Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

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Heinemann Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

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

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History Critical Thinking Teaching 52

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. But nothing felt quite right, until he considered teaching. But I did enjoy teaching. I was always interested in history.

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History Museum Social Studies Geography 121

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

The rest is now history. Here is the synopsis: Not Just One Way Are you an educator stuck in the traditional teaching or leadership mold, yearning for a spark to reignite your passion? Personalize" provides the tools and strategies to create such a space, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and a genuine love for learning.

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Tradition Critical Thinking Cultures Leadership 379

Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, the activities need to respect the lives of everyone impacted while teaching the truth behind what led to so much fighting. 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.

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Passion for Social Studies

AUGUST 12, 2024

So, it is essential to teach students about forming political individualities while respecting other viewpoints. 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. Teaching about the U.S.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

He still has that concern, but as he stepped back to think about it, he also saw a way to “leverage” the tool for a goal he had long fought for — to help bring social studies education, and especially the teaching of civics, to broader prominence in the nation’s schools. He has long argued that U.S.

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Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 130

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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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.

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History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

When we abruptly transitioned online in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, I thought the classes I teach at my flagship research university would resume in person in a matter of weeks — and for sure by the fall semester. I was naïve. My living room and personal MacBook Pro were no longer adequate. There are over 1.5

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Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Economics 138

Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Honestly, it is fascinating to see how far the United States has come throughout its rich history. Teach the challenges faced by the Gilded Age! Students will master complex critical thinking skills through 17 days of lessons. This is the case for political and social reforms.

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Lesson Plan History Critical Thinking Social Studies 130

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. I have these available for my entire curricula in World and US History. By actively engaging with the material in this way, students are able to develop critical thinking skills and a deeper understanding of the subject matter.

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Social Studies Historic Sites Teaching Primary Sources 52

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I never saw that more than in teaching vocabulary. I’m a History teacher, though, and understanding vocabulary is essential to student learning. It also encouraged more critical thinking on answers that just memorization of terms. I found this was a great motivational tool. I really can’t recommend VFL enough.

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Critical Thinking History Teaching 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Gerstein teaches gifted education at a Title 1 school within Santa Fe Public Schools and graduate-level online courses for Walden and Antioch Universities. EdSurge: How have you incorporated the teaching of AI in the classroom? Brandon Taylor I am learning how to teach AI together with students.

Humanities 123

Humanities Education K-12 Critical Thinking 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2024

High school curricula are meant to present a broad and foundational overview of the important tenets of each core field of knowledge: mathematics, science, literature, history and language. There is no better way to teach students to think than to encourage them to wrestle with the sort of complex ideas that we find in time-tested literature.

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High School Tradition Critical Thinking History 108

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students. Furthermore, it can transport students to different times and places, making history and geography lessons more immersive and educational. I had the blessing of teaching her daughter and collaborating with her.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by placing students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information. math teaching predominantly focused on procedural skills, where students spent most of their time acquiring isolated skills through repetition.

Education 121

Education Pedagogy Critical Thinking Middle School 121

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 23, 2024

My day begins with teaching two 65-minute social studies periods, followed by a plan period, co-teaching a reading workshop with an ELA teacher, and ending the day with two more 65-minute social studies classes. At the beginning of the year, the name of the game is teaching the process and procedures of EduProtocols.

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Artifacts History Social Studies Lesson Plan 82

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 2, 2024

Reflecting on the adventures, challenges, and revelations of the first semester teaching 8th grade social studies has been a journey filled with engaging moments, critical thinking exercises, and the exploration of local connections. Teaching is an imperfect yet rewarding art, and therein lies its beauty.

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Primary Sources Critical Thinking Social Studies History 52

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

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Think of the Socratic Seminar not just as a teaching strategy but as a hotline to the past, bringing it alive in ways that can resonate with your students. Socratic Seminars bring history to life. They encourage students to critically analyze the causes and effects of historical events beyond dates and facts.

Library 52

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Think of the Socratic Seminar not just as a teaching strategy but as a hotline to the past, bringing it alive in ways that can resonate with your students. Socratic Seminars bring history to life. They encourage students to critically analyze the causes and effects of historical events beyond dates and facts.

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Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. government as well.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

That tide includes bans on state funding for teaching DEI in schools, public colleges and state agencies. History reminds us that counterattacks have followed every advancement in equity and inclusion, from Brown vs. Board of Education to affirmative action. Education is meant to broaden horizons and encourage critical thinking.

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K-12 Sociology Social Science Education 96

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As humans, we’ve always had a somewhat complicated history with invention. Despite those first days of insecurity, we decided to teach ourselves to lean in to technology rather than distance ourselves from it. Critical thinking comes into play as students must locate, read and determine the legitimacy of each original source.

Education 138

Education Critical Thinking Teaching History 138

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. They learned about the history of their neighborhoods and the origins of the music they listened to.

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Heritage Artifacts Local History History 120

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. AI can’t replace teachers; it lacks the human connection.

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Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 130

Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you are teaching high school, this likely means that you can broach most news-worthy topics. Additionally, look for events that connect to the themes and concepts you're teaching in class. However, that presents a great opportunity to teach it and connect to your curriculum! 3) Encourage critical thinking.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics Critical Thinking World History 52

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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Primary Sources History Cultures Cultural Studies 148

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

But a flurry of other bills and laws restricting what educators can teach—or even say—about history, literature, race, sexuality and other topics are alive and well. As teachers, we teach students not subjects. I don’t teach English language development, I teach Maria, Alex, Yun Mei and Linh.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 116

ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Furthermore, within the vast scope of science history, men have continuously taken credit for women's intellectual work in science, a pervasive phenomenon known as the Matilda Effect. While these stories illustrate that science is anything but neutral, it has made teaching more complicated than ever.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Science instruction in elementary school can help students develop strong critical thinking skills, problem-solving, creativity, and curiosity! However, science incorporates elements of reading, math, social studies, and more, making it an excellent tool for teaching other subjects concurrently.

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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 108

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In ChatGPT’s first version, it wrote: “Plagiarism presents a grave threat not only to academic integrity but also to the development of critical thinking and originality among students.” Quill recommends a clever workaround: check students’ Google doc version history, which Google captures and saves every few minutes.

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History Humanities Critical Thinking Research 97

C3 Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“We inherit our history.” It was a phrase I often used to begin my year in the hopes of sparking student agency and making history relevant. But as an early teacher in social studies and ELA, misconceptions about the importance of authentically investigating history filled my brain. So I began to dig for a solution.

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History Social Studies Critical Thinking Teaching 52

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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Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 17, 2023

To make matters worse, it was an awkward time for teaching. After contemplating options, I decided to put together some lessons on local history. Tuesday On Tuesday, I used the lesson I had developed over the summer about the history of Utopia, Ohio. I really enjoyed teaching this lesson and plan to use it for years to come.

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