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Little girl, be careful what you say
when you make talk with words, words—
for words are made of syllables
and syllables, child, are made of air—
and air is so thin—air is the breath of God—
air is finer than fire or mist,
finer than water or moonlight,
finer than spider-webs in the moon,
finer than water-flowers in the morning:
and words are strong, too,
stronger than rocks or steel
stronger than potatoes, corn, fish, cattle,
and soft, too, soft as little pigeon eggs,
soft as the music of hummingbird wings.
So, little girl, when you speak greetings,
when you tell jokes, make wishes or prayers,
be careful, be careless, be careful,
be what you wish to be.
—Carl Sandburg, Wind Song -
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Monthly Archives: January 2020
What’s a History Test?
History teachers have lots of cheerful arguments about assessments these days (projects? essays? tests?), but one thing everyone seems to take for granted in the conversations I’ve been in is what a history test looks like. In a time of great change in our field, the test conversation seems mired in two camps: multiple choice or essay tests.
It might be time to take a longer look at that. Continue reading
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