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Teaching Voting in the Social Studies Classroom

Passion for Social Studies

Are your government students excited for the upcoming election? This will definitely be an exciting election year. This includes detailed lesson plans, PowerPoints, URLs to videos, and all activities. Luckily, these 11 lesson plans help make that happen! Students will even learn how to register to vote!

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Moler's Musing

This week, we dug into the foundations of the United States government and explored how early laws shaped the country’s growth. EduProtocols were front and center as we kept students engaged and active in their learning: Monday: Introduced The Tier List to rank government systems and used Iron Chef with Padlet to analyze types of governments.

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Wilmington Insurrection or Coup Lesson Plan for US History

Students of History

The Jim Crow Era was when racial segregation was legalized, African Americans were disenfranchised, and white supremacists controlled governments across the South. I realized recently that a case study of how dramatic these changes were for people in the South would be a powerful lesson to conclude the unit with. Following the Jan.

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Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

Studies Weekly

Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work? 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Learning Objectives: Students will identify the three branches of the federal government. Vocabulary and Definitions: constitution: the document that sets up a system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, etc.,

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Teaching the Election

Passion for Social Studies

While some years involve quieter elections, this is definitely not one of them. So, students must have lessons that focus on teaching the election. Teaching high school students about these stages prepares them with knowledge about the decision-making process and how their participation impacts the government.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment!

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

ED Surge

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. That’s definitely a barrier.” At least, in theory. and between the U.S.

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