A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

The rest is now history. Personalize" provides the tools and strategies to create such a space, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and a genuine love for learning. That leader was Nicki Slaugh , my co-author of our book Personalize.

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TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Discussions and Debates: To encourage critical thinking, engage students in conversations about AI ethics, societal impacts, and future possibilities. Computational Thinking Exercises: Create step-by-step instructions for tasks, teaching abstraction and problem decomposition.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Concerns center on its potential to replace human interaction and critical thinking skills. While observing a 7th-grade history teacher, I saw him telling jokes to build relationships at the beginning of the class. Even events that are not focused on digital have sessions dedicated to the topic.

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Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

Most of the time, students are just copying off a website or book and aren’t doing any critical thinking! But if you know me, you know I want every US History timeline activity to be fun and interactive! In my humble opinion, drawing a timeline isn’t the answer. It certainly isn’t critical thinking.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

With his monotone voice and lack of enthusiasm, he could convince anyone that history is incredibly boring. As a high school history teacher, whenever I meet new adults and we talk about our professions, I often find myself being met with a familiar reaction: "I disliked the subject in school, but now I find it interesting."

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History Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies 122

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2013

The NJ Spotlight piece points this out with a little history lesson in NCLB: "NCLB was a dismal failure in raising academic performance or narrowing gaps in opportunity and outcomes. I am a firm believer in accountability measures that are backed by research, but less so in those that line the pockets of special interest groups.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Image credit: [link] A Biology Teacher’s Thoughts on Critical Literacy by Lynne Torpie Science teachers can tend to be myopic, focusing on acquiring content detail and teaching the steps of the scientific method instead of fostering the investigative, critical thinking and written communication skills that embody real-world scientific endeavors.

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Museum Archiving Social Studies History 309

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The United States has experienced so many dynamic changes throughout its rich history. Students will complete hands-on activities that foster critical thinking and curiosity. The Gilded Age Progressivism It is crucial that students learn critical thinking skills.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 3, 2013

Students in Mrs. Tambuscio’s World History class culminated a unit on the Holocaust by applying their historical knowledge to the viewing of survivor testimonies. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Thankfully, this amazing unit has over 100 products that encourage critical thinking about political parties in the USA! Add to cart Access FREE history teaching resources! Additionally, they need to understand the importance of listening to other political viewpoints outside of their own. Third Party Lesson $ 6.00

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TeachThought

APRIL 28, 2024

But beyond reading and writing skills, literacy is a gateway to critical thinking, effective communication, and holistic learning experiences. You can also read best quotes about knowledge , quotes about critical thinking , quotes about life , quotes about teaching , and quotes about learning. ” – W.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I was always interested in history. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

thinking routine encourages students to explore the complex nature of identity. This routine can be used to ask students to explore their own identity, but I can also imagine using this activity to encourage critical thinking about characters in novels or important figures from history. Thinking Routine: Layers.

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Critical Thinking History Education 209

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities. The answer is that we can shift the narrative if we equip young people with peoples history and critical thinking skills to make them impervious to lies.

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Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

They will even learn about tests that presidential succession has experienced throughout US History. The handout even has students match provided scenarios to the correct evolutionary presidential power, a great way to ignite critical thinking skills. Teaching the executive branch is crucial.

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Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Thankfully, this inclusive US history lesson ensures students understand the US homefront. This is a great way to include critical thinking and inferences as students study the before and after effects. Thankfully, there are many more to ensure students have a comprehensive understanding of US history!

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking. While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom. The better the questions, the easier it is to guess the correct answer. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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Future of History

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

How should we teach US History? Or critical thinking? If we’ve learned anything from the culture wars this year it’s that too many Americans do not know their history." History Classes first appeared on MiddleWeb. Is it mostly about caring? What about historical knowledge? The post Teaching What Matters in U.S.

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Passion for Social Studies

APRIL 12, 2024

President Kennedy Station Lesson This station lesson is perfect for accelerating and engaging your US History students! The fast-paced 55-minute station lesson keeps students focused while critically analyzing US History. Specifically, there are 6 stations to help students learn about President Kennedy during the Cold War.

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History Critical Thinking Social Studies Government 130

Heinemann Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Watch the authors discuss how making history relevant for students is vital to their engagement and critical thinking skills. China Harvey and Lisa Herzig's Teaching Beyond the Timeline released on April 16th!

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History Critical Thinking Teaching 52

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Providing students with choices to transfer and apply their learning encourages deeper thinking and enhances their ability to communicate their understanding effectively. These choices promote active engagement, critical thinking, and the ability to connect and apply concepts in various contexts.

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 14, 2024

They need to think deeply about the past and apply their critical thinking skills. Thankfully, these World War II lessons ensure students learn all about this historical period in history. WW II and Cold War Unit The world has undergone so many significant events. Thankfully, this unit does exactly that!

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Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Honestly, it is fascinating to see how far the United States has come throughout its rich history. Students will master complex critical thinking skills through 17 days of lessons. This is the case for political and social reforms. Due to this, students are often eager for Progressivism lesson plans.

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Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History Social Studies 130

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

But even though Cote agrees that human grading is superior to what a bot can do, the reality is that teachers don’t have time to grade the number of essay assignments he thinks is really necessary to get kids fluent in the knowledge and critical thinking skills they’ll need to be effective citizens in our democracy.

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Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. They learned about the history of their neighborhoods and the origins of the music they listened to. Still, my love of history had an outlet in school. This generation of students interacts with more content than any other generation in history.

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Students of History

JUNE 5, 2023

Around May of each school year, I start thinking about US History EOC review activities to get my students ready for their state assessment. Students are then more likely to retain the massive amount of content you cover in a year of US History. I love going back to my US History Review Packets for each unit in the curriculum.

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History Primary Sources Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 52

Passion for Social Studies

AUGUST 12, 2024

government critically using their own minds! It even guides students through the history of political ideology and why they must become well-informed and engaged citizens. It will help students develop their political individuality while critically thinking about our government.

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Lesson Plan Government Critical Thinking Social Studies 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. While I share their nostalgia for a time in the history of public education when that might have been true, the damning performance by the nation’s 12th graders in U.S.

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K-12 Civics Social Studies Geography 124

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

This promotes critical thinking and historical empathy. Debates or Controversial Topics: When discussing controversial issues in a history or social studies class, the teacher could prompt students to reflect on their initial opinions and how exposure to different viewpoints has influenced their perspective.

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Controversial Topics Critical Thinking Cultures Social Studies 146

Students of History

MAY 25, 2023

History is a tapestry of interconnected events, people, and ideas. Helping students to make connections in your curriculum is a powerful way to deepen their understanding of history and to see its connection to the world today. As you can imagine, are sometimes challenging, but fun for advanced or AP level history students.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. Fordham Institute evaluated the state-of-state standards for civics and history across all fifty states. History in elementary and middle school; also require at least one year of U.S.

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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. Each US History unit also include thorough 9-page worksheets packets for every unit in the curriculum.

History 52

History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The activity develops students’ problem-solving, critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills. One day, at the harvest festival, an eighth-grade history teacher questioned the student about some historical facts, and he answered them correctly. After, we had critical conversations together about what he had learned.

Humanities 123

Humanities Education K-12 Critical Thinking 123

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

What stands out for me is how readers remain interested in basic research into how kids learn, from reading to critical thinking to collaborating with peers. Will history repeat? A study on teaching critical thinking in science. How the last recession affected higher education.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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Primary Sources History World History Digital Resources 121

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By moving through these four phases—See, Think, Me, We—participants engage in a comprehensive thinking process that takes them from initial observation to personal connection and social relevance. Teachers often use this routine to deepen students’ engagement with material and to foster complex, critical thinking skills.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

And we need it to function, not only for the nation’s economic future, but also to help students embrace critical thinking and diversity as we rebuild a society roiled by a pandemic, growing inequality and racial injustice. Andrew Joseph Pegoda (@AJP_PhD) holds a Ph.D. Andrew Joseph Pegoda (@AJP_PhD) holds a Ph.D.

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