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 THERE WOULD BE NO MAT...

I 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 might want to check them...

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 Psych Binders! My favor...

AP and IB scores came out over the last week, and some students celebrated their success. Others might have wondered why they worked so hard for that lousy 2...

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 of those events, fini...

One 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: Peoples and Cultures (th...

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 spending the weekend re-...

This episode touches nicely on the spread of the Renaissance into France, England, Spain, the Low Countries and the German States, with some comparison to It...

I 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 history of the iconic c...

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 Medieval context for th...

I 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 students who do these 5 t...

An AP or IB class is definitely a marathon. You spend a year perfecting skills, mastering content, figuring out what the heck the College Board and I.B. are ...

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 years ago teaching US H...

My number one tip for students is to review early and review often! Start reviewing those topics from September NOW so that you're refreshing your memory an...