Miller - First Day Lesson

Teacher: Mr. Miller

Welcome

to U.S.
History

Hello! I’m...

Mr. Miller - I grew up in East Dublin, GA, and currently live in Grovetown, GA.

I enjoy traveling with my family, watching the Atlanta Braves and Augusta Greenjackets baseball teams, watching the Georgia Bulldogs, and fishing.

Career Highlights

High School - East Laurens HS

Undergrad - Bachelors of
Business Administration from
Georgia Southern University

Masters - Masters of Arts in
Teaching from Georgia College
and State University

Specialist - Specialist in Middle
and Secondary Grades Education
from Kennesaw State University

2012-2017 - North Tattnall Middle School
(baseball and softball coach, Athletic
Director, Jr. BETA Club sponsor)

2017-2020 - Statesboro HS (soccer, golf, and softball coach, Model UN advisor)

2020-2023 - Bulloch County Virtual School

2023-2024 - Columbia Middle School (Jr.
BETA Club advisor, Leadership team)

2024-? - Georgia Cyber Academy

01 | Education

02 | Teaching Career

Open Ended

What county do you live in?

Open Ended

What do you like to do in your spare time? Any hobbies?

Open Ended

If you could hang out with any cartoon character, who it be and why?

Open Ended

If you could be an animal, which one would you choose and why?

Open Ended

If you had to delete all but three apps on your phone, which ones would you keep?

Open Ended

If you were invited to participate in the Olympics, which event would you compete in?

Open Ended

If you could meet any historical figure, who would it be?

Why Teach History?

●Learn from the past

●Develop critical thinking skills

●Understand cultures

●Learn about ourselves

●History can be intensely personal

●Active engagement with history is like completing a puzzle or solving a mystery

●Everything has a history

Today’s
Activity

-Your task is to come up with THREE things that have happened in YOUR lifetime to help tell the history of the United States to future generations. Suggestions: key people, key events, new inventions, trends, ideas, etc.

- Create your list on a piece of paper, Google Doc, sticky note, scratch paper, etc.

-Time Limit: 2 minutes

Your Task

What happens next?

Using the Quizizz prompt on the next slide, list the three items on your list.

Open Ended

What are the most important things that have happened during your lifetime in American history?

Open Ended

Were there items that you left off, and what criteria did you use to come to those decisions?

Open Ended

Where did your memory of these things come from (social media, television, etc.)?

Open Ended

Thinking about the items posted earlier by yourself and your classmates, would our audience be able to clearly understand the time we live in? Why or why not?

Open Ended

What kind of story would we be telling about our lifetime (exciting, full of conflict, depressing, sorrowful, etc.)?

Open Ended

What is missing from our story? What else can we add to give a more accurate picture of the world in which we live?

Observation

To complete this exercise, you all had to make
judgments about significance. You were deciding
what, or how much, these things meant in some
bigger scheme of things. You didn’t just write lists of
facts. You were thinking about how to tell a story
that would be about something—a story with a point.

This is exactly what historians do when they write
about the more distant past. They are figuring out
how to use pieces of information—about all kinds of
things—to tell a true story, usually about things they
don’t remember personally. It’s basically the same
process as what you just did.

What do we study?

How do we study?

-Textbook reading and discussion

-Small group discussion

-Google Slides

-Video content

-Primary sources

-Virtual field trips

-One-pagers

-… just to name a few

U.S. History from Jamestown (1607) to
the present.
*AP US History begins with Columbus in 1492

-23 Standards broken into 7 Units
*APUSH - 9 periods of time

How to be successful

-Be on time with your camera on

-Keep microphones off - use “raise hand” feature

-Your activity is being monitored through Securly

-Set up a workspace - not laying in bed!!!

-Stay engaged with class content

-Turn in work on time and STUDY!!!

-Grading breaks down to 50% classwork, 40%
assessments, and 10% final exam/EOC

Any
Questions?

END

This is our team.

Erika V.

John S.

Marie M.

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And this is a timeline.

1999

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2005

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