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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels. At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. For eleven years, while serving as Dean of Students at Bishop Seabury, she taught world history.

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Waiting for the traveling teacher: Remote rural schools need more hands-on help

The Hechinger Report

And of the positions that were filled, many were staffed by people who do not have traditional training or are not considered qualified to work in the subject area they are teaching. has a population of just 103 people, but civic engagement is high, including intense public support for its tiny school district.

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Refreshed Digital Notebook Activities for Social Studies

Students of History

I designed the digital pages I created to look like traditional notebooks - vertically aligned and in the style of the "cut-and-paste" activities we were already doing. Thankfully, I had been using digital notebooks in my classes for a few years. It started with occasional trips to the computer lab.

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Florida Rejects 35% of Social Studies Texts as Too Leftist

Diane Ravitch

The textbooks are for elementary and middle school social studies classes as well as civics, economics, U.S. history and world history courses. The goal was “materials that focus on historical facts and are free from inaccuracies or ideological rhetoric,” said Education Commissioner Manny Diaz in a statement.