Welcome and onto the steppes...
January 14th, 2025 12:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunadelcorvoBack at it today, though yesterday was a weird schedule - we were on a 2-hour delay. Zthe kids are not quite as feral as I expected, which is nice! Then again, we aren't out of the woods - we have the looming threat of NTI (online learning) at some point this week, and another storm possibly around the end of the month.
There are several new folks here, and please let me say WELCOME! I know I have not gotten to respond to all of you in person yet (I pretty much got home from school and was out cold by 6-ish?), but I will, and I am SO glad you're here!
This week we started on the Mongols. It's a fun unit to teach, and it leads nicely into our upcoming coverage of medieval China. Of course, I had to introduce the kiddos to the Mongolian metal band, The Hu. If you haven't ever seen them, check them out below!
(Not sure if iframes still work here; I guess we'll see!)
There are several new folks here, and please let me say WELCOME! I know I have not gotten to respond to all of you in person yet (I pretty much got home from school and was out cold by 6-ish?), but I will, and I am SO glad you're here!
This week we started on the Mongols. It's a fun unit to teach, and it leads nicely into our upcoming coverage of medieval China. Of course, I had to introduce the kiddos to the Mongolian metal band, The Hu. If you haven't ever seen them, check them out below!
(Not sure if iframes still work here; I guess we'll see!)
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Date: January 14th, 2025 06:56 pm (UTC)Glad to hear easing back into classes wasn't too difficult. Maybe the 2-hour delay helped ease things in?
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Date: January 15th, 2025 08:54 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: January 17th, 2025 01:07 pm (UTC)I wish any of MY teachers would have played us The Hu (or brought out 2Cellos). I think the coolest thing my (Catholic!) school ever got up to was reading “Krabat” (think it’s known in English as ‘The Satanic Mill’?) - m almost risqué, if viewed with today’s narrow-eyed mindset. It was also quite formative for me in 8th grade :) So, praise unto cool teachers!
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Date: January 17th, 2025 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: January 15th, 2025 11:42 pm (UTC)Good luck with the semester!
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Date: January 16th, 2025 05:30 pm (UTC)