How My Love of History Began (It was not in the Classroom)
Ah, it has been a while since I have written. No, I'm not on break (not yet at least; we have one more full week and a half week), but I just spent a day grading papers so writing this is my reward. I read the Witch of Blackbird Pond several months ago, but the book has stuck with me. In fact, it has been one of my favorite books that I have read these past few months, and as you probably noticed, it is also a Newberry Award winner and so a classic. Typically, if I just heard the title without picking up the book, I probably would not be eager to read it. However, the 6th graders at my school read this book, and the teacher told me that it is a historic fiction piece about the Salem Witch Trials. A historical fiction novel? I love historical fiction! In fact, I love history. I did not realize that though until high school. In elementary school, when the teacher would announce social studies, I groaned inside. For me, social studies was a bunch of dates and famous