Married with one daughter and one son. Teaching sixth grade at South-Doyle Middle School in the Knox County School System. Mr. Skeen's Social Studies classes study about the Middle Ages. As they learn about this period of history, the students work on projects.
Many students construct castles.
Reports and drawings are also done. In discussion groups students talk about becoming a knight, monks and nuns in the monastery, life on a feudal manor, the Reformation of the Roman Catholic Church, and the Age of Exploration. 1500 A.D. A student puts the finishing touches on the castle project. A student constructed a castle out of popsickle sticks. A model of a feudal manor shows how people lived during the Middle Ages.