A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A BHP NEWBIE

BHP Team and Collyn Gaffney, BHP Teacher
North Carolina, USA

Teaching Big History for the first time this year? If you’re oscillating between thinking it’s the best curriculum ever and wanting to pull your hair out because… #science, you’re not alone. Last year, first-time BHP teacher Collyn Gaffney chronicled the ups and downs of her year in the online BHP Teacher Community. Her year isn’t unlike what a typical “BHP newbie” experiences. We asked Collyn if she’d be okay with us sharing her reflections with the wider community, in the hopes that others in a similar situation would find comfort in her words.

Thanks, Collyn, for your candid, honest, and inspiring reflections. We hope other BHP newbies will follow your lead and share their own trials and tribulations in the BHP Teacher Community!