Cathy Keller18 hours ago1 minYou CAN Do Hard ThingsPeople complain a lot about "participation trophies." They're not wrong. We've sheltered our kids so much that they don't always know w...
Cathy Keller2 days ago3 minHow to Cope with Back to School, Corona StyleI have been avoiding almost all marketing for my tutoring services since COVID-19 hit. I don't want to be a "Covid Profiteer," when so m...
Cathy KellerMar 161 minMeet Katie Taylor! AP Psychology Guru! It's a little known fact that I have been teaching AP Psychology this year in addition to my European History classes. Guys, they SAID T...
Cathy KellerOct 28, 20191 minCrash Course Viewing GuidesI think a lot of teachers have found their way to my site because of the Crash Course Viewing Guides I've been posting, but students migh...
Cathy KellerOct 19, 20191 minParents Just Don’t UnderstandThis might have been the first song I memorized all of the words to around 6th grade. Yes, that dates me a bit (or dates Will Smith!) Th...
Cathy KellerJul 28, 20191 minStuff just got real, yo!Last week I was eating gelato with my son on Lake Geneva. I came home to my “welcome letter” from my principal and my new AP Euro and Psy...
Cathy KellerJul 10, 20192 minScores are here. Is the journey “over?” AP and IB scores came out over the last week, and some students celebrated their success. Others might have wondered why they worked so h...
Cathy KellerJun 3, 20192 minMay-hem to Sweet Sweet Summer Break! May starts out SO great! The end of the school year is coming! Fun end-of-the-year events! Summer is near! Then you actually attend all o...
Cathy KellerMay 3, 20191 minCrash Course European History Episode #4: Age of ExplorationOne of the things I love about working with Bonnie Smith, the script writer for this series and co-author of The Making of the West: Peop...
Cathy KellerApr 27, 20193 minAre you doing Practice Tests this weekend? You should be! AP and IB Exams start in a little more than a week (depending on when your subject is scheduled), and a lot of students are probably spen...
Cathy KellerApr 26, 20191 minCrash Course Episode #3: Northern RenaissanceThis episode touches nicely on the spread of the Renaissance into France, England, Spain, the Low Countries and the German States, with s...
Cathy KellerApr 19, 20191 minCrash Course European History Episode 2: The Italian Renaissance is here! When I was 20 and studying abroad in England, my flat mates and I took a spring break trip to France and Italy. One of them was an art hi...
Cathy KellerApr 16, 20191 minReflections on Notre DameI first visited Notre Dame in 1997 while on spring break, and at the time I was in awe at the stained glass, the Rose Window, and the his...
Cathy KellerApr 12, 20191 minCrash Course Episode 1: Medieval Europe is LIVE!Episode 1 is here! My first thought in outlining the syllabus for this episode was that we need to hit some key ideas to provide some Med...
Cathy KellerApr 11, 20191 minTop 5 tips for preparing for AP and IB ExamsI created this a while ago and thought it was worth a sharing on the blog. I've been teaching AP and IB exams for a LONG time, and stude...
Cathy KellerApr 4, 20194 minYou don't take a break 100 yards from the finish line! An AP or IB class is definitely a marathon. You spend a year perfecting skills, mastering content, figuring out what the heck the College...
Cathy KellerApr 2, 20192 minCrash Course European History is coming! It has been such an honor and so fun to get to collaborate on this project! I've been a Crash Course fan since I first discovered it yea...
Cathy KellerFeb 12, 20181 minLet the Countdown to AP Exams begin!My number one tip for students is to review early and review often! Start reviewing those topics from September NOW so that you're refre...