Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

The video made me laugh and think about how much the teacher of those students must have inspired a love of history! So, the history meme project was born in my classroom. What are my rules for making history memes? It’s seriously easy to make history memes. Why do I ask my students to create history memes?

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History Primary Sources Social Studies Library 130

Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

DOWNLOAD EBOOK Recess Time Climbing Activities like jungle gyms, monkey bars, and rock walls are fun and great for children’s body awareness! Try yoga and stretching with daily mantras right after recess for a quick calm down and refocus. Kids build strength and coordination as they climb and swing across monkey bars.

Primary Sources 89

Primary Sources American History World History Lesson Plan 89

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2014

They also downloaded SkyMap (or similar programs specific to their app market) and roamed the classroom to find where their zodiac sign was during the day. They also researched the history of their zodiac sign, and the story unique to their specific sign. Image credit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.escapistgames.starchart

Educational Technology 250

Educational Technology High School History Research 250

Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of “anti-CRT” bills. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. This lesson is available for free download. More Florida History Feb.

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History Social Justice K-12 Teaching 98

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

History class, students learned about the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and had to determine if Jackson was a highly successful president or a corrupt leader. Students in Mr. Tusa’s history class investigated the history of Europe through painting (1500-1800). History teacher Ms. Image credit: [link] In Ms. Levy’s U.S.

Library 271

Library History Cultures Educational Technology 271

Becoming a History Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Getting beginning teachers to focus on the WHAT and WHY before the HOW It is all to easy for beginning teachers to be wowed by a pedagogical approach, to see an off the shelf lesson, a downloadable resource or fun activity and want to run with it. History and Literacy in Year 7, History in Practice. London: Hodder Murray.

Lesson Plan 68

Lesson Plan Pedagogy History Teaching 68

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 2, 2025

But if you want to stop lecturing, spend more of your time working closely with students, and give your students control over their own learning, digitizing your direct instruction makes it possible to keep all of your students no matter their attendance history engaged at once. Over 50,000 teachers have already joinedcome on in.

Pedagogy 169

Pedagogy Teaching Library Classroom Management 169

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 14, 2014

Mr. Groff’s US history classes piloted Paperlet , a new educationally based technology platform where students create digital stories that incorporate various multimedia elements including video, sound, and image files. They used iMovie to put voice-overs into their videos to describe the process.

Library 235

Library High School History Cultures 235

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Its easy to implement and works across various subjects, not just history. How to Use ‘Previously On’ in History Lessons “Previously On” is a quick, structured way for students to review and connect past learning to new material. This was the first topic Mike and I used in our classes. More on that in a minute.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Instead, it looks broadly at history, politics, ideologies, and other factors to explain how these harms emerge and get perpetuated across time and space. Currently, permits are available to purchase online, but many Indigenous community members lack sufficient access to the resources needed to make online payments, download, and print files.

Cultures 107

Cultures Tradition Humanities Museum 107

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 27, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of anti-history laws and high-stakes testing. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. This lesson is available for free download.

K-12 144

K-12 Social Justice History Teaching 144

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. The incorporation doctrine authorized the Supreme Court for the first time in its history to review state laws that potentially infringed upon the First Amendment. Purchase or download your copy today!

American History 52

American History Government History Cultures 52

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A cross posting from my GCSE Natural History blog - which is now closing in on 400 posts since it was first started - when it looked like we might actually get a new qualification option. Given that not every child (or school) can afford to buy books, this is a welcome development.

Geography 52

Geography History Education 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Frances is optimistic that her coaching through Studies Weekly will help her better support teachers as they work toward equity and inclusion for all students. AI in the Classroom Harness the benefits and avoid the pitfalls with these best practices for integrating AI in the classroom.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History World History Social Studies 52

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

When students engage with history, geography, and civics, they develop the ability to analyze texts, draw connections between concepts, and retain new information more effectively. Adopt Knowledge-Building Curricula: Utilize high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) that embed social studies content within reading programs.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Civics Critical Thinking 52

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

For a deeper dive into research-based strategies, download our free eBook, Rethinking Literacy in K-5 Classrooms: How Social Studies and Science Drive Academic Success. To improve student outcomes, schools must take a more integrated approach to literacy instruction.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Psychology Elementary School Tradition 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. The attacks on 9/11 affected millions of people, and informed much of the public policy in action today but for these children, that event is history. The primary source.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History 52

Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

history designed to maintain white supremacy that receive little attention in corporate curricula. The Zinn Education Project provides free resources to teach outside the textbook about the Tulsa Massacre and the continuing history of institutionalized racism and displacement. This is one of countless massacres in U.S. Learn more.

Teaching 111

Teaching Library Archiving Social Justice 111

HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Story File is ideal for helping students practice asking interview questions and conducting oral history projects. Teachers download the app on their phones, record whole class conversations, and get feedback on who spoke and how long they spoke within minutes.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The result, called the “Cyberlearning Community Report: The State of Cyberlearning and the Future of Learning with Technology,” was released on October 2, 2017 and is free to download here. It describes six “commitments” in this research community that drive the work forward and make it distinctive.

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Learning Science Research History 109

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Are you curious about what's included with a Student of History subscription ? It could be Civics, World, or US History. You can see that each lesson includes a number of downloadable resources in addition to the lesson itself. Well, let's take a look! Here's a sneak peek of what your subscription will look like after you login.

History 52

History Primary Sources Civics Digital Resources 52

Students of History

JUNE 5, 2023

Around May of each school year, I start thinking about US History EOC review activities to get my students ready for their state assessment. Students are then more likely to retain the massive amount of content you cover in a year of US History. I love going back to my US History Review Packets for each unit in the curriculum.

History 52

History Primary Sources Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 52

NCHE

APRIL 21, 2023

The National Council for History Education stands by history teachers in South Dakota. In the elementary grades, the history content and skills are not developmentally appropriate, nor are they reflective of the historical content training that K-5 teachers receive. Download the statement here.

Social Studies 100

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, studies show that exposure to content-rich subjects like history, geography, and science strengthens reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skillsessential components of long-term literacy success.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Critical Thinking Professional Development 52

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2022

To help early stage edtechs entering the market navigate this unique point in history, we have developed the 2022 EdTech Startup Guide. To help early stage edtechs entering the market navigate this unique point in history, we have developed the 2022 EdTech Startup Guide.

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EdTech History Economics Education 145

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A better understanding of the long arc of technology history might just help us make a course correction, he argues. Smith lays out his views in a new book, “ The Internet is Not What You Think It is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning.”

Humanities 104

Humanities Library History Educational Technology 104

NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

The National Council for History Education stands in support of history teachers in Florida. The social studies standards focused on African American history, recently approved by the Florida Board of Education, sanitize historical acts of violence against Black Americans. NCHE Board of Directors Download the statement here.

Social Studies 100

Social Studies K-12 History Education American History 100

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2023

Peter Baldwin, a professor of history at the University of California at Los Angeles, calls it a “grotesque disparity,” one that many professors don’t even realize. Baldwin’s latest book, “Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All,” looks at the history and future of the open access movement.

Library 135

Library History Humanities Tradition 135

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Every teacher shows up with their own histories and insecurities and flaws. You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. It can be lonely. It can be overwhelming.

Humanities 227

Humanities Pedagogy Professional Development Library 227

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Check this one out for AP World History Unit 6: Take a moment if you need to, but please, come back to me. So I’ve been using it in class on workdays with my students (I especially give my AP Modern World History students those [workdays to annotate , read, and remediate]). Right now, mine doesn’t.

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan World History History Teaching 52

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2020

One multicultural event for Black History Month will not drive out the hate and systemic racism against people of color. One of my ongoing tips and challenges is to ensure I talk about great Black and Brown individuals outside of Black History Month!). Finally, the resources are not ongoing, so sustaining progress is impossible.

Professional Development 118

Professional Development History Cultures Research 118

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

McGraw Hill AR activity for the Boston Massacre Recommended Links Download McGraw Hill AR Read About Educator's Perceptions of AR Verizon Innovative Learning HQ We have seen AR primarily in math and science. As you select a witness, you learn more about history and have language arts stitched in with reading comprehension.

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Lesson Plan Artifacts Educational Technology Interactive Learning 130

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 42 (3), 375–392. link] Reese, W.

Pedagogy 244

Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 244

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

” Sending emails, weekly newsletters, or using the school phone to communicate are great communication alternatives if they cannot download one of these apps. You might also like this to give you time back to foster positive parent teacher relationship United States History Course $ 200.00

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Sociology Government Social Studies Civics 130

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2018

Tonight, I want you to go on the internet and download some worksheets on quadratic equations – try for at least 20 of them … on each side of the page, spend some time memorizing the periodic table, and while you’re at it memorize the major dates, battles, and generals associated with the American Civil War.

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Tutoring Tradition History High School 88

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It comes from a wide range of education technology products, assessments and other sources — there’s data from reading programs, math programs, state tests, daily quizzes, student history and more, each one a single puzzle piece that could be linked to other pieces to create a unified picture, but that, more often than not, stands alone.

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K-12 Project-Based Learning Public School Educational Technology 102

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

billion dollars , takes pains to argue that it forbids its users from downloading materials off the site for the purpose of cheating, or to upload answers to homework or exams. They know my history. The company he’s joining, valued at more than $3.6 But in reality, both of those things happen routinely. They know who I am.

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