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How a Portrait Project Showed Teachers Through a Whole New Lens

Cult of Pedagogy

Dan, Social Science Johanna, Manager of School Facilities Ashley, English Tiffany, Math When I first started shooting, I tried to emulate Kathy Ryan’s style but, as happens with most or all creative projects, the portraits eventually took on a look of their own. Often, they contributed their own concepts or ideas for poses.

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Practicing Primatology

Teaching Anthropology

Many students thought they were dodging science by taking a social sciences course. Resource: Primates Activity Plan for Partially Flipped Class Practicing-Primatology-Activity-Plan Download Practicing Primatology is number 2 of 4 resources Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire is sharing as part of their Flipped Classroom practice.

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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

Political Science Now

Download the Full Call for Proposals Here George Andreopoulos is Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and the founding Director of the Center for International Human Rights at John Jay College. He was a Fulbright Scholar and Senior Specialist.

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The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

ACRE

The lesson could be used as a precursor to a unit on the New Deal in history classrooms or as a case study on economic policy impacts in a social science course. Download Election of 1932 Lesson Plan Learn more: Looking for more lesson plans & activities for teaching about economic history?

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Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

They’d have to fumble through what exact database they want, select what countries they want and over what time period, and then download the data to an Excel file. The student might end up at a portal like this one. Panels” are individual observations observed over (effectively) the same period of time. 5.18 #> 2 Algeria DZ DZA 2019 48.6

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.