Mr and Mrs Social Studies

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Using this activity in the middle of the class period could serve as a “mental break,” fill up the extra time at the end of the class period, or just a fun way to wrap up class! Are you looking for even more new teaching ideas to engage your students in your social studies class?

Middle School 130

Middle School Social Studies Research Teaching 130

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The science and social studies topics should be sequenced so that the ideas build upon each other, and paired with vocabulary that will be useful in the future. The big question is whether the theory that more knowledge improves reading comprehension applies to real schools where children are reading below grade level.

Teaching 135

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 135

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.

Civic Engagement 142

Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 142

Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2021

Morgan Keena, Grade 7 Social Studies (Idaho). Christian Scott, Middle School Social Studies & Computer Science and Technology Coordinator (Ontario). The HP Teaching Fellows share examples from their classroom through their profiles , blogs , and Twitter using the hashtag #ReinventTheClassroom.

Teaching 149

Teaching K-12 Social Studies Middle School 149

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Here are eight budget-friendly prize ideas that your middle school students will enjoy! Our homework passes are also one of our essential classroom forms, which you can learn more about from this blog post. I’m sure I’ll share more about this in a future blog post, so stay tuned for that!

Middle School 130

Middle School Classroom Management Social Studies Education 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.

History 195

History American History Middle School Social Studies 195

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Amendments While students begin learning amendments in middle school, it is so hard to remember them all! By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Add to cart The post AP Government Review appeared first on Passion for Social Studies.

Government 130

Government US Government Middle School Social Studies 130

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

At the elementary school, the teams tinkered with the interactive digital stories children created using Scratch, a block-based programming language. 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.

K-12 127

K-12 Middle School Elementary School Social Studies 127

Digital Promise

MAY 12, 2020

“The students are loving it even more now because they aren’t able to see each other and socialize; seeing each other’s work there has given them a bright spot.”. When Josh Luukkonen’s school closed due to COVID-19, Luukkonen’s junior high social studies students were studying economics.

Junior High 133

Junior High Economics Library Middle School 133

Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

The Dynamic Learning Project (DLP) utilizes coaching for classroom teachers to increase impactful use of technology in select schools across the country. In our new video below, educators from San Ysidro Middle School in San Diego share how the DLP benefits both teachers and students in their school.

Middle School 132

Middle School Social Studies Cultures Education 132

Digital Promise

APRIL 22, 2019

When the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative came to Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, principals and teachers knew things were going to change as their students experienced the benefits of technology in the classroom. James Unger VILs Coach, Lassiter Middle School.

Pedagogy 107

Pedagogy Middle School Social Studies Public School 107

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

That could be giving social-studies students a tutorial on research skills; showing a French class how to make stop-action animation, short videos, or websites for presentations on Francophone countries; or helping a math teacher free up class time by creating sharable videos of introductory explanations and sample problems for students.

Library 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

VUSD has a strong “School of Choice” program through which students may elect to attend schools like Vista Innovation & Design Academy (VIDA), where students are engaged in a middle school curriculum that emphasizes design thinking, STEM, humanities, and creative arts.

Middle School 91

Middle School Elementary School Critical Thinking Social Studies 91

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Hoang co-leads Burbank’s partnership with Turnaround Arts: California , a signature program of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities that seeks to advance education in a select group of elementary and middle schools in the state. First graders are working with high school honors students to map kindness.

Education 104

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 104

4QM Teaching

MAY 7, 2023

State tests are a crucial tool for gathering data about student performance and holding schools accountable for results – this is not an anti-testing blog post. But state testing focuses school time, attention, and resources on the tested subjects, to the detriment of non-tested subjects. But that’s a different blog post.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Middle School Elementary School History 40

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

While in middle school, students need to read nonfiction texts that contain many technical, discipline-specific words, but these texts also include many ‘all-purpose’ academic words, such as factor , structure , function , and interpret. Generating knowledge of academic language among urban middle school students.

Controversial Topics 76

Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 76

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

While in middle school, students need to read nonfiction texts that contain many technical, discipline-specific words, but these texts also include many ‘all-purpose’ academic words, such as factor , structure , function , and interpret. Generating knowledge of academic language among urban middle school students.

Controversial Topics 72

Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

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.

Research 54

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. Terrance Lewis, a middle school teacher in Columbus, Georgia, is leaving teaching to pursue a doctorate in secondary education.

K-12 145

K-12 Middle School High School Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

As economists Samuel Bowles and Arjun Jayadev wrote in a New York Times blog post about inequality, students (especially students of color) may soon be pledging allegiance to “ one nation under guard.”. Some organizations are taking a decidedly different approach to improving school safety.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School Middle School Social Studies Government 111