, wrote a letter to Mr. Charming, and shared pleasantries with some my fellow patrons.
Then I returned home and cleaned my house.
Now, after a lovely, hot shower, I am drinking tea, eating a lemon square, and reclining on the couch.
And I currently sound like I must be about 70 years old!
But all is well. Next week is a short week and then it is off to a conference. Which also means Thanksgiving is coming. Which means I get to see Mr. Charming in 168 hours.
Not that I'm counting!
And I get to spend the weekend with my family!
And I will hopefully come back a little less tired and a little more able to make it to Christmas!
So here's to lemon squares, dark lords, and possibly staying up later than eight o'clock tonight!
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