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Update #1: Creating Your Own Thematic History Curriculum Deck

12/6/2019

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After a fall hiatus, I'm back and I have some updates for you! I finally finished my "Creating Your Own Thematic History Curriculum" deck - presentation version, titled as "Not Your Typical History Class: A Thematic Approach to Teaching History." The in-depth deck will arrive in 2020. This will be a busy winter break. I will be sharing the presentation version with you in the coming week! Stay tuned! 

Also, I'll be presenting on thematic teaching for the first time this weekend at CTA (California Teachers Association) New Educator Weekend South in San Diego. My session will  also be recorded. I'll provide the link once I'm hear it's live. Looking forward to the presenting what I've learned to others and get feedback! 

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Thoughts for Chang #2 - Happy Independence Day(?)

7/4/2019

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Happy 4th of July!

As I was making my rounds of sending mass text messages to friends to wish them a “Happy Independence Day,” a friend replied back with a “For some.” It hit me hard. It was 8:20AM. 

Her respond really got me thinking so I want to share a few words. She’s is absolutely right. We're not free until we are ALL free. There are many people who do not have the same freedoms with differing access to privilege. Can we truly call ourselves the Land of the Free when there are still so many injustices in our society? ​

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How I Manage My Personal Finances (as a “Broke” Educator) - Introducing Personal Finance

6/30/2019

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This post will launch Chang the World’s personal finance section! It will briefly highlight a variety of topics that you may find useful. Future posts will dive more in depth with each topic complete with resources you can use with your students!
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I have a lot of interests; personal finance being one of them. This is one of those subjects that should be taught in school. It’s so huge that I incorporate it into my economics class ever since my first year. Let’s face it. Most students are more likely to use personal finance skills straight out of the classroom than wonder about how the supply & demand of eggs are affecting its prices. I wasn’t taught it in school and “life skills” ALWAYS come up whenever you ask students what they want to learn.

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An Open Letter to the Class of 2019, My Third Class of Seniors and the First Students

6/7/2019

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This post/letter is dedicated to the Class of 2019.
Keeping with a tradition I started since my first year teaching, I would like to write and dedicate a letter to the Class of 2019.


Dear Class of 2019,
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It’s been a little over a week since you graduated and I wanted to take some time to process it. Your class holds a very special place in my heart. When I first started at Santa Teresa, you were sophomores. About 50 of you had me as your world history teacher and became part of my first group of students. My reach didn’t stop there. I was also one of your class advisors and that allowed me to meet many more of you through ASB activities. A few of you ended up in my government/economics class your senior year or just ended up hanging around my class during break, tutorial, and/or some club activity. Not only are many of you among my first group of students, your class is the first one I’ve had the honor of seeing mature over the past three years. I definitely repeated this so much you’re tired of hearing of it.


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Thoughts for Chang #1 - Teaching Historical Perspectives as a History Teacher

4/14/2019

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I am looking to write more often, so I'll be taking baby steps and starting with these short reflection pieces, "Thoughts for Chang."

Since I started teaching, I've been working really hard on helping my students ​develop perspective and opinions of their own. 

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World History Thematic Curriculum Update - February 2019

2/14/2019

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I get a few messages a month from people who saw my guest post on The Civic Educator, asking about my curriculum and my experience with it. I have also reposted it on the site here. Here's some updates on my progress a year later in 2019. ​

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Redesigning a Thematic World History Curriculum (Repost)

2/14/2019

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I have loved history ever since I was a kid.
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I just want to be clear that my goal is not to make my students fall in love with history. As I matured, I’ve realized that everybody has different interests, strengths and weaknesses. Rather my purpose is to help students understand the importance of history.

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Families Belong Together March in Minneapolis

7/1/2018

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 I'm currently in Minneapolis for my very first National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly (RA) where around 8,000 public school educators across the country have gathered to set the policy and direction of NEA.
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Coincidentally, the Families Belong Together March happened on the first day of the RA. The issue of children being separated from their families is a very personal and strong issue that resonates with many educators. Naturally, since teachers educate children, many educators, including myself, took part in the march. About 7,000 people showed up to the march in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday, 6/30/2018.  Here I've shared some pictures I took during the march. 

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An Open Letter to the Class of 2018, My Second Class of Seniors

5/30/2018

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This post/letter is dedicated to the Class of 2018.

Keeping with a tradition I set last year, I wrote and dedicate this letter to the Class of 2018

​Dear Class of 2018,

As you (my seniors) know, I am a second-year teacher. You are the second group of seniors I graduated. Like last year’s class, your group holds a very special place in my teaching career and my heart. I made a much strong effort to build community and have more personal conversations with each and everyone of you, which largely motivated the community circles and the personal interviews I had with each of you.  
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New Facelift in Summer 2018! Stay Tuned!

4/22/2018

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I apologize that this site hasn't been active the entire school year. I thought Year 2 would free up some time to write and reflect. Instead, I made the conscious choice of doubling to even tripling my responsibilities, making Year 2 even busier than Year 1. I'll be reflecting on Years 1 & 2 over this summer while I give this site a facelift. ​

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    ABOUT ME

    I'm Jayson, a high school social science teacher  with a strong passion for social justice and public education issues.

    Current education interests are: critical pedagogy, culturally relevant pedagogy, social-emotional learning, blended learning, skills-based education.

    ​Outside of the classroom, I am a travel enthusiast who loves to learn about how different people & cultures interact with each other in our society. 

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