Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Teaching high school students about these stages prepares them with knowledge about the decision-making process and how their participation impacts the government. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Political Socialization Lesson $ 6.00

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Passion for Social Studies

JULY 15, 2024

Academic Decor Honestly, high school students are going to daydream. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Add to cart The post Government Classroom Decor appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Luckily, I have the perfect government classroom decor for you!

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Government Civics History Social Studies 130

Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sanford 1857 Anti-Social Studies – Really well written and funny! Peacefield History has a great blog post for history teachers on this topic. High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! Seriously – these are great, quick summaries. Favorite Episode: Schenck v.

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History American History Middle School Social Studies 195

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

However, high school students do not remember the day like teachers do due to their age. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Add to cart The post Teaching September 11th appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. September 11th and 9/11 Lesson $ 6.00

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Teaching Lesson Plan History Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sociology is such a fun class to teach in high school. Since students love to be social, they love learning the reason behind interactions. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Add to cart The post Sociology Review appeared first on Passion for Social Studies.

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Sociology Lesson Plan Social Studies High School 130

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Students face many challenges in high school. Since teachers understand the stress of high-stakes tests, they do everything they can to make review fun. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! As they prepare, they often take stressful courses, such as AP Government.

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Government US Government Middle School Social Studies 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

Under a first-in-the-nation law that took full effect this year, students from across the state must take part in at least two “student-led, nonpartisan civics projects” — one in eighth grade, and another in high school. Peyton Amaral, an eighth grader at Morton Middle School in Fall River, Mass., Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class. Head over to this blog post where I share this activity in more detail. You can read more about this simulation in this blog post here. But first, lets go over what the branch does exactly.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

This helps me keep this blog running. In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Foundry10’s 2018 study focused on technology usage in U.S. middle and high schools for 1,700 students across 22 schools. Seventy-seven percent of students said they were most likely to encounter advanced technology in “tech” courses as compared to social studies (21 percent) or language arts (13.4

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EdTech Humanities Social Studies Leadership 132

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

At the middle school level, they tested the mobile apps students were piloting using App-Inventor and dropped in to one of the country’s first-ever middle school cybersecurity courses. ” Check out this blog post and report to learn more about the application of computational thinking throughout education and the workforce.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, is all done with shushing. Photo: Kelsey Aske.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2022

He started his career teaching high school social studies for 14 years. At one point he directed a teacher-education program that prepared returning Peace Corp volunteers to teach in inner-city schools. Cuban is an emeritus professor of education at Stanford University.

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History Public School Social Studies Government 107

Digital Promise

JULY 15, 2016

Financial literacy is a skill that is important for every high school graduate to have. Teachers, parents, and students alike believe high school curriculums should offer students the opportunity to manage their own finances in order to develop financial literacy skills.

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Social Studies Economics High School Teaching 84

ACRE

AUGUST 23, 2022

Over the summer, Arkansas Social Studies, CTE, and Mathematics educators attended Personal Finance Day at UCA, an event focused on teaching the Arkansas Personal Finance standards. The guide provides an overview of common financial challenges facing individuals and families, as well as financial planning strategies for the beginner.

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Economics Social Studies Library Professional Development 52

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

One school district stands out as a model of implementation: Loudoun County (VA) Public Schools (LCPS). Since 2005, LCPS had participated in the Geospatial Semester program through James Madison University, which taught GIS to hundreds of high school seniors (and even juniors) through a project-based approach.

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Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 104

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Students whose parents have not attended college, or even high school, can also be at a disadvantage in school due to the lack of recognition of academic language. Children who do not hear English spoken at home, for example, rarely hear in English the words that matter in academics. The Academic Language Gap.

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EdTech K-12 Social Studies Research 101

Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

While participants indicated that they joined the course to get instructional design experience, the majority said that they also joined because of the social cause and need it was supporting. A reading lesson including a social studies theme asks adult learners to consider the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Success Factors.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development Social Studies 91

4QM Teaching

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We often hear from schools and teachers that we work with that one of their main goals is to increase or improve the quality of student discourse. We’ve written and blogged extensively on storyboarding , which is an excellent tool for engaging students in discourse while answering Question One. Meaningful discourse, indeed.

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Artifacts Primary Sources Social Studies Professional Development 40

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Research shows that when professional learning communities demonstrate four key characteristics, they can improve teaching practice and student achievement in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies subject tests (Vescio et al., educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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Research Education Professional Development Leadership 54

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

In a state with 96 percent of its teaching staff being white, choosing teaching was to be no different,” the 27-year-old high school teacher in Minneapolis wrote in her blog this winter. At her previous school, she had been the only Black teacher in the district. Jasmine Lane, a high school teacher.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As we reboot Doing Social Studies, we’d love to introduce you to this month’s author, Nathan McAlister. Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. My goal, for this blog post is twofold.

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Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

C3 Teachers

JANUARY 4, 2025

It was fantastic to read this recent article published by NCSS, Teaching to a Better Test: Using the Inquiry Design Model to Reframe State-Mandated Assessment in Social Studies , which describes Virginias innovative spirit when it comes to state required testing in social studies.

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Social Studies Public School Teaching High School 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Thanks to a work-based learning program offered through nearby Harwood Union High School, Woods has been able to earn math and science credit by working 15 hours a week at the garage, instead of sitting in a classroom. Related: In this New Hampshire high school, internships shape the future of learning.

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