John R.

Hi, I’m John, a licensed middle school social studies teacher with 2 years in the classroom teaching world history and American history to 7th and 8th graders. I know exactly where students get stuck - and how to get them unstuck. Most kids don’t dislike history; they dislike memorizing names and dates that feel disconnected from anything real. My job is to fix that. I teach history as a story of people making decisions under pressure, and I lean on primary sources, discussion, and connection…