Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Boss Tweed in courtroom, Courtesy of Getty Images Second Wave of Irish Immigration In 1845, the Potato Famine spread across Europe, but nowhere did it cause more devastation than in Ireland. See why over six million students across America love using Studies Weekly Social Studies.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

I downloaded an application called “free graphing symbolic calculator” which actually helped me more in AP Calculus than my actual calculator. I downloaded the “organic chemistry essentials” application to help me with new concepts, such as biomolecules and synthesis strategy. After the AP chemistry test, we started organic chemistry.

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NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

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.

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NCHE

APRIL 21, 2023

The social studies standards recently approved by the South Dakota Board of Education did not adequately take into account the expertise of its teachers. Download the statement here. The post The NCHE Board of Directors Statement Regarding the South Dakota Social Studies Standards appeared first on ncheteach.org.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

If you want to dive deeper, download our free eBook, Rethinking Literacy in K-5 Classrooms: How Social Studies and Science Drive Academic Success. ” Find out how schools can effectively integrate social studies and science into literacy instruction.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

We know a lot about mathematic tools and apps and different databases for social studies.” 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.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

2022), “Using the annotating strategy to improve students’ academic achievement in social studies,” Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning , Vol. [link] Lloyd, Z.T., Doepker, G.M. and Downey, S.E. Come back for more.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 27, 2021

Integrating science and social studies with reading is a must. Due to testing and/or district and state requirements, social studies and science often take the back seat. While I can’t say that I get it in every day, I do carve out time for intentional science and/or social studies instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Students used their cellphones to download an app to both create and read QR codes. To tie in with their study of the English monarchy in the Elizabethan-Stuart era, they researched websites to find quality information on selected, relevant topics. History teacher Ms. Change Digital Learning Day educational technology Opinion'

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 15, 2015

These words are important because they help students comprehend text across different content areas such as social studies and science. The first step in planning academic vocabulary instruction is to create a list of academic vocabulary to be taught in social studies and science. Have one student chose a card.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Frances favorite feature of Studies Weekly is the printed, full-color newspapers. It may seem simple, but the ability to use printed, colored text and images when teaching social studies is incredibly impactful, she explains. The newspapers] draw students in with their visuals and text features.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 11, 2015

State and federal mandates and high stakes testing have made teaching elementary science and social studies a battle for time in the classroom. This battle has resulted in minimizing social studies and science instruction to focus on tested areas. There should also be intentional social studies and science instruction.

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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.

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Education Week - Social Studies

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Tips for an engaging, age-appropriate mock election that develops students' voting habits.

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Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

” Once students have downloaded an image, they need to add text. We all remember the days of reading the chapter in our social studies textbook, answering the questions, and regurgitating our knowledge on the chapter test. Example, “Civil War families” or “dogs 19th Century.”

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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

You can preview and download any of them through the links below, but here are the major updates and changes: 1. With the move to fully-digital, however, a few things started to pop up that inspired me to redesign the notebooks. This redesign turned into a complete overhaul of all my digital notebook sets this summer.

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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. Add to cart The post 5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships appeared first on Passion for Social Studies.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

English, math, social studies, and science) as well as attendance and behavioral data to provide a more holistic view of all students. Download the Digital Promise Data Equity infographic. Now, the district has expanded its use to grades 6-12, pulling in core course information (e.g.,

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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. The McGraw Hill program is releasing a social studies and language arts component that integrates the two content areas.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Tier 6: Test Pulling Nate When I was in high school, I cheated on a social studies test. 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.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 5, 2023

“Language arts, social studies, science. 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. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the middle of all this activity, seventh-grader Jacob Higuera sat alone with his laptop, intently typing out a social studies assignment. Jacob Higuera, a seventh-grader at the Innovation Academy, completes a social studies assignment on his laptop while students take part in other lessons in the background.

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Living Geography

MAY 26, 2024

I’ve been involved in a project - writing Geography and Social Studies resources for students. All free to download from an open access Google Drive. These are high quality resources from New Zealand. Suitable for year 7 - 11 students. Topic: Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine environment. Check these out here.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Fortunately, there are many ways to make this unit meaningful AND fun for students, Teaching Government Through Simulations Students always enjoy a good simulation, simulations tie in perfectly to social studies. You can download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation here. The simulation is a part of my American Government Unit.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 21, 2017

Classroom context varied, from filmmaking and multimedia classes, to subject area classes such as chemistry, social studies, and government. Download Key Findings. Sixty-five percent served populations where over 40 percent of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and half (17 schools) received Title I funding.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Literally, where is it in the text, and then figuring out then where are the cool decision points that characters are having if it’s a fictional thing or that people had if it’s a nonfictional, historical thing, social studies, etc. This is as much about not ignoring race as it is about infusing race into something.”

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

Download Election of 1932 Lesson Plan Learn more: Looking for more lesson plans & activities for teaching about economic history?

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 28, 2017

In this post: Pacing Guides Fourth Grade Morning Work Reading Writing Guided Math & Workshops Social Studies & Science Classroom Management Top Ten Resources Pacing Guides It’s hard to start the year without a plan, so you can download example fourth grade pacing guides here.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

While these students — a group we’re calling experienced multilinguals — are probably quite comfortable and fluent with speaking English socially, they may still be unfamiliar with the academic language used in science, social studies, math, and other content areas. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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Rockin Resources - Social Studies

APRIL 8, 2022

I did a little research for you and now you can share some facts along with a free download activity in the free album – What is Earth Day? Looking to celebrate Earth Day in your classroom this year? We all know Aesop’s fable, The Ants & the Grasshopper, where a family of ants bustles. The post What is Earth Day?

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Rockin Resources - Social Studies

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I did a little research for you and now you can share some facts along with a free timeline download on – Who was George Washington? Are you looking for information on George Washington to a Revolutionary War unit or President’s Day? George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the United States.

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Rockin Resources - Social Studies

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I did a little research for you and now you can share some facts along with a free timeline download on – Who was Abe Lincoln? Or maybe you’re teaching the character trait of honesty? Don’t forget to give your kiddos details on Abe Lincoln! Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865). The post Who was Abe Lincoln?

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ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Download Budgeting Basics Resources for Digital Classrooms: Do you use an online learning system for your classroom? If you’ve developed your own lessons and activities for teaching personal finance (or any other social studies topic) consider sharing your ideas on the Social Studies Arkansas blog.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

DECEMBER 3, 2017

I love using this Social Studies Weekly video to introduce Productive Resources. You can download this here ! I always love integrating social studies and reading, so I like to incorporate economics in my reading instruction too, or maybe I should say incorporate reading instruction into my economics lessons.

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Heinemann Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Learn about inquiry frameworks with downloadable forms. Inquiry that builds knowledge and understanding can be found through researcher's workshop.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In the fall of 2018, Detroit’s public schools adopted EL’s English language arts curriculum throughout the district, joining several other districts that use it in some schools or grade levels and, EL reports, more than 40,000 teachers who have downloaded at least part of it. Also, expeditions are embedded in the real world.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Last time, we discussed using AI to make learning more equitable.

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