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Lego Crimes

This is a teaching story about a crime that I really didn’t want to solve.

Time: 7:30 minutes

 

The Oregon Trail

This is another third-grade-teaching story: about a social studies project that goes horribly wrong, and how help can come from the most unexpected places when you’re trying to survive the Rockies.

Time: 8:25 minutes

 

GFD

This is a story about high school clubs, what we owe our ancestors, and Dirty Dancing.

Time: 7 minutes

 

Italy

This is a story about a trip to Italy that goes spectacularly badly, and the ways we see ourselves.

Time: 6 minutes

 

War Games

This is a story about being a teddy bear teacher with a class full of mercenaries, and how we do what we need to do when there’s a war on.

Time: 8 minutes

 

The Books

This is a high school story about a secret crush on a teacher and an audacious (and inappropriately expensive) goodbye gift. It has a happy ending.

Time: 8 minutes

 

Laszlo and the Wolf

This is a teaching story about a boy who couldn’t sit still, and the most surreal school assembly in history.

Time: 7 minutes

 

Edward

This is an extended version of an older story, “Lego Crimes,” about how sometimes, when you teach third grade, it’s not clear who’s the grownup, and who’s the child.

Time: 10 minutes