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Edge of Almost Excerpt: A Night at the Pole Vault Pit
I didn't know how Matt and Amber got together either, so I wrote a whole book to find out. Here's a late-night scene from Chapter 9 of Edge of Almost.
Jason Curlee
Oct 13 min read


Why I’m Building Free U.S. History Resources for Teachers
I’ve added quite a few new resources to the History Forge recently. If you teach U.S. history, you can now find readings and activities covering topics such as the French and Indian War, British taxes and colonial resistance, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts. I’ve also added activities covering the causes and major events of the American Revolution, along with a Declaration of Independence grievance-ranking activity. But I wanted to take a m
Jason Curlee
Sep 255 min read


Introducing Free US History Resources
History teachers need classroom materials that are accurate, engaging, and ready to use. They should not have to spend hours rewriting content, creating activities, and building answer keys before a lesson can reach their students. That is why I created History Forge Resources: a developing collection of free U.S. history materials for middle school teachers and students. We are starting with a series of Reading and Analysis resources focused on the American Revolution. These
Jason Curlee
Sep 204 min read


Neon Saint Is Now a Full Audio Story
Neon Saint is now available as a full audio story on YouTube, with six scene images that place you inside Mary and Grace’s view of the story.
Jason Curlee
Jul 192 min read


Neon Saint: The Song That Needed a Story
A song from my Pretty Armor music project left me wondering what happened before that night. That question became a new free short story you can read that's connected to the Beyond the Goalposts world I created.
Jason Curlee
Jul 173 min read


The Book Inspired An Album
Over the past few weeks I've been working on an album for my Beyond The Goalposts world. Let me tell you how that all came about. So it all started with me wanting to create one song. My main female character, Amber Brown, had a dream of being a singer. Well I thought, why not make her one. Why not create a song based off a small note she wrote Matt in Book Two, Edge of Almost. Well I sat down and did that. But then I was stuck. I'm not female. I don't play instruments. I do
Jason Curlee
Jul 11 min read
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