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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy February 26, 2024 Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

Many kindergarten and first-grade students missed out on crucial language learning during 2020 and 2021. Emily Toronto, a 5th-grade teacher at Bonneville Elementary in Utah, reported that her lower-level reading students also struggle in social studies and science. This is where Studies Weekly can help.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Student Expectations: Students will recognize the positive qualities of good leaders. Lesson Plan: 1. Grades K-3) Sept. Students will understand the election process in the United States.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. Most schools are on track to have new graduation requirement systems in place by 2020, but on-the-ground changes look different from district to district.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Flipgrid and Studies Weekly Oct. 9, 2020 • Studies Weekly When studying a topic in Studies Weekly, you may want some discussion or even debate among your students. First, you add a group: for example, a Social Studies group to use for Studies Weekly topics.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lesson 5: Electing Congress and the President (Grades 4-5) Oct. 7, 2020 • Studies Weekly Objective for the Lesson: This lesson will examine how members of Congress and the president are elected and ask students to consider both the historical reasons for the electoral college and its modern implications.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Jigsaw Strategy Oct. Tip: When using Jigsaw for the first time, it might be a good idea to walk the students through a trial run and model each step of the process.)

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“Centering science lessons on phenomena that are universal — like light — or deeply rooted in a region’s culture or location … can make science more relevant and interesting for students. Constructing lesson plans around the 5Es improves instruction and allows student-driven learning. What causes that to happen?’”

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., In October 2020, while networking with Chris Bacon (former UGRR Director) and Mike Broccolo (former educational specialist), we developed a mini-service learning project.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 17, 2024

17, 2023 • by Studies Weekly Since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States have relied on emergency ESSER funding from the federal government to hire more teachers, purchase instructional resources, and more. To learn more about purchasing Studies Weekly curriculum with ESSER III funds, contact your states rep.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance May 28, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Education in the United States has changed since the 2020 pandemic and still faces many lingering challenges due to the shutdown. Make the school day engaging with hands-on Social Studies , Science , and Health curricula.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

See how Studies Weekly Health & Wellness can give you the results you need with student absenteeism and other student behaviors at studiesweekly.com/health. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. References CASEL. Transformative SEL: Impacts on School Climate, Classroom Practice, and Student Learning.”

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products. 2, 2020, for AIP.org. Sources: Ashley Marranzino, “Bertha Parker, the Trailblazing First Indigenous North American Archaeologist, Taught Herself How to Excavate a Site,” June 6, 2019 for massivescience.com.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. “I honestly cannot imagine teaching social studies without providing each student with a copy of their student publication.” I nternational Journal of Educational Research , 58 , 61–68.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

2020, September 7). Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts What is Universal Pre-K? Barnett, W.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergarteners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. Still, only 20 states have adopted the standards. Related: Are we ready?

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Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 24, 2024

history, leading movements that have reshaped the nation’s social and political landscape. The 2020 uprising for Black lives was yet another powerful demonstration of this legacy, with young activists at the forefront, demanding justice and an end to systemic racism. Rachel is using a pseudonym due to privacy and safety concerns.)

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lesson 12: Election and Electoral College (Grades K-3) Oct. 12, 2020 • Studies Weekly Background Knowledge for Teachers: In the beginning of the United States, the Founding Fathers didn’t want a direct election for the new president and vice president. At the time, many people lived in distant rural areas.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

Chris Tims, a social studies teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, says he won’t stop teaching the 1619 Project, despite political pressure. Skyler Wheeler, a conservative, has a different view on the Pulitzer Prize-winning project, which has been expanded to include reading guides and lesson plans. and African American history.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I hear echoes of this argument when, for instance, Trump blamed Howard Zinn’s writing for inciting the riots during the 2020 uprising. And of course, history and social studies teachers. I will try to make lesson plans incorporating the history of criminalization and abolitionist ideas into K–5 Art.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lesson 11: Our National Election (K-3) Oct. 12, 2020 • Studies Weekly Background Knowledge for Teachers: Political parties are not unique to America. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Invite students to place their votes on the live voting site.

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