History teacher · Dayton, Ohio
Caleb Marsh
I teach US history at Northbend High in Dayton. This is where I keep the lessons that did not fit in the period, and the parts of the week that happen after the bell.
New posts most Sundays, once the plan for the week is done.
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- The pad comes first
I type the weekly plan into the school system every Sunday night. I still start on a yellow pad. Last week the pad showed me I… - The second volcano
June’s first volcano for the science fair leaked on the kitchen table and smelled like vinegar for two days. She wanted to quit the project. Elena… - The river in the textbook was in the wrong place
The freshman book puts the Great Miami River on the wrong side of the old mill in the 1913 flood chapter. I noticed it in my… - Sunday at Ruth’s
My mother still cooks for anyone who walks in. Yesterday Theo ate the bread before the pot was ready and she handed him a spoon and… - What I say to a senior who wants to quit
Once a year someone stays after the bell and says they are done. I do not give them the speech about potential. I ask what hour… - Theo and the bus
Theo learned the bus number and then forgot it on the sidewalk. He stood with his backpack on and watched three buses go by. June saw…
15
years teaching US history at Northbend High
4
sections a day, about 120 students a year
7
teachers in the social studies department he chairs
1913
the flood he teaches every fall, river and all
Fifteen years and counting
Career
The timeline from student teacher to department chair, the skills, and a résumé you can download.
The people I go home to
Family
Elena, June, Theo, and Sunday dinner at my mother’s house in Kettering.
What fifteen years taught me
A lesson plan is a guess. The room decides.
Caleb, on his first year of teaching