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5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

Passion for Social Studies

Add to cart Sociology Course $ 200.00 Add to cart Civics and American Government Course $ 125.00 You might also like this to give you time back to foster positive parent teacher relationship United States History Course $ 200.00 Add to cart AP US Government Course $ 200.00

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. This is her third year in the profession.

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Are traditional admission policies increasing racial inequality?

The Hechinger Report

You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. There’s sociological, economic, political issues in it. You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. That’s not what we think.”.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics.

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Fake news: How students learn to read between the lies

The Hechinger Report

But they represent a set of life skills – civic skills – that are too important to be confined to such silos. The same attention to evidence and fact-based reasoning is taught in history, mathem­atics, science and sociology courses. And nor are they. Related: Column What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

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19 Ideas for Setting Up Your Social Studies Classroom

Let's Cultivate Greatness

Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes. I also have them for Civics or Sociology. You know it’s a key concept if it comes up throughout all your units.

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Teaching social studies in a polarized world

The Hechinger Report

Sessions examined ways educators can navigate state laws that limit conversations on race and other difficult topics, as well as how they can develop the high quality materials and instruction those attending said was vital to preparing students for civic life.