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Making Time for Social Studies and Science Without Sacrificing Literacy

TCI

Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking. Writing Integration: Encourage students to document scientific observations, create historical narratives, and develop evidence-based arguments.

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OPINION: How to help children cope with ‘climate anxiety’ in a warming world

The Hechinger Report

Mental health clinicians and researchers have begun to notice and document what they call climate anxiety or eco-anxiety , which is defined as chronic stress caused by concern over the effects of climate change. Samantha’s parents are at a loss about how to help her.

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

For US History, that can be reading (or even listening to) this short article on the stock market crash of 1929 and then organizing the important parts of the article into their interactive notebook: This allows students to be hands on with their learning and easily combine a digital resource with a paper/pencil activity.

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How one Chicago high school turned the corner using full-time internships

The Hechinger Report

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning.