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Kevin Roughton

@MrRoughton

DAR California Outstanding Teacher of American History, CCSS Outstanding Middle Level Educator, Author of Teach with Magic!

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Sometimes algorithms are cool. Was just suggested Antti Martikainen. music.youtube.com/channel/UC61FB… Great instrumental tracks for fantasy, pirate, western or world history game background music or intros.

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Here's a new activity where students 'break up' with a concept or term. This one has a student example of breaking up with the Articles of Confederation. He nailed it! docs.google.com/document/d/1BQ… California Council for the Social Studies This would have been great at !

Here's a new activity where students 'break up' with a concept or term. This one has a student example of breaking up with the Articles of Confederation. He nailed it! #sschat docs.google.com/document/d/1BQ… @CAsocialstudies This would have been great at #CCSS24!
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My proposal to present at CCSS2024, themed around stories, about the storytelling history of Walt Disney was not accepted. A decade of presenting to packed rooms at the event is over. Yep, I'm a little upset.

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My students were the jurors in a mock trial yesterday. I based it on one of the charges from the case I served on this summer. It was awesome to see them deliberate. Now I'm tempted to do a big one! docs.google.com/presentation/d…

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Big day in D-133 as I debuted BOTH Swiftonomics and my new Jury Service sim. Both went incredibly well. Students were highly engaged all day. I'll take whatever wins I can get these days! docs.google.com/presentation/d…

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Today my students are role-playing as Ron Swanson as they learn about the executive agencies and choose which one they'd cut! Perspective-taking is a powerful way to confront biases. Free link here: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Today my students are role-playing as Ron Swanson as they learn about the executive agencies and choose which one they'd cut! Perspective-taking is a powerful way to confront biases. Free link here: docs.google.com/presentation/d… #sschat
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A2) My big challenge is being consistent without being repetitive. As far as opportunities, I find my students are, for the most part, very engaged in big stories (like Israel lately.)

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A1) Honestly, my senior Gov class. We did the worst Current Event assignments every week. It makes me not want to do ever do 'pick a story to write about' type assignments.

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Very kind of Disney to raise their prices on the very day I did my Is Disney Too... Cheap? lesson! This is a fun one for discussing markets and pricing for docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Very kind of Disney to raise their prices on the very day I did my Is Disney Too... Cheap? lesson! This is a fun one for discussing markets and pricing for #econedmonth #sschat docs.google.com/presentation/d…
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I'm super excited for Econiful's Swiftonomics workshop tomorrow. I'm eager to find out what I can add to what I put together! Here's my lesson on it that is coming up soon: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

I'm super excited for @econiful's Swiftonomics workshop tomorrow. I'm eager to find out what I can add to what I put together! Here's my lesson on it that is coming up soon: docs.google.com/presentation/d… #sschat
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A1) I'm a planner, to a fault sometimes. It does help with distributing energy, but when something unexpected comes up, I don't always handle it well!

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One of my favorite new lessons is coming up this week - Election Day in the Comic World. Students simulate the entire presidential election process from nominating to voting with the fate of America at stake! docs.google.com/presentation/d…

One of my favorite new lessons is coming up this week - Election Day in the Comic World. Students simulate the entire presidential election process from nominating to voting with the fate of America at stake! docs.google.com/presentation/d… #sschat
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I'm ready to start on a sequel to Teach with Magic. Teaching has changed an unbelievable amount since I started it in 2017. What do you want more info about? Lessons? Design? You tell me!

I'm ready to start on a sequel to Teach with Magic. Teaching has changed an unbelievable amount since I started it in 2017. What do you want more info about? Lessons? Design? You tell me!
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I'd like to personally thank Governor Newsom for adding a real world example to my 'Eligible Candidate' activity and helping to really, really confuse my students on residency requirements! docs.google.com/presentation/d…

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I recently updated my Constitutional Foundations PowerPoint with some new animation tricks I learned. Got to keep plussing! Here's the free link: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

I recently updated my Constitutional Foundations PowerPoint with some new animation tricks I learned. Got to keep plussing! Here's the free link: docs.google.com/presentation/d… #sschat
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I'm in the process of re-editing Teach with Magic (long story) and am enjoying reading the Disney magic I wrote about 4-5 years ago. Saw this quote from Disney VP Matt Conover and it hit me again today, 'No experience is too small to be excellent.' What a design challenge!

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Today in Econ my students are trying to save Max from the Mind Flayer (and review the intro to econ unit) in my favorite new lesson: Survive Scare City! Play along at docs.google.com/presentation/d… The full lesson is available to download at teachwithmagic.com

Today in Econ my students are trying to save Max from the Mind Flayer (and review the intro to econ unit) in my favorite new lesson: Survive Scare City! Play along at docs.google.com/presentation/d… The full lesson is available to download at teachwithmagic.com #sschat
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A2) Just talked about Shay's Rebellion today. Rural farmers vs. urban bankers. It was an ongoing issue throughout early US history and, if you look at any political map, still is today.

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