Pedagogy, Uncategorized

We’re Gonna Teach ‘Em How to Say Goodbye

This summer I saw Hamilton.  If you have been living under a rock somewhere and the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda has somehow escaped you, do a quick Google search.  I'll wait. Much to my 6 year old's dismay, I did not take him with me--I took my husband instead.  We didn't get to sit… Continue reading We’re Gonna Teach ‘Em How to Say Goodbye

Pedagogy, Uncategorized

“Founding Fathers”

Did you know that the phrase "founding fathers" wasn't coined until 1916? It was then that Warren Harding used that wording in a speech to the Republican National Convention.  Somehow, I always find this a surprising fact.  Have Americans only thought about the revolutionary generations as father figures for a century? Americans before 1916 certainly… Continue reading “Founding Fathers”