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Teaching Irish American History

Studies Weekly

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.

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Classroom Behavior Management Ideas to Try

Studies Weekly

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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Age-appropriate Text and Engaging Activities with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial

Studies Weekly

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.

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5 Ways to Boost Lesson Planning and Student Learning with Notebook LM

Leah Cleary

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.

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Refreshed Digital Notebook Activities for Social Studies

Students of History

You can preview and download any of them through the links below, but here are the major updates and changes: 1. Here's a few sample images from my World and US History digital notebook sets: These updated digital notebook sets are awesome for in-class learning our when kids are learning at home.

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Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

The Hechinger Report

For example, big data analysis allows an online bookstore to recommend what a student might like to read next based on previous purchases and downloads she’s made. Angela Ekstrom, a 10th-grade world history teacher at the district’s Valley Vista High School, came to a similar conclusion after sofas were added to her classroom this year.

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‘Twas the week before winter break…

Rosie the History Teacher

My 9th grade US History class is finishing up the World War I unit and they have learned so much! I focus on the US involvement in the war and students will learn about global perspectives in their World History class in 10th grade. Download my resource to introduce your students to The Christmas Truce.