BACKGROUND In 2016, while on Spring Break from teaching at a high school in Switzerland, I visited friends in Spain. They took me to a café where I met a few British expats. In the course of the conversation, one…
Rebecca LocklearSeptember 9, 2022
Military Brats, U.S. Life-Saving Service, Mayflower “I should have been a university professor,” shares Rebecca Locklear. “I thoroughly enjoy research.” Even without the university status, the pandemic 2021 year closes with quite a bit of research complete with Rebecca publishing…
Rebecca LocklearDecember 30, 2021
On the blog post titled Motivating Students, I mentioned a group of second graders that came into my reading room on the first day of school. All of these boys were known to be difficult. As they shoved their way…
Rebecca LocklearDecember 10, 2021
An incident while working at an international school One day, I was sent an email from my international school administration that informed me that the next day I was required to travel an hour to the…
Rebecca LocklearAugust 12, 2021
Two years ago, I attended a graduation, two baby showers, a wedding, and many birthday celebrations. I had a great time finding gifts and cards that suited each person, and admit, it was an expense. But what I…
Rebecca LocklearJune 14, 2021
My mind keeps returning to those in Texas who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a effort to get warm this past February. Relatives hold the electric company, city, and police responsible – and I agree there should be…
Rebecca LocklearMay 3, 2021
A couple of years ago, after finishing a day of speaking and selling my books at a conference, a woman I had met that day came up to me with a surprise gift. It was the book, What a Wonderful…
Rebecca LocklearApril 11, 2021
At my last writing workshop for adults, I began by sharing four issues students (grades 6-12) have when writing academic papers and a few things I do to address those concerns. Perhaps some of these ideas will help with your…
Rebecca LocklearMarch 14, 2021
A teacher from Oregon asked what history-related books my family used for reading aloud after dinner. A short list follows for grades 3-6. I’m choosing oldies but goodies, but there are many other wonderful books out there today. Ancient…
Rebecca LocklearJanuary 8, 2021
“Book by Redmond educator explores 400th anniversary of Mayflower landing” By David Jasper, The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon This article explains how I came to write the unit study called The Mayflower at Cape Cod---among other things! I think you will…
Rebecca LocklearNovember 28, 2020
Mayflower enthusiasts! For interesting reads, see these articles by Dr. Peter Wood. 1) "America wasn’t founded on slavery in 1619, but on Pilgrims’ ideals in 1620" By Peter Wood New York Post, November 7, 2020 https://nypost.com/2020/11/07/america-wasnt-founded-on-slavery-but-on-pilgrims-ideals/ I am quoted in…
Rebecca LocklearNovember 28, 2020
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