SALLY:MOST OF US ARE USED TO
READING ABOUT HISTORY OR
SEEING PICTURES IN A TEXTBOOK.
WITH ONLINE LEARING... THE
PANDEMIC SPARKED A NEW WAY OF
TEACHING HISTORY.TOM:A
WESTLAKE TEACHER IS USING THE
FIRST FEW WEEKS OF VIRTUAL
CLASSES TO TAKE HER STUDENTS
TO THE PLACES SH'S TEACHING
THEM ABOUT.NABIL REMADNA HAS
HER STORY.
CATHY CLUCK IS TAKING SOCIAL
DISTANCING WELL PAST THE
RECOMENNDED 6 FEET OF
SEPERATION.CLUCK: "I DECIDED
TO LEAVE THE STATE"AS STUDENTS
MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM AT WESTLAKE
HIGH SCHOOL SHE DECIDED TO HIT
THE ROAD, BUT NOT TO GET AWAY
FROM HER STUDENTS...CLUCK:"WE
ALL HAVE JUST BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS
ONLINE?"ONE WAY IS TO KEEP
THEM ENGAGED SAYS MRS. CLUCK
WHO TEACHES HISTORY...SO SHE
HAD AN IDEA AND ASKED HER
PRINCIPAL IF IT WAS POSSIBLE...
CLUCK:"AND I SAID WHAT IF I
TAUGHT HISTORY FROM THE PLACES
WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED?"THE
REST IS HISTORY...WITH STOPS
IN WILLIAMSBURG, DC,
GETTYSBURG...CLUCK:NATS
SHOWING BATTLEFIELDSTUDENTS
HAVE ENJOYED THE
LESSONSIN A TIME WHEN KEEPING
KIDS IN A TIME WHEN IN A TIME
WHEN KEEPING KIDS ENGAGED CAN
BE DIFFICULT MRS. CLUCK IS
GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
CLUCK:"EVERYDAY WHEN THEY LOG
CLUCK:"EVERYDAY BEYOND.
CLUCK:"EVERYDAY WHEN THEY LOG
ON THEY ARE LIKE WHERE ARE YOU
TODAY?"THE JOURNEY HASNTS COME
WITHOUT SOME SPEED BUMPS
THOUGH AS SHE HAD A SCREW IN
HER TIRE AND HAD SOME MINOR
COMPUTER ISSUES, BUT HEY THIS
IS 2020 WE ARE ALL
ADAPTING...AND IN THIS CASE
THE KIDS ARE LEARNING.
CLUCK:"I AM LEARNING NEW
THINGS THAT I AM SHARING WITH
THEM."MRS. CLUCK SAID THE ONLY
REAL ISSUE SHE HAD WAS HAVING
TO CHANGE OUT A TIRE AFTER
RUNNING OVER A SCREW. SHE ALSO
HAD A FEW MINOR COMPUTER
ISSUES. BUT OTHER THAN THAT
SHE SAYS THIS IS A JOURNEY SHE
WO'T SOON FORGET. BACK TO
YOU.
TOM:MRS. CLUCK IS CURRENTLY
MAKING HER WAY BACK TO AUSTIN
AND SAID SH'S READY TO START
ONLINE CLASSES FROM THE
CLASSROOM.
