Here's five themes to keep in mind if you want to engage your students or any audience. Including - backchannel, modeling, choice, responsibility and reflection. Tips and links for presenters and teachers.

I've been invited by the folks at the education department at the Smithsonian to do a guest blog post. I have an idea for a document based question (DBQ) that explores the historic perspective of continuity and change. I thought I’d “crowdsource” my idea to my readers for some feedback.