TeachThought

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

What Are The Best Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking? by Terry Heick What are the different types of questions? Turns out, it’s pretty limitless. I’ve always been interested in them–the way they can cause (or stop) thinking; the nature of inquiry and reason; the way they can facilitate and deepen a conversation; the way they can reveal understanding (or lack thereof); the stunning power of the right question at the right time.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

Listen to the interview with Karina Quilantan-Garza, Lauren Mobley, K.C. Boyd, and Barbara Paciotti ( transcript ): Sponsored by WeVideo and The Modern Classrooms Project I used to think librarians did three things: (1) organize and fiercely protect large collections of books, (2) check those books out to visitors, and (3) shush people. As libraries started to house more technology, I added a fourth role: manage and protect the tech.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 27, 2024

One of the best aspects of the work my team and I at Aspire Change EDU do is getting into leaders as part of the coaching process. During this time, we begin to collect qualitative evidence aligned with growth opportunities that they have set during initial meetings. No matter where our travels take us, one of the most common areas districts and schools want to improve is shifting from compliance to student engagement.

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NCHE

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After Valencia Abbott’s school day ended, we met to discuss her experiences as a history teacher. At the top of our time together, we discussed a quote from an article she recently wrote: “ When students sense that you are all-in for them, they are more likely to give you their best in the classroom.” “That’s not something that came about because I was in the classroom,” Valencia said.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 15, 2024

Deadline for abstract submission 16 th Sept 2024 Editors: Dr Natalie Djohari and Dr Gavin Weston, Bournemouth University. With the growing accessibility of generative AIs, haptic technologies and open-source software, this Teaching Anthropology Special Issue asks; ‘how is anthropological knowledge production changing in this fast growing socio-technological era?

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World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Here is one of my favorite clips to show students when discussing revolutions. Max Fisher explains the origins of national identity in this excellent five-minute clip for the New York Times. He notes that the idea of a national identity is relatively new. Just before the French Revolution, for example, France was not really a nation. Half the people could not even speak French.

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HistoryRewriter

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This month on The Social Studies Show Adam and I will talk about How to Talk Bridgey a report that shares lessons for using civic terms without alienating segments of your audience. The guide summarizes five years of research on civic language and can help teachers facilitate more productive classroom dialogue. Do your students know the coded and loaded words that influencers weaponize to push their buttons?

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Thrive in Grade Five

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Can anyone become President of the United States? When kids are asked what they want to be when they grow up, you’ll hear at least a few say that they want to become President. That’s a great aspiration to have, but the founding fathers included guidelines in the Constitution detailing the requirements for presidential candidates. Before we dive in, I’d love to share the Election 2024 Map that I’m using with my students.

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Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When teaching US History, there is a strong focus on heroic individuals. Honestly, the strength of some of our heroes allowed the United States to grow and develop in powerful ways. For instance, MLK and Malcolm X used their voices to fight for equality. However, they did their work differently. While MLK was more calm and collected, Malcolm X was more abrasive in his work.

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A Lesson Plan for Teachers

APRIL 17, 2024

Organizing to Save You Time If you teach World History, I can imagine you are simply tired. No more needs to be said about that! But, I want to help. In this post, you will find links to everything I can think you may need for teaching World History. Over time, I plan to add […] The post Everything You Need to Teach World History Easily appeared first on A Lesson Plan for Teachers.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

Critical thinking is the ongoing application of unbiased analysis in pursuit of objective truth. Although its name implies criticism , critical thinking is actually closer to ‘ truth judgment ‘ based on withholding judgments while evaluating existing and emerging data to form more accurate conclusions. Critical thinking is an ongoing process emphasizing the fluid and continued interpretation of information rather than the formation of static beliefs and opinions.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

Listen to the interview with Andrea Castellano and Irene Yannascoli: Sponsored by Listenwise and Studyo “Make your paper dirty.” I get some funny looks when I say it at first, but it gets the point across. What I mean is I’m looking for annotations. I teach third grade, when young readers typically transition from developing readers to fluent ones, and it’s at this stage that they’re ready to begin to analyze texts on a deeper level.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

As my Aspire Change EDU consultant team and I visit classrooms on a routine basis, we strive to lead administrators, coaches, and teachers in reflecting on their practice using questioning techniques. The majority of these often revolve around engagement, and it is quickly realized that when students are compliant, it is because the adult is doing all the work or talking.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said. The two needs are related, for there is simply not enough time for those who teach multiple classes, often in multiple disciplines, to stay on top of the flood of specialized writing, to be conf

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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. A pivotal moment occurred when Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet , one of the worlds highest-impact academic journals, declared: COVID-19 is not a pandemic. It is a syndemic. When this assertion by an eminent health scholar appeared in the midst of the global spread of a deadly disease, it garnered widespread interest.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

JANUARY 21, 2024

I’ve been an instructional coach for nearly four years now; while I certainly don’t think I’ve got it cracked yet and would not consider myself an expert, I think I’ve learned a huge amount since starting and want to share some of those reflection here. I’ve written previously about this here and here where I’ve talked about some of the mechanics of coaching.

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HistoryRewriter

MARCH 4, 2024

Thick Slides (although not in our book) are a flexible and popular EduProtocol that should be in every Social Studies teacher’s toolbox. Thick Slides help students extract key information from text, lesson, or video and complete a deconstructed paragraph that asks for specific fields like who, where, what, when, and why? They are a fun and engaging formative or summative assessment that gives students some structure for writing.

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History Tech

AUGUST 7, 2024

I was chatting on a text thread with a group of teachers and administrators last week when one of the high school admin types casually mentioned that her first day back with students had gone pretty well. Seriously!? Cue my stunned surpise.

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World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2024

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Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Are your government students excited for the upcoming election? I’m sure they are full of opinions and ready to discuss their thoughts with the class! This will definitely be an exciting election year. So, it is crucial to teach students about the voting process and its importance to our democracy. When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to be civically engaged to understand how voting is essential to our democracy.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory? Maybe on occasion, when you flip through TV channels and land on an episode of “Ancient Aliens.” Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. How confident are you in your ability to tell fact from fiction? If you’re a teen, you could be exposed to conspiracy theories and a host of other pieces of misinformation as frequently as every day while scrolling through your social media feeds.

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TeachThought

MAY 16, 2024

15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them by Terry Heick Reflection is a natural part of learning. We all think about new experiences–the camping on the car ride home, the mistakes made in a game, or the emotions felt while finishing a long-term project that’s taken months to complete. Below I’ve shared 15 strategies for students to reflect on their learning.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 3, 2024

Listen to the interview with Blake Harvard: Sponsored by Listenwise and Khan Academy Kids Please allow me to describe an all-too-common situation that has occurred in probably every teacher’s classroom: You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park: explaining, describing, providing examples, modeling … you know, all the things we’re taught to do during instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 23, 2024

There is a saying out there that I hear often: learning is learning. While I don’t discount this view, I firmly believe there is so much to it at the individual level. Preferences and experiences play a significant role in how we all learn, and interests do as well. When asked to do the same thing at the same time in the same way, it is pretty much a fact that a few people will thrive, some will get by, and others will struggle.

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NCHE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Jen Jacobs on Multidimensionality, Memorability, and Making History Come Alive A member of our EPiC grant in Michigan, Jen Jacobs, shared her journey into teaching and the impact that journey has left on her since. Sometimes teaching isnt a first job or even a first calling. For Jen Jacobs, middle school teacher and a member of our EPiC grant, the calling of teaching came later in life.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Mitchell Ma, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto and Susannah Clinker, PhD Student, University of Toronto The Schreiber Wood Project (SWP) field school, led by Professor Michael Brand with assistance from Dr. Trevor Orchard takes place on lands once owned by the Schreiber family, settlers from England who acquired the land in the mid-19th century. This land later became the northern end of the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus in the Greater Toronto Area.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Photo by Andy Barbour on Pexels.com Are you, or have you been, an examiner for your subject? It seems like it’s an accepted truth that this is one of the best forms of subject-specific CPD you can do. It’s something that gets consistently recommended as something to help career progression and I’m reasonably sure that not having examiner experience was a strong contributing factor in at least one unsuccessful job interview.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Calling all secondary educators! Mark your calendars for a high-energy and inspirational professional development opportunity. On April 26, 2025, the EduProtocols Roadshow will take over the Hiller Aviation Museum in Northern California. The location is close to the Redwood City Residence Inn and the Blue Oak Brewing Company in San Carlos. This intimate, one-day event is designed to help you teach more and grade less.

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Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

You’ve taught the Constitution to the best of your ability. You look out at the faces of your students and they are blank. I feel your pain. Teaching the Constitution is hard, especially to younger students. The question is, “What kinds of Constitution activities will help them apply what they know and help them remember?” Every year I teach the Constitution I want to try something new.

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

One of my favorite sites for teaching medieval cities like Mali, Calicut, and Quanzhou is called Sites of Encounter in the Medieval World. It comes from The University of California at Davis and includes lessons with primary sources, maps, charts, and graphs. The lesson on Calicut, for example, explores the importance of the spice trade in food and medicine and even includes medieval recipes.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Let’s start with a quick review of the playlist, or individual rotation, model for those who have not heard of it. A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Most playlists culminate in a performance task or artifact intended to demonstrate students’ ability to transfer or apply what they learned working through the playlist.

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Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

One topic that is always popular when teaching any government course is the presidency. Honestly, students are always so engaged to learn about the person who is the leader of the United States. They want to know everything they can about the role once the person officially enters the White House. So, teaching the executive branch is always fun and exciting!

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TeachThought

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As a strategy for the beginning of class, it's hard to beat surveys to answer the question, Whats this got to do with me?

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Cult of Pedagogy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Listen to my interview with Claire English ( transcript ) Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? The year started off beautifully: You had your routines in place, made your expectations clear, and for a while, your students were behaving just fine.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

It goes without saying that AI is a hot topic of conversation in education circles and beyond. In the beginning, I was a skeptic myself, but now I use it to support my professional work, especially when I coach leaders. While there are legitimate concerns and anything generated by AI needs to be fully vetted, the most profound benefit is how it can save educators precious time.

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Pictured from left to right: Bill Weidner, Rob Good, Dalton Savage , and Chelsea Gutierrez This is the first in a series introducing the NCHE staff and giving members a closer look at their experience and current work. Dalton Savage, an Education Coordinator at NCHE, spoke with me about his experiences in the classroom and his current role at NCHE. We sat down on a Monday morning to briefly catch up.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 6, 2024

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability first appeared on Teaching Anthropology.

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