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Easy Ideas for 5 Minute Social Studies Activities

Thrive in Grade Five

Having a little time at the end of class is something my students look forward to because they have an opportunity to do fun five minute social studies activities. If you find yourself with a few extra minutes of class, you definitely don’t want students to have a free-for-all! Join my VIP email club for free.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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.

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Teaching the Progressive Era

Passion for Social Studies

Students will learn this through several primary sources before deciding if the era was truly progressive after studying the definition. Add to cart The post Teaching the Progressive Era appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Honestly, this is a great way to tie in argumentative writing from ELA!

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

Patty Topliffe, who teaches social studies at Woodstock High School in Vermont, said teaching vocabulary and other literacy skills to her students helps them understand primary source documents. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont.

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Supporting Literacy Through Social Studies

TCI

Each program provides many opportunities for students to develop a strong command of English and build reading and writing skills through social studies. From well-structured informational text to primary source passages, there are many opportunities to build reading skills.

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TCI Lesson Planning Tools for Teachers

TCI

TCI’s social studies programs provide comprehensive planning and support tools so you can focus on what you do best: teaching. The slideshows deliver instructions, rich primary sources, interactions, and questions. Customize the cards to edit existing definitions, provide examples of how to use each term, and add images.

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Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

4QM Teaching

We just had a consultant come to my school to do a review of our social studies program. That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. I noticed something strange, however.