Parker Interviews: Back to Seventh Grade By Courtney R. Moore Sometimes, when ordinary people think back on memories or are reminded of the past, it could have a positive effect on them. For today’s edition of “Parker Interviews”, the readers reading this right now could possibly know a little more about two seventh grade teachers, (which is a blast from the past for most current eighth grade students now). Who are these two teachers, you might ask; The two teachers are the 7th-grade superteam of Mrs. Tehako and Ms. O’Dwyer. The Questions CM: To start off on some sort of a silly note, this is a question for Mrs. Tehako. Mrs. Tehako, do you still keep the big, yellow pencil? And to follow-up, do you still have the pencil in which the now 8th grade Humanities class signed? Mrs. Tehako: I have it hanging up from the ceiling, but I should take it down so other people can sign it; But it’s still here. CM: Ms. O’Dwyer, how do you feel about teaching history in the classes that you teach? Because there’s so much, do you still want to introduce it to the students or? Ms. O’Dwyer: I guess I can start by saying that when we have a unit to teach, the question is in fact, “where do we start?” We have to cover the content that’s important to the topic, and it’s a struggle. Because events do not just happen in isolation, there is always a cause and effect, and there’s so many stories, and so many perspectives to learn as well. The most important thing is that multiple perspectives are being shared and we focus on inquiry skills so students know how to do research on their own and can learn how to source properly.
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