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Making Social Studies Fun to Teach | Teacher Testimonial

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Making Social Studies Fun to Teach | Teacher Testimonial Nov 07, 2024 Video Transcript Speaker : Manda Rensel, 1st Grade Teacher, PA Tell us why you love Studies Weekly! Manda's Story In Manda Rensels 25-year teaching career, she never enjoyed teaching history. Studies Weekly has changed my outlook on history, she says.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

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25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. The attacks on 9/11 affected millions of people, and informed much of the public policy in action today but for these children, that event is history. The primary source.

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Lesson 8: How Do You Register to Vote (Grades K-3)

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9, 2024 • Studies Weekly Objective for the Lesson This lesson will provide some general guidelines and information to help students understand how citizens register to vote. Learn more about history. Lesson 8: Know Your Candidates (Grades K-3) Updated Oct. What happens next? The next day, invite students to share what they learned.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

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It’s the night of the final class of her course, “Children with Special Needs: History and Practice.” She shied away from those who haven’t proven themselves in the classroom, even if they have degrees from top universities. The organization’s first full cohort will walk across the stage in spring 2024.