Global History Teacher Notes Template Notes

This book contains over 150 lessons from World History or Global History that may be amended according to your state's standards, curriculum and mission of your school. As a new teacher in 1999, Geist says, "If I had access to a template of teacher notes from World History, it would have made my life more manageable." Geist took a personal day the beginning of the school year to write up a dozen lessons, only the next day to have his Assistant Principal tell him classes had been changed, and Geist now had new classes to teach. Geist says, "All the lessons I wrote up were for naught, and I cried that very night over the fact I had to write up new lessons for the new courses assigned to me." It is in this spirit I share my notes with new pedagogues today. I hope my 16 years of creating my notes can be of help to those who follow behind me."One of the goals of teaching is having students make connections from the past to current events. Making connections not only helps students to retain information, but also helps them to build analyzing and evaluation skills. Helping students in their critical thinking skills is a priority for 21st century education. This book is a tool in helping teachers to create class notes in Global History classes.The key for the teacher to create efficient and effective lessons is by employing higher level questions based on the Holy Grail of Education Tool Box called "Bloom's Taxonomy." James Geist was voted Teacher of the Year in 2012 by his teaching peers in New York City. His students frequently encouraged him to write a book since he had so many funny stories to tell. He has been a teacher in NYC for 14 years and in Newark New Jersey for two years. He served as a pastor in Queens NY for 5 years before becoming a teacher. Geist has written a dozen books that can be found on Amazon.com under James Curtis Geist. Since December of 2016, he has written a memoir, a book on the Presidents, a book on World History Notes, and ten books of poetry and anecdotes. His muse for poetry comes from Charles Bukowski.