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. Weve all been there.

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Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 135

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

Boyd, and Barbara Paciotti ( transcript ): Sponsored by WeVideo and The Modern Classrooms Project I used to think librarians did three things: (1) organize and fiercely protect large collections of books, (2) check those books out to visitors, and (3) shush people. The library is more than just quiet spaces with just books.

Library 360

Library Pedagogy Advocacy Professional Development 360

Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

.” But if you happen to live in a place where conversations about race are allowed or even encouraged in school, or if you’ve decided that it’s worth it to try despite the risk — I’m here to recommend two books that will be incredibly helpful companions in that work.

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Pedagogy Library Social Studies Social Justice 130

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 Archiving American History 312

ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.

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Middle School Public School Social Studies High School 131

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

HistoryRewriter

JANUARY 17, 2024

Adam Moler and I will kick off the second season of The Social Studies Show on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 6 PT/9 ET. Here is a free book preview that guides teachers on how to integrate interdisciplinary instruction with ELA and Social Studies. Was it George P. Take a look at these elementary school lessons.

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Social Studies Elementary School History Research 208

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 24, 2025

This week in 8th-grade social studies, we brought history to life with engaging EduProtocols that helped students dive deep into the Early Republic and key moments like the Whiskey Rebellion. Students brainstormed archetypes in their favorite movies, TV shows, or books and discussed how every character fits an archetype (e.g.,

Government 131

Government Social Studies Leadership History 131

Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 27, 2021

Integrating science and social studies with reading is a must. Due to testing and/or district and state requirements, social studies and science often take the back seat. While I can’t say that I get it in every day, I do carve out time for intentional science and/or social studies instruction.

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Social Studies Teaching Research Education 52

Social Studies Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In my experience, I love using lap books to tie content together. Students complete a section of their lap book in a station, then an activity to process the information. When your students are finished, they have a completed lap book and a variety of learning activities that all tie to your content. Let me know how it goes!

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Social Studies Teaching History 52

ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. In K-2, I'm integrating finger spelling with American Sign Language to help them with letter recognition within the books, because the books have letters that make words that make sentences.

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Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 101

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Using Mac Books: one student recorded and shared their comments on a Google Doc while the other searched for and viewed the paintings. Her Early Childhood Development classes read a book to the pre-school children on an iPad and worked with a website to review the book. They then created QR codes for those websites.

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Library History Cultures Educational Technology 271

Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 15, 2015

These words are important because they help students comprehend text across different content areas such as social studies and science. Two books that have completely transformed my vocabulary instruction are Bringing Words to Life and the Marzano’s Building Academic Vocabulary. These don’t have to be fancy.

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Social Studies Geography Teaching Tradition 52

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Secondary Social Studies Interventionist As any good teacher does, I often eavesdrop. During my fourteen years of eavesdropping, I’ve heard social studies teachers lament that they are “not reading teachers”. Why is background knowledge important in social studies? By Kydra Hubbard, Ed.

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Social Studies Geography Advocacy Leadership 52

Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 11, 2015

State and federal mandates and high stakes testing have made teaching elementary science and social studies a battle for time in the classroom. This battle has resulted in minimizing social studies and science instruction to focus on tested areas. There should also be intentional social studies and science instruction.

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Social Studies Teaching Geography Tradition 52

Social Studies Success

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

If you are like me, you are always looking for new and exciting ways to engage your students in Social Studies. Students are having in depth conversations about their content and that is always a win in my book! I try at least one new strategy a year to expand my own teaching craft. You can find them here.

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Social Studies Cultures Teaching History 52

Thrive in Grade Five

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This no prep, completely fair, ready-to-use resource is what I’m using with my students during the election cycle: Check out the Slides and Layer Book resource here: Election 2024: Road to the White House – Slides and Layer Book Want to keep this blog post for later? Save this image to your teacher Pinterest board!

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Social Studies Teaching 241

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

In biology, we had to read a book online. The iPad helped because I had Internet access and could read the book from my iPad if I didn’t have access to a computer. Since it is the end of the year, I was running short of notebook paper and I actually took notes in English, biology, and Spanish in my Notes app.

Geography 278

Geography High School Social Studies Research 278

History Tech

JULY 19, 2024

Sam Wineburg, SHEG’s founder, one year earlier had published a book titled Thinking Historically and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past. Both the book and SHEG outlined a social studies instructional concept, that at the time, was pretty revolutionary.

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Social Studies History Education History Primary Sources 140

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

If you want to dive deeper, download our free eBook, Rethinking Literacy in K-5 Classrooms: How Social Studies and Science Drive Academic Success. ” Find out how schools can effectively integrate social studies and science into literacy instruction.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Critical Thinking Psychology Research 52

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

JUNE 23, 2022

Book-Themed Quotes Posters If you love reading or teach English, literature, or language arts, these book-themed quote posters foster a love of reading and highlight the many benefits of reading! Are you looking for some new teaching ideas to engage your students in your social studies class?

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Social Studies Teaching 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Students were also given related books to read during the summer.

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Learning Science Charter School Lesson Plan Social Studies 145

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

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. Things that go way beyond classroom décor.

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Social Studies Civics Sociology History 52

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Coming up on November 16, 2023, Adam and Scott welcome Dave Burgess, the best-selling author of Teach Like A Pirate to The Social Studies Show on EduProtocols Plus. They will discuss Dave’s journey from Social Studies teacher to a major force in educational publishing and learn what led Dave to publish the EduProtocols series.

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Social Studies Teaching Education 130

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

While they won’t always grab a pen when they sit down with a book, there will be many times they can put these skills to work. 2022), “Using the annotating strategy to improve students’ academic achievement in social studies,” Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning , Vol. link] Lloyd, Z.T.,

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Teaching Pedagogy High School Library 356

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Patty Topliffe, who teaches social studies at Woodstock High School in Vermont, said teaching vocabulary and other literacy skills to her students helps them understand primary source documents. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont.

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High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

I’ve written Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology to support English, history/social studies, and science teachers as they shift to the new Standards using technology. Here are just a few of the creative ideas included in this book: Using Instagram for research and narrative writing.

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Teaching EdTech Social Studies History 137

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2020

A child reads a book at an elementary school in Mississippi. Whole language instruction is based on the philosophy that kids will learn to read naturally if you expose them to a lot of books. Shanahan also advises looking for a school that protects time for students to learn about science, social studies and the arts.

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Social Studies Research Elementary School Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

I let kids choose their books. Kids slipped their phones between the pages of the books they selected. Related: PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds In my classroom, I began to choose many books simply because of their historical significance or instructional opportunities.

Teaching 145

Teaching Geography History Library 145

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

We all remember the days of reading the chapter in our social studies textbook, answering the questions, and regurgitating our knowledge on the chapter test. I use interactive notebooks, role-play, cooperative projects, and brains-on activities in my classroom to teach social studies.

History 130

History Primary Sources Social Studies Library 130

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The students used their knowledge from all three classes to write children’s books on historical figures from the Mexican Revolution. The books are archived here. Numerous studies demonstrate that student self-assessment is a major factor in academic improvement. ” This simply means that the story has hidden meanings.

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Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

How to Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month You may feel like you don’t have time to teach students about Asian Pacific heritage, but there are many fun ways to integrate this annual celebration with ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Well-Being.

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Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

Sensory Balls Move a weighted sensory ball back and forth across your desk to prepare the arms for painting, drawing, or holding a book to read. Finger Push-Ups Do finger push-ups or rubber band stretches between fingers to strengthen fine motor skills. They are not available for homeschools.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History World History Lesson Plan 52

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 21, 2023

It works with any other review book or resources as students work on AP Government review. Add to cart The post AP Government Review appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. For instance, students will review The Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence.

Government 130

Government US Government Middle School Social Studies 130

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

AUGUST 4, 2022

Travel Themed Classroom Decor Coffee Shop Themed Classroom Decor Plant Themed Classroom Decor Book Themed Classroom Decor Rainbow Themed Classroom Decor Game Themed Classroom Decor Movie Themed Classroom Decor Sports Themed Classroom Decor Classroom Decor for Back to School We hope you find these classroom decor ideas to be helpful!

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Middle School Social Studies Teaching 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

They want to see themselves and their cultures reflected in the books we read, and they don’t want token representation. I also see my students’ hands go up when we study world religions, and they can share a story from home. Emily Muellenberg is a social studies teacher at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado.

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History World Religions Inclusive Curriculum Heritage 137

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

JANUARY 16, 2023

Job Skills in History Classes The ideas previously described work great in a careers class, but what if you teach history, social studies, or even language arts instead? President (or leader of your respective country), a famous inventor, a social justice activist, or even a character in a book your students have read about.

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Middle School Teaching Social Justice Social Studies 130