Critical Thinking, Library and Social Studies

5 Activities for Early Finishers in Social Studies Class

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. Dont miss out on all of the upper elementary social studies fun! Instead, I have a list of trusted social studies websites they may explore if they finish their work early.

Social Studies

Social Studies Classroom Management Museum History

Mississippi Reports Praise TCI’s K-12 Social Studies Programs

TCI

JANUARY 6, 2025

TCI, a leader in K-12 educational content and curriculum, is proud to announce that its K-6 and 7-12 Social Studies programs have received favorable reviews in the latest textbook adoption reports released by the Office of Instructional Materials & Library Services within the Mississippi Instructional Materials Review Board.

K-12

K-12 Social Studies Local History Critical Thinking

If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

Social Studies

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography

This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. She said, Please don't.

Library

Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan

The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. Along with teaching research methods and critical thinking, she makes opportunities for students to meet and talk with civic leaders in both political and nonpartisan positions.

Social Studies

Social Studies Research Archiving American History

OPINION: Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. Noah Dougherty is the CEO and co-founder of Relevant Learner and a former teacher of social studies and ELA.

Heritage

Heritage Artifacts Local History Social Studies

19 Ideas for Setting Up Your Social Studies Classroom

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. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Students have the thinking; they just need a word bank!

Social Studies

Social Studies Civics Sociology History

His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. Maybe I could work in a museum or a library.

History

History Museum Social Studies Geography

5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. 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. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? What is a Socratic Seminar?

Library

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies

5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. 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. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? What is a Socratic Seminar?

Library

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies

How Oklahoma’s superintendent set off a holy war in classrooms

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2025

The father of three is also not keen on the states newly proposed social studies standards that would require biblical lessons starting in first grade. Walterss mandate has also sparked concern because of the proposed social studies standards that followed. Bibles, he noted, are accessible to students through the library.

Public School

Public School High School Social Studies History

How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 6, 2025

Using these materials and others like it will continue to strengthen students’ growth and critical thinking skills. Round 1 is kind of like the game Taboo: One player comes up and gives as many social studies clues as possible without saying the word and the card and tries to get their team to guess the word.

Teaching

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Social Justice

‘I can’t do this anymore’: How four middle schoolers are struggling though the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Deadlines for assignments in social studies in particular were tight, and he stopped handing them in. Laura Schad teaches social studies to seventh and eighth graders at Southwark School. Although she preferred social studies to math, she thought she might like to be a doctor, the kind “that delivers babies.”

High School

High School Social Studies K-12 Middle School

OPINION: Our schools must figure out a way to teach this presidential election

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Related: PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies. Three states — Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts — have in recent years revamped their social studies and civic education standards and have created legislation to implement modern civic education.

Controversial Topics

Controversial Topics Teaching Civics Civic Engagement

Social Studies Network

5 Activities for Early Finishers in Social Studies Class

Mississippi Reports Praise TCI’s K-12 Social Studies Programs

If I was teaching Social Studies today…

This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

OPINION: Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught

19 Ideas for Setting Up Your Social Studies Classroom

His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

How Oklahoma’s superintendent set off a holy war in classrooms

How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack

‘I can’t do this anymore’: How four middle schoolers are struggling though the pandemic

OPINION: Our schools must figure out a way to teach this presidential election

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