Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

Social Studies Soundtracks: Using Music to Teach Social Studies May 2, 2025 By Debbie Bagley NEWSLETTER At first glance, social studies and music might seem like two separate subjects, but they can come together harmoniously to make learning more engaging and memorable. Music is everywhere!

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Social Studies Teaching Primary Sources Heritage 52

NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

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K-12 Primary Sources American History Archiving 312

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We have also found that some simulations try to bring certain events to life that could be harmful to certain students, especially in the case of difficult historical events. These events or rounds include trumpeters and heralds, long jump, discus, footrace, javelin, wrestling, chariot race, and pankration.

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Artifacts Archaeology Historic Sites Geography 130

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 23, 2024

My day begins with teaching two 65-minute social studies periods, followed by a plan period, co-teaching a reading workshop with an ELA teacher, and ending the day with two more 65-minute social studies classes. Students used Chromebooks, phones, Stanley water bottles, pencils, and books as their artifacts.

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Artifacts History Social Studies Lesson Plan 100

Social Studies Success

JANUARY 18, 2023

Manipulatives can be an exciting tool to add to your teacher toolbox for Social Studies, they provide you many opportunities to both teach and practice Social Studies skills and content. Manipulatives for Instruction Find or create tangible artifacts for students to explore. Can you categorize the artifacts?

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Artifacts Controversial Topics Social Studies Teaching 52

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

26, 2023 • by Debbie Bagley I love the magazine and newspaper style of Studies Weekly, because with its engaging primary and secondary sources, and activities you can do right on the publication, it allows for so much more than just simply reading from a textbook – which tends to take the life out of any subject.

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Artifacts Social Studies Lesson Plan Professional Development 52

4QM Teaching

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This is indeed a worthy goal: we want history and social studies classrooms to be active places where students are doing the intellectual work of our discipline, and often that work is best done in conversation with peers or with a teacher or both. In the earlier grades we are often looking at a pattern of behavior or an artifact.

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Artifacts Primary Sources Social Studies Professional Development 40