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. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, current events are a great way to connect your curriculum to the real world and work on social studies skills. Incorporating current events into your social studies lessons can also be a great way to engage students and help them see the relevance of the subject to their own lives. 3) Encourage critical thinking.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Between the students, administrators, parents, and the community, social studies teachers are feeling pressure from all directions. Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2018

But if this civic action is to be sustained and to extend to topics beyond gun violence and school safety, schools need to do more to nurture these students’ dispositions toward political participation so they can continue to engage in informed and effective ways. Related: COLUMN: Making America whole again via civics education.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It aims for net-zero buildings and electric buses; it also includes a high school elective course in “climate justice,” which combines climate science with what you might call “climate social studies” — understanding the disproportionate impact on frontline communities around the world, often those that are marginalized by race and/or class.

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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. Its a bit complicated, which means it also offers great opportunities to practice critical thinking and social studies skills. But first, lets go over what the branch does exactly.

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C3 Teachers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

This blog post delves into the power of inquiry to transform traditional classrooms into dynamic spaces of discovery, fostering critical thinking and lifelong learning skills. Social studies teachers look out into the eyes of a new group of students petrified that the inquiry bridge might not appear. sort of way.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But that’s not creating any real meaning for them, especially if your high school Civics students are somewhat familiar with them already. Below is my dig-deeper lesson sequence for teaching the different types of government in my on-level Civics class. So, let’s do better and create fun and engaging of this standard.

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TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. Integration of Economics and Civics for Real-World Connections Geography is only one of the social science disciplines. The much-loved Geography Alive! Watch this video that introduces the Monsoon Asia unit.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Jigsaw Strategy Oct. Tip: When using Jigsaw for the first time, it might be a good idea to walk the students through a trial run and model each step of the process.)

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

These activities will include primary source analysis and critical thinking practice that is essential to getting kids ready for their assessments. In addition to the US History curriculum , there are also similar curricula available for World History and American Government / Civics.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2019

When it was confirmed that I would be developing and piloting our school’s first civics course, I began to think about my eighth-graders more intently. I, Mr. Billups , would be entrusted with the task of teaching civics in a politically polarized atmosphere at a culturally and racially diverse school in Boston.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: In recent years, division over how social studies should be taught has plagued school districts around the country.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. Along with teaching research methods and critical thinking, she makes opportunities for students to meet and talk with civic leaders in both political and nonpartisan positions. It’s amazing, really beautiful,” she says.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2018

School systems are failing their students with outdated and inconsequential civics education that is only focused on facts and memorization. The simple multiple-choice questions found on most civics tests require memorization of unconnected facts in order to pass. In short, they are demonstrating what real civic engagement looks like.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Including the Electoral College in your civics and government class is essential. And since it’s a bit complicated, it’s a great topic to spend a few days on because there are so many ways to practice critical thinking and general social studies skills. You can check out this complete PBL-style project here.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Lessons like these help students gain critical thinking skills and give them an opportunity to learn about workers’ rights and labor history, subjects that are often missing from classroom discussions, educators say. Working people standing together did that.”. CFT, which represents roughly 120,000 educators, is lobbying for $2.7

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C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Most importantly, I want the course content to be relevant to their lives as future teachers, and I want them to see themselves as civic and political actors. Deciding on Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a tension point, I arrived at a compelling question: If teaching is a political act can we really keep politics out of the classroom?

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Diane Ravitch

MARCH 8, 2024

State legislatures these days tthjnkbthat they should pass laws telling teachers how to teach reading and what to teach in social studies. Joe Miller, D-Lorain, a former social studies teacher who instructed students on the principles of capitalism. After the passage of Ohio Senate Bill 17 by a margin of 64-26 on Feb.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Related: PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies. Three states — Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts — have in recent years revamped their social studies and civic education standards and have created legislation to implement modern civic education.

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