Civics Events Geography 
Studies Weekly
MAY 6, 2025
It is deeply rooted in our cultures, histories, geographies, and values. Explore Songs that Shaped History : From spirituals to jazz to patriotic songs that rallied our nation, students can examine how music has spread ideas and influenced major events. DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Using Music to Teach Geography Music is geographically rooted.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context. A look at the courses required by teacher preparation programs reveals scant attention to the broad social studies knowledge aspiring elementary teachers need to provide essential context to world events.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. And so on… . We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us.
ED Surge
APRIL 15, 2024
Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. Swan We understood that a set of standards in social studies would be tricky due to the names, dates, places and events that people fight about.
Political Science Now
JULY 11, 2024
Event: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election Webinar Series: Watch the Past Events National campaigns and elections allow citizens to reflect and participate in their democracy. Election Webinar Series showcases how political scientists understand and teach American democracy’s quadrennial event. Engaging the 2024 U.S.
Students of History
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History. Each one features an introductory reading, standards-based Essential Questions to guide the unit, and then 9 pages dedicated to vocabulary, geography, people, timelines, key concepts, and image analysis.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 11, 2018
Without social studies, we lose the civic mission of public schools,” said Stephanie Serriere, a former early-grade teacher who is now an associate professor of social studies education at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus. Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students.
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