A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Please visit the blog for an in-depth look at the dedicated students who participated in HST 2013 as they reflect upon what they learned. For a more detailed synopsis check out Day 5 from the trip blog. For a more detailed synopsis check out Day 8 from the trip blog. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

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Heritage Artifacts High School History 317

TeachThought

AUGUST 17, 2024

Education has gone beyond acquiring knowledge to acquiring skills using EdTech tools; students learn digital literacy, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. Create a Blog Blogging promotes creativity and engagement in class, especially in language or art classes.

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TCI

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

With the right HQIM, students develop critical thinking skills, engage meaningfully with historical content, and become informed citizens ready to tackle complex societal issues. The series delves into HQIMs impact on academic performance and civic readiness while providing practical strategies for effective implementation.

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Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2025

CRITICISMS OF CONGRESS LESSON This fascinating lesson is absolutely vital for cementing student understanding when teaching the legislative branch. Thats because critical thinking around a topic is the main sign that demonstrates your students depth of understanding.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

The University of Sheffield provides the following synopsis that validates the importance of this pedagogical strategy: Reflective learning is a way of allowing students to step back from their learning experience to help them develop critical thinking skills and improve future performance by analyzing their experience.

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Research 398

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 31, 2025

Students will even work on mastering critical thinking skills while completing these activities. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! There are 25 days of complete lesson plans full of activities, group work, stations, reading passages, games, videos, projects, and assessments.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

tools on a routine basis to enhance and promote essential skill sets such as communication, collaboration, media literacy, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, global awareness, and technological proficiency. To this end, teachers and students are now routinely utilizing social media and other various Web 2.0

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 29, 2013

Earlier this month I shared the Independent Open CourseWare Study (IOCS) project on this blog. Must offer evidence of any of the 21St Century Skills acquired: collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, media literacy, technological proficiency, global awareness, and preparation for college, careers and life.

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Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Thankfully, this amazing unit has over 100 products that encourage critical thinking about political parties in the USA! By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Additionally, they need to understand the importance of listening to other political viewpoints outside of their own.

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Social Studies Teaching Lesson Plan Civic Engagement 235

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first. We are all waiting for answers.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Yet, studies show that integrating social studies into the curriculum can significantly enhance reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking. Incorporate Inquiry-Based Learning: Engage students in discussions, debates, and primary source analysis to deepen comprehension and critical thinking.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This blog post examines recent evaluations highlighting gaps in civics education and explores how HQIM can address these challenges. Emphasis on Social Studies Practices: Materials emphasize inquiry-based learning, analysis of primary and secondary sources, and the development of critical-thinking skills.

Civics 98

Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

Dr. Shannon Doak

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This trend echoes concerns I raised nearly five years ago in my blog post, “ What are we doing? While these tools may offer efficiency, they often fail to promote critical thinking, creativity, or problem-solving skills—competencies essential for the modern world. Despite the passage of time, the core issues remain unaddressed.

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Education Project-Based Learning Tradition Critical Thinking 80

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In a previous blog, I shared a collection of thinking routines developed and published by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. These routines are incredibly effective structures to encourage students to think more deeply about ideas, concepts, processes, and issues. Thinking Routine: Layers.

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Critical Thinking History Education 208

Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2024

Questioner Formulates questions that delve deeper into the content, prompting critical thinking and analysis. Step 2: Explaining the Purpose and Value : After modeling, the teacher should explain the purpose and value of the reciprocal teaching strategy, discussing how it helps improve comprehension and critical thinking.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Cultures 155

TCI

JANUARY 14, 2025

Engaging students in social studies goes beyond simply covering the material; its about helping them connect historical events to current issues and develop critical thinking skills. In todays rapidly changing world, students need more than just facts to succeed.

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Social Studies Civics Civic Engagement Critical Thinking 52

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As anyone who reads this blog regularly will already know, I don’t think teachers should invest hours creating review activities that students are perfectly capable of generating. Instead of asking, “How can I help students to review for the exam?

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Critical Thinking Teaching Education 192

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking. Anyone who reads my blog knows that I love a good choice board ! A study guide is unlikely to inspire much interest in students, and a single game does not provide enough repeat exposure to vocabulary, concepts, or skills.

Tradition 208

Tradition Critical Thinking History Education 208

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

How Science Improves Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking The connection between science instruction and literacy development is undeniable. Learn how other content-rich subjects, like social studies, build critical background knowledge for literacy success.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Problem-solving: Can students apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies to overcome challenges? Join my email list and get all the resources mentioned in my blogs! The folks on my email list get everything mentioned in my blog as well as other weekly email exclusives! materials, technology, references)?

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Critical Thinking Teaching Education 171

Geography Teacher Sharing

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The workshop influenced me in putting up questions with the photos or videos with the link to the source on my geographical issues update (olevelgeog.blogspot.com) rather than just information on the blog. link] Definitely intrigued by the use of fertile questions and would definitely like to develop that in my classes.

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Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is a great way to include critical thinking and inferences as students study the before and after effects. Students will use their critical thinking skills through 17 days of 55-minute lesson plans. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers!

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Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History Social Studies 130

Dr. Shannon Doak

JULY 25, 2020

Your students will also need to share documents with each other, collaborate with each other, critically think, and create. GSFE is a fantastic set of tools that enable teachers and students to create, communicate, collaborate, and critically think. Making Thinking Visible with Technology , . Improving Learning.

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Critical Thinking Research Education Leadership 121

Passion for Social Studies

AUGUST 12, 2024

It will help students develop their political individuality while critically thinking about our government. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! There are many perspectives to include, and it is vital to help students form their own thoughts, beliefs, and opinions.

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan Government Critical Thinking Social Studies 130

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Explore how social studies boosts academic success and how science instruction enhances critical thinking and vocabulary. Social studies and science provide students with the context and vocabulary they need to make sense of what they readenhancing comprehension across all subjects.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Head over to this blog post where I share this activity in more detail. Its a bit complicated, which means it also offers great opportunities to practice critical thinking and social studies skills. You can read more about this simulation in this blog post here.

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Civics Government Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

Passion for Social Studies

APRIL 12, 2024

Best of all, students build their critical thinking skills when they have to put forth so much effort and discussion at each station. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog-exclusive subscribers! President Kennedy Stations Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart First President Jeopardy $ 7.00

History 130

History Critical Thinking Social Studies Government 130

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data. Next, students progress to the stage of “thinking.”

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Primary Sources Critical Thinking Education 130

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 14, 2024

They need to think deeply about the past and apply their critical thinking skills. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! WW II and Cold War Unit The world has undergone so many significant events. Thankfully, this unit does exactly that!

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Students will master complex critical thinking skills through 17 days of lessons. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Unit 6: Progressivism, Imperialism, and World War I Unit Students will love learning about a period that significantly transformed our lives.

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Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History Social Studies 130

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Part IV: Thinking About Thinking This is part four of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “I used to think…Now, I think…” routine.

Critical Thinking 165

Critical Thinking Research Skills Humanities Cultures 165

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Part III: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part three of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Connect, Extend, Challenge” routine. This promotes critical thinking and historical empathy.

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Controversial Topics Critical Thinking Cultures Social Studies 131

Psychology Sorted

JUNE 25, 2024

Meanwhile, many of my blog posts between now and the publication of the new guide will be focused on helping you plan for this exciting change. Points to note: Focus on critical thinking and conceptual understanding right from the beginning, not study details.

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Psychology Humanities Critical Thinking Research 98

Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

This blog post is the first in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Many identify maker learning as a way to promote student agency through design thinking while promoting 21st century skills such as creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.

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Project-Based Learning Leadership Critical Thinking Research 132

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

The first and second blogs in this series focused on providing meaningful choices when students are acquiring information and making meaning. Providing students with choices to transfer and apply their learning encourages deeper thinking and enhances their ability to communicate their understanding effectively.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. There wasn't suddenly a massive decline in critical thinking,” Caulfield says. Most people think, ‘Oh, well, I'm looking at a local newspaper.’

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