Welcome!  Here you can find a bunch of super stuff.  You can find links to Social Studies sites -- to research or to learn something new; you can learn about my experiences with social studies and why I believe in teaching; you can visit some of the random places I entertain myself online; you can learn about my classes and extracurricular activities!  Amuse yourself, learn something new!

Class

Encyclopedia D-Day

PBS D-Day

Spring Semester classes at Rockford High School include American History and American Government.  For more information on these classes, READ MORE

Extracurricular Activities

Ms. Young coaches Drama at Rockford High School; One Act, Three-Act Drama, and the Musical are all a part of the Drama program.  For rehearsal schedules, notes, and performance information, READ MORE.

Social Studies Links

Here you can access the list of internet resources for teachers which I have been compiling for the last several years.  You can access sites by category very easily, by selecting one of the links below. . .READ MORE

Teaching History

Just as a child learns to walk, relying upon their previous experience, their history to do so, proceeding forward to the next stage in life, history is significant because it enables humankind to proceed forward. If we were to reinvent the wheel each time we needed a gallon of milk we wouldn't have a grocery to go to, or a car to go in. History is the tool through which we grow.

It is my objective to outfit minds with this wonderful tool for understanding the world. Outfitted with history, we have in our possession the vast experience of the billions of people who have come before us. History is important and it must be learned. . . READ MORE   

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Profile

    When I was a little girl, my parents began taking my brothers and I on cross-country car trips.  We visited national parks, museums, battlefields, and distant relatives.  As a child, my primary interest in these trips was the depth of the hotel pool.  Little did I know that through these family vacations, my parents were teaching me about history, geography, geology, zoology, anthropology . . . READ MORE

Free Time?

    Online games?  Sure, once in a while I'll play, but usually I browse the web to learn.  Sometimes I learn like an adult, at the Smithsonian or National Geographic, and other times like a kid, at Sesame Street!  READ MORE

Contact Ms. Young

    Caroline Young

    Social Studies Teacher, Rockford High School

    youngc@rockford.k12.mn.us