Miranda+Forgac

What will you be teaching this year? U.S. History and Government/Economics
 * Are you a new teacher or do you have previous experience (where and for how long)? New teacher
 * What brought you to the Academy? A friend
 * Tell us something about yourself - hobbies, fun facts, etc. I enjoy running competativelyas well as watching and competing in other sports, outdoors stuff like camping, backpacking, canoeing, etc. I also like to travel, around the United States and abroad.
 * What would you like to learn over the next four days? You can add to this question as the week progresses. How the Academy works, and things are different at the Academy than other schools. How to use Blackboard.

I have created a quia game for students to use when studying the states and capitals. This can be used for review or mastery. It is linked below: [|States and capitals]

The following is an authentic assessment for a government class. I am having the students write bills and sign them into law.