Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 9, 2025

It’s a fact of life, when you assign work or projects in social studies class, you’ll have early finishers. Ummm, no, that’s just asking for classroom management nightmares. Dont miss out on all of the upper elementary social studies fun! What should you do with them?

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. 25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. Connecting Kids to History Studies Weekly uses primary sources to share real accounts.

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Studies Weekly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Making Social Studies Fun to Teach | Teacher Testimonial Nov 07, 2024 Video Transcript Speaker : Manda Rensel, 1st Grade Teacher, PA Tell us why you love Studies Weekly! For the past many years, we havent had a great Social Studies curriculum. Studies Weekly has changed my outlook on history, she says.

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NCHE

APRIL 21, 2023

The National Council for History Education stands by history teachers in South Dakota. Teachers are professionals and experts in their field, and their perspective is critical to the creation of standards, resources, or curriculum that directly impact their classroom instruction. Download the statement here.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. Things that go way beyond classroom décor. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

I teach social studies in Edmonton, Alberta in what we would consider a medium-sized school of slightly under a thousand students. My teaching methodologies courses explored varied instructional techniques and possible classroom activities, but they were all in relation to the set curriculum.

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Learn more about history. Create a graph or chart displaying what students learned. Have a class discussion. What could be done to get more people to register to vote?

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