What is included in this blog?
This blog houses flexible, supplemental teaching material alongside a series of personal and scholarly blog posts. This site features lessons, activities, curated readings, and videos designed primarily for social studies classrooms, but also adaptable to interdisciplinary alternative educational settings. These materials are especially intended for educators seeking to introduce labor-oriented, class-conscious, and relevant perspectives into their teaching, geared toward working-class and marginalized students, whether in traditional public schools, community spaces, or after-school programs.
By encouraging students to examine power, resistance, and the construction of history itself in a materialist lens, the curriculum emphasizes the importance of collective action, critical inquiry, and the ongoing relevance of class struggle in today’s political and economic climate. The ultimate goal is to equip working-class students with the tools to critically engage with history and see themselves as agents of change in shaping their futures.
Why did I start this blog?
This site was born, first, as a medium for my undergraduate thesis project, and second, as a living archive of my journey becoming a public school social studies educator. I aim for this not only to be a scholarly endeavor but also as a guide for how I want to approach teaching. While as of 2025, I am not currently teaching in a classroom, I intend to continue building this work as I move into the teaching profession. By creating a platform that combines curriculum and critical commentary, I hope to support educators and students alike in reclaiming history as a site of struggle, possibility, and transformation.
I hope it serves as a reminder to hold myself to the ideals of class struggle, critical thinking, and social justice that I hold now. I want to be able to look back at the initial work I’ve made in the future and know that I have stayed committed and hopefully advanced on these values in my own practice, whether it be in the K-12 public education system, as well as outside of it.