Active History Teacher
OCTOBER 28, 2024
If you’ve taught for any length of time, you know that r eviewing tough US History TEKS/topics is critical for student success on STAAR. You can teach the heck out of a tough topic in September, but by the test in April, the memory of those lessons are long gone. Reviewing the tough topics is critical. Here are my ideas for teaching the tough TEKS.
TeachThought
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Help Students Think Critically About News With These 20 Questions This post was originally published in 2019 and updated in 2024 by Terrell Heick 1. In the article, headline, or social share, ‘who’ is saying ‘what’? That is, what specific author and publication are making what kind of claim about what topic or ideas? 2. Is what’s being stated or claimed fact or opinion?
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2024
In my career as an arts educator and school administrator, I have met countless families whose children are excited to embark on a college education focused on filmmaking or acting. The parents are often less excited than their children, however: They seem both apprehensive and determined to steer their children to more “practical” pursuits. Given the financial realities regularly confronted by the arts and the high cost of postsecondary education, a bit of hesitation may be natural.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The post How One District is Scaling Student Tech Teams to Support Sustainable Technology Systems appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. Dual enrollment is exploding. During the 2022-23 school year, nearly 2.5 million high school students took college classes, simultaneously earning high school and college credits.
Society for Classical Studies
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Blog: Medea and Ariadne Reimagined: Honoring Martha Graham’s Deep Engagement with Greek Myth Nina Papathana… Mon, 10/28/2024 - 09:43
Women's History Network
OCTOBER 28, 2024
What’s in a letter? For a woman living in England in the nineteenth century with limited access to social freedoms and even paper—everything. Historians have given mixed reviews on the value of Jane Austen’s surviving personal letters.
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Living Geography
OCTOBER 28, 2024
A cross posting from my GCSE Natural History blog. Riversong is here, and free for anyone to use. Hello: this is 'Riversong', a "broadside ballad" which protests the slow death of rivers in the UK & around the world––& sings for their revival. 'Riversong' is free to print, share, set & sing, speak aloud on a riverbank, post on walls or windows, adapt, translate, perform,… pic.twitter.
TCI
OCTOBER 28, 2024
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. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.
Life and Landscapes
OCTOBER 28, 2024
It was there before there was a road. When there was only a trail. The way to go from Louisville and reach Nashville. To enter the South and all of its potential commerce. So it was called the “Dixie Highway.” Long before the railroad was built down there. That was constructed just in time for the Civil War. Tens of thousands of Union Troops outflanked Confederate General Braxton Bragg in 1862 by hiking along the same road on which you are now moving.
Living Geography
OCTOBER 28, 2024
I've been packing today for my next trip away. My wife is very understanding. Practical Pedagogies 3 is taking place in Cologne at St. George's International School. It runs from the 1st-2nd of November. It has been organised by Russel Tarr once again, and his overall organisation is phenomenal, with a vast range of sessions, a keynote from Hywel Roberts (what's not to like there.) and I'll be travelling before then to guarantee that I can get there due to various train related issues over the n
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2024. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented.
Living Geography
OCTOBER 28, 2024
I'm always pleased to receive my Riverford newsletter called 'Wicked Leeks' as there's generally several stories which are relevant to the Food for Thought topic we have as part of our Year 7 offering. Here's a recent example: A new campaign, launched last week by The Global FoodBanking Network, aims to draw attention to the links between food loss and waste, hunger and climate change – and the work food banks are doing to tackle all three.
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Embracing the Crisis of Research Design: How the Collapse of Case Selection in the Field Can Uncover New Discoveries By Rachel A. Schwartz , University of Oklahoma Political science has seen a welcome increase in guidance on conducting field research, which recognizes the need for adaptability. But while disciplinary conversations on “iterating” in the field have advanced, strategies for adapting to the breakdown of one’s case selection—an all-too-frequent problem faced by field researchers—rema
Living Geography
OCTOBER 28, 2024
I posted recently about reaching a milestone on my GA Presidents' blog , and have now passed another small milestone on one of my other blogs. This one is the blog that I set up in 2010 when my first solo book was published. It formed part of the original series of KS3 Toolkit books which was funded by the Action Plan for Geography. As was (and still is) my liking for a pun, I titled it 'Look at it this way.' as it offered a way of looking at the landscape.
TeachThought
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The 40/40/40 Rule: An Overview by Terry Heick I first encountered the 40/40/40 rule years ago while skimming one of those giant (and indispensable) 400 page Understanding by Design tomes. The question was simple enough. Of all of the academic standards, you are tasked with ‘covering’ (more on this in a minute), what’s important that students understand for the next 40 days, what’s important that they understand for the next 40 months, and what’s important that they
TeachThought
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Tone As A Cause And Effect Of Learning by Terrell Heick In 20 Words That Can Affect How Students Think, , we said “Tone affects how students see themselves and their role in the learning process. In fact, a student’s own ongoing internal dialogue and thoughts about themselves and their self-identity as learners isn’t just a ‘factor’ in learning but one of the single most important factors.” This is central to the principle and practice of Social-Emotional Learning (and strategies for
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