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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

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Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. The researchers controlled for students’ socio-economic status, race, home language and many other other student and school characteristics.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

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They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences. An inquiry-based education trains students for college, career and civic life — C3! The foundation is so well established.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

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studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. When a classroom of second graders in Waterford, Mich.,

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5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

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Sometimes teachers have to stay after school to complete lesson planning, grading, copying, or other tasks that they might not have been able to finish during the day. Add to cart Civics and American Government Course $ 125.00 Keeping expectations is very important. every weekday. Add to cart Sociology Course $ 200.00

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The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

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This one-day lesson plan was developed in Spring 2024 by Dr. Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaigning, gives speech on back of train in California.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. Washington University in St.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

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She says retaining teachers is as much a problem as attracting them if not more so because the decline of manufacturing jobs in her area has created a downward economic spiral, and teachers want to live where their spouses can find jobs. She uses the New York Times lesson guides, the U.S. Constitution, and quizzes to teach civics.