Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

MLK vs Malcolm X Lesson There is so much fascinating information to learn when studying MLK vs. Malcolm X. So, this lesson plan provides teachers with the necessary tools to educate students about the intricacies of the Civil Rights Era. On top of this, there are needed video links, a lesson plan, and answer keys.

Lesson Plan 246

Lesson Plan History Social Studies Teaching 246

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 31, 2024

Luckily, this lesson has everything needed to help students critically analyze the nomination process. Specifically, the lesson fits perfectly within a 55-minute lesson plan. Since teachers are busy, there are answer keys and lesson plans to make preparation a breeze. Nominating Judges Lesson $ 6.00

Teaching 130

Teaching Lesson Plan Government US Government 130

Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

So, including engaging, enriching lesson plans on presidents is essential to maintain this excitement! Thankfully, these resources, such as the Executive Branch Unit, make planning a breeze! Presidential Succession Lesson This is the perfect way to teach your students all about presidential succession!

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan Government Social Studies History 130

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 14, 2024

Causes of World War II When completing World War II lessons, students need to understand what caused it. There is even an Atlantic Charter reading, video links, a complete lesson plan, and answer keys. To ensure students understand how the past impacts the present, they need to have interactive lessons.

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan History Critical Thinking Social Studies 130

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

One of the joys and challenges of blogging regularly is trying to come up with original content that has substance. However, this doesn’t imply that it is still easy to come up with blog ideas. The lesson learned here is that ideas are great, but it’s what we do with them aligned to effective strategies that truly matters.

Lesson Plan 423

Lesson Plan Education 423

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 9, 2023

New Deal Lesson There is so much to include when deepening a student’s understanding of the New Deal during Great Depression lessons. Thankfully, this inclusive lesson plan includes many activities to support student learning. While this lesson is easy to implement, it will lead to profound results.

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan History Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

MAY 13, 2024

So, this resource includes a complete 55-minute lesson plan. So, teachers can edit the Political Socialization lesson to fit their classroom’s needs. Political Socialization Lesson $ 6.00 By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog-exclusive subscribers!

Sociology 130

Sociology Lesson Plan Government Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Since teachers have much to handle, there are lesson plans and answer keys included. Thankfully, the 9/11 Lesson is ready to engage students and encourage them to analyze the historical event critically. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers!

Teaching 130

Teaching Lesson Plan History Social Studies 130

Becoming a History Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this situation, Seb’s lesson plan is thwarted from the get-go by his preoccupation with the HOW rather than the WHAT and the WHY. All too often beginning teachers are attracted to the pedagogy as an end itself, rather than as the vehicle to that end. They struggle to distinguish between high value and low value tasks (Hall, 2021).

Lesson Plan 64

Lesson Plan Pedagogy History Teaching 64

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2024

Nixon Lesson Students will love learning about Nixon’s presidency with this lesson! Specifically, it includes a lesson plan, a Google Slide presentation, and a notes handout. Great Society LBJ Lesson Once students are ready to learn about Johnson, this resource will be key! Nixon Lesson $ 6.00

Teaching 130

Teaching Lesson Plan History Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Students will use their critical thinking skills through 17 days of 55-minute lesson plans. There are folders for organization, lesson plans, video links, email support, and FREE updates! If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up!

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History Social Studies 130

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

Blog posts are a great option to get into the nitty-gritty of change. Hyperlinks A simple strategy to add more context to tweets and social media updates is to add a hyperlink to supporting research, mainstream media pieces, blog posts, or other resource sites. If you are not blogging, it’s time to get over the hurdle.

Archiving 356

Archiving Artifacts Leadership Pedagogy 356

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Lesson planning/activities : While Daily Meeting is a great start, SEL should be emphasized across the curriculum. HERE are some great ideas from the HMH Shaped blog. I love this strategy but feel that it should rotate throughout the day, so it isn’t occurring during the same time or period each day.

Pedagogy 496

Pedagogy Lesson Plan Classroom Management Cultures 496

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts elevating key learnings from this set of investments. Today’s blog explores how three grantees centered equity and reduced bias in education-based AI. This series will culminate in the release of a Digital Promise report on the cohort’s work in October. Check out last week’s post here.

K-12 133

K-12 Tutoring Library Humanities 133

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This is the first in a series of five blog posts elevating key learnings from this set of investments. Today’s blog explores how three grantees centered teachers in the use of GenAI in teaching and learning. For example, teachers might learn to use ChatGPT to generate lesson plans or to compose feedback on student writing.

K-12 125

K-12 EdTech Lesson Plan Teaching 125

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 30, 2024

Therefore, lesson plans and required resources are ready to go. Furthermore, the organization of each resource is impeccable for easy planning. If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! Sociology Review Games $ 7.00

Sociology 130

Sociology Lesson Plan Social Studies High School 130

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

President’s Day Lesson Plan Our preferred President’s Day lesson plan is having students make a selection of historical baseball cards about past Presidents of their choice. If your students need more context about the government, check out our blog post about teaching the U.S. Constitution here.

Middle School 130

Middle School Lesson Plan Government Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Add to cart Progressive Reform Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart Progressive President Lesson $ 6.00

Teaching 130

Teaching Primary Sources Critical Thinking History 130

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2018

In a previous blog post, I wrote about the importance of focusing on the why as it relates to learning. Sara Briggs sums it up nicely: "Research shows that relevant learning means effective learning and that alone should be enough to get us rethinking our lesson plans (and school culture for that matter).

Pedagogy 381

Pedagogy Lesson Plan Cultures Teaching 381

Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Federalism Court Case Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart Federalism Lesson $ 5.00

Government 130

Government US Government Social Studies Lesson Plan 130

Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2022

Teachers have to do countless tasks—including lesson planning, teaching, grading, mentoring, classroom management, as well as keeping up with technology and new pedagogical practices, monitoring progress, and other administrative work—all while keeping students’ social and emotional needs in mind. Looking ahead. Educator CIRCLS.

Classroom Management 140

Classroom Management Tutoring Lesson Plan Humanities 140

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including planning and designing lessons. . Planning is critical to creating meaningful learning opportunities for students. This guest blog was written by Amy Tobener-Talley.

Tradition 218

Tradition Lesson Plan Middle School Teaching 218

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They demonstrate the efficiency and simplicity with which these tools generate lists of questions, create quick assessments, and plan lessons or entire units. I can appreciate the excitement since lesson planning is a time-consuming endeavor. Check out my other blog posts on AI, here.

EdTech 180

EdTech Lesson Plan Humanities Teaching 180

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

More often than not I do not see opportunities for student reflections through countless walk-throughs, lesson plan reviews, or audits of how digital tools are being used. Below are some simple strategies that can be used to integrate reflection into any lesson: Writing - A daily journal, blog, and LMS (i.e.,

Pedagogy 402

Pedagogy Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Research 402

Passion for Social Studies

JUNE 30, 2024

Cold War at Home Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart President Kennedy Stations Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart Cold War Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! Grab this WWII resource!

Teaching 130

Teaching History Social Studies Economics 130

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 2, 2024

To All The Readers, As we enter a new year, I want to take a moment to thank all of you who regularly visit my blog and read my weekly reflections on teaching 8th grade social studies. I started this blog a few years ago as a space to process my own experiences and as a call for more transparency about the realities of teaching.

Lesson Plan 40

Lesson Plan Social Studies Teaching Education 40

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I hope this blog post will help to provide clarity about how to think about and plan a math station rotation. When I coach math teachers using the station rotation model, I suggest that they think about the whole week instead of focusing myopically on a single lesson.

Lesson Plan 168

Lesson Plan 168

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Teachers can find more information and lesson plans for digital safety and digital citizenship at Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship. Rita Fennelly-Atkinson, Stef Mills, and Farheen Mohammad contributed to this blog post. Parents can find additional information from Common Sense Media for Parents.

Digital Resources 110

Digital Resources Lesson Plan Humanities Teaching 110

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

For teachers using StudySync in combination with Google Classroom, I’ve described three strategies that educators can use to capitalize on the activities in the StudySync First Read lesson plans to engage students in online discussions, collaborative research projects, and online vocabulary review. #1 You can check them out here.

Lesson Plan 148

Lesson Plan Research Skills Research Teaching 148

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Most of the schools where I coach have a wonky Wednesday schedule that I have to navigate with teachers when we co-lesson plan together. In a recent comment to one of my blogs, Andi Jackson shared a strategy for maximizing the short Wednesday schedule called “Power Hour.” 3 Update Digital Notebooks or Portfolios.

Lesson Plan 144

Lesson Plan Tradition High School Teaching 144

Passion for Social Studies

APRIL 12, 2024

If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog-exclusive subscribers! President Kennedy Stations Lesson $ 6.00 Add to cart Presidential Succession Lesson $ 5.00

History 130

History Critical Thinking Social Studies Government 130

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 21, 2023

If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! AP Government Amendments $ 10.00 Add to cart AP Government Supreme Court Cases $ 10.00

Government 130

Government US Government Middle School Social Studies 130

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

When and where do you learn–school organized professional development, engaging on social media, listening to podcasts, online courses, reading books or blogs? How do you stay current when it comes to new teaching strategies, instructional models, and technology tools? How do you currently use technology?

Lesson Plan 162

Lesson Plan Professional Development Cultures Teaching 162

Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2020

She also writes a blog and produces her own podcast. If you want to connect with Rachelle Dena Poth, you can find her on Twitter or LinkedIn. Thank you to StudySync for producing and sponsoring this podcast!

Lesson Plan 127

Lesson Plan Teaching Education 127

Becoming a History Teacher

JUNE 11, 2024

They understood the need to prioritise and advocate for lesson planning as an important aspect of beginning teacher’s training despite it being in conflict with wider school developments. 2009; McCormack et al. 2009, 355), providing both the emotional support and professional buffer that supports their development.

Education 88

Education K-12 Leadership Lesson Plan 88

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

Read our blog, Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month , to learn more about other Asian/Pacific historical figures you can spotlight. Traditional Foods Fascinate your students with not only what people eat in Asian and Pacific Island countries, but how they prepare their meals.

Heritage 98

Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

Ben Newmark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This is something Martin Robinson got to a long time ago in this short but very beautiful blog pos t about how a Design and Technology teacher’s plan for teaching a Dovetail Joint existed in his mind as a product of decades of thought and experience and how shameful it was this was not understood.

Humanities 104

Humanities Teaching History Lesson Plan 104