Schedule  

(Note that each date signifies that week’s assignments) 

August 19 – Introductory Posts on the TPS Teacher Network   

August 26 – Reading Begins! The Worst Hard Time: Introduction and Chapters 1-3 

September 2 – A Square Meal Chapter 1-2 – Discussion Question 1 

September 9 – The Worst Hard Time Chapters 4-5 

September 16 – A Square Meal Chapters 3-4 – Discussion Question 2 

September 23 – The Worse Hard Time Chapters 6-8  

September 30 – A Square Meal Chapters 5-6 

October 7 – The Worse Hard Time Chapters 9-10 – Discussion Question 3 

October 14 – Catch up week     

October 28 – A Square Meal Chapters 7-8 

November 4 – The Worst Hard Times Chapters 11-14 – Discussion Question 4 

November 11 – The Worst Hard Times Chapters 15-19  

November 18 – The Worst Hard Times Chapters 20-23 – Discussion Question 5 

November 25 – A Square Meal Chapters 9-10 

December 2 – A Square Meal Chapter 11 & The Worst Hard Times Chapters 24-25, Epilogue – Discussion Question 6 

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out! 

TPS-MTSU is happy to announce another round of the virtual book club for the fall semester of 2024. We will be reading A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression and  The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. Virtual Book Club will include two synchronous meetings (7 p.m ET/6 p.m. CT) and an online discussion threads here in the Bookmarks! group. Reading will begin in early September. Message me if you have any questions!  
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We invite anyone who is interested to join us for our reading this fall. We will be reading Alexis Coe's You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington and Cokie Robert's Founding Mothers. 

If you are interested in reading along with us, the schedule is below. Note that we will be posting discussion questions to this group periodically during our reading. Feel free to jump in the discussion!  

August 21 – Reading Begins!
Read the introduction to both books. First discussion post: introduce yourself and what interests you about the founding period.

August 28 – You Never Forget your First: A Biography of George Washington Part 1 (55 pgs.)

September 4 – Founding Mothers Chapter 1 – Discussion Question 2 (36 pgs.)

September 11 – Founding Mothers Chapter 2 (41 pgs.)

September 18 – George Washington – Part 2 (54 pgs.)

September 25 – Founding Mothers Chapter 3 – Discussion Question 3 (31 pgs.)

October 2 – Catch up Week – Album Post – Share a Resource
Note: We invite you to share a primary source, educational resource, or website that you find helpful when teaching about George Washington and the founding period in a shared album here in the Bookmarks group. 

October 16 – Founding Mothers Chapter 4 (35 pgs.)

October 23 – Founding Mothers Chapter 5 – Discussion Question 4 (42 pgs.)

October 30 - George Washington Part 3: Chapter 16 (26 pgs.)

November 6 – Founding Mothers Chapter 6 - Discussion Question 5 (41 pgs.)

November 13 – George Washington Part 3: Chapter 17 (34 pgs.)

November 20 – Founding Mothers Chapter 7 (52 pgs.)

November 27 – George Washington Part 4 and Epilogue – Discussion Question 6 (26 pgs.)

December 4 – Catch up week – Album Post – Share a Resource

TPS-MTSU is happy to announce another round of the virtual book club for the fall semester of 2023. We will be reading two books: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe and Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts. Our schedule with this read will be on average 40 to 50 pages per week with a couple of weeks built in to the semester to catch up. Reading will begin the week of August 21st and conclude around the first of December. 

We invite all TPS Teacher Network members to join us in the Bookmarks group to discuss these two books!

If you have any questions, please message me.