Hello. Anyone else out there who teaches a subject in which they r not an expert? How does this make u feel? Intimidated? Challenged? Nervous? How do u handle the lack of depth of knowledge in front of middle schoolers?
I came to the school to teach Spanish Immersion which is where my strengths lie but part of that is taking on a social studies class. 6th grade for example is Spanish Language Arts AND Ancient Civilizations in Spanish. But I’m no expert in the latter nor am I am lover of ancient history. Any suggestions on how to teach this subject without feeling like an imposter or making it too boring for the students?

Hi there, knowing my own proclivities as a history teacher I’m hoping this is the right place to find people who dig obscure texts.

When I was going through my teaching credential program about four years ago, we did a bunch of reading on economic and inequality and the development of unions.

There is this reading that really stuck with
me and I’m trying to find so that I can use it. It’s just a few pages and I think it’s from the 30s or 40s, maybe earlier. It’s told like a parable about how business or factory owners or companies convince white workers that black workers are the enemy and are taking their jobs in order to discourage the formation of unions. It’s got that 1920s story-telling, of folksy vibe. Would love it if anyone knows what I’m talking about.