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Teaching Voting in the Social Studies Classroom

Passion for Social Studies

This will definitely be an exciting election year. When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to be civically engaged to understand how voting is essential to our democracy. Since there is a lot to include when teaching voting in the social studies classroom, this resource has everything needed!

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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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Our Doors Are Always Open

A Principal's Reflections

I look forward to meeting Eric again soon and definitely at Edscape in October! He has dual NYS certification in Secondary Social Studies and as an Educational Technology Specialist- daily utilizing both skill sets. I hope that I am able to use this experience to influence the teachers and students at my school in similar ways.

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5 Vocabulary Activities for Middle School

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

The rest of the model is filled with a definition, image, as well as an example and non-example. While we’ve just described the official Frayer Model, we prefer the model that includes the official definition, a definition in the student’s own words, using the word in a sentence, and then an image.

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Social Studies and Science Vocabulary

Ashleigh's Education Journey

These words are important because they help students comprehend text across different content areas such as social studies and science. Pre-teaching vocabulary is not having kids look up definitions or other boring practices. Below you can see an example of my social studies and science vocabulary terms.

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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. They construct their claims using precise language and social studies vocabulary. The post Supporting Literacy Through Social Studies appeared first on TCI.