Notes for other teachers.写给其他老师的笔记。
How I make a unit, what I check, what went wrong. Long articles when there is something worth explaining, short notes when there is not.我怎么做一个单元、检查什么、哪里出了错。值得细说的写成长文，其他的写成短笔记。
One Saturday afternoon, nine materials一个星期六下午，九件教材
What I made for the Melaka unit, in what order, and how long each piece really took. Plus the three things that went wrong.我为马六甲单元做了什么、按什么顺序、每一件实际花多久。还有出错的三件事。
Method方法Two dates, one chorus两个年份，一句副歌
Why I teach the only dates that matter with a song, and my five rules for writing the lyrics.为什么我用歌教最重要的两个年份，以及写歌词的五条规则。
AI & ethicsAI 与伦理Five checks before any AI image reaches my studentsAI 图片给学生看之前，我做的五项检查
Facts, time, people, fairness, sound. Ten minutes per unit.史实、年代、人物、公平、声音。每个单元十分钟。
Behind the scenes幕后One Saturday afternoon, nine materials一个星期六下午，九件教材
The time log, minute by minute, and what I would tell a first-timer.逐段的时间记录，以及给第一次尝试者的建议。
From the week这一周
They sang it without being asked他们没被要求就唱了
Week three. I walked in, put my bag down, and the back row started the chorus. The front row answered. I did not say a word for the first minute of the lesson. Best minute of the month.第三周。我走进教室、放下包，后排就开始唱副歌，前排接着唱。那节课的第一分钟我一句话都没说。这是这个月最好的一分钟。
Print the cards on thick paper人物卡要印在厚纸上
The character cards on normal paper lasted one lesson. On 250 gsm card they have survived three classes and one argument about Hang Tuah. Ask the school office; they usually have some.人物卡印在普通纸上，只撑了一节课。换成 250 克的卡纸后，已经用过三个班，还撑过一场关于汉都亚的争论。可以问学校办公室，他们通常有。
Why the Portuguese have faces为什么葡萄牙人也要有脸
The first painting of 1511 showed the Portuguese as faceless armour. It looked dramatic, and it was lazy. They were people with reasons. I asked for faces, and the class discussion that followed was better for it.第一版 1511 年的画，把葡萄牙人画成没有脸的盔甲。看起来很有气势，但其实是偷懒。他们是有理由的人。我要求画出他们的脸，之后的课堂讨论也因此更好。
Five questions, not ten五题，不是十题
The ten-question quiz took twelve minutes, and the last four questions were answered by guessing. Five questions take five minutes and tell me the same thing. Shorter is kinder, and more honest.十题的小测验花了十二分钟，最后四题基本是用猜的。五题只要五分钟，告诉我的信息一样多。短一点，对学生更友善，结果也更真实。
Get the next article first第一时间读到下一篇
One email a month: a history story, a free resource, and what I tried in class. Prefer WhatsApp? There is a channel for that too.每月一封：一个历史故事、一份免费资源、我在课堂上试了什么。比较常用 WhatsApp？也有频道可以加入。