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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. 25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. For example, most people over 30 can remember where they were on Sept.

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Using Conversational Video

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Conversational Videos in the Classroom from Social Studies School Service on Vimeo. Previously published by Social Studies School Services. For the first time in my education career I found myself contemplating something new, perhaps in the rewarding and lucrative field of refrigeration repair. CONVOvidSSSS.

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Oral History Offers a Model for How Schools Can Introduce Students to Complex Topics

Education Week - Social Studies

Community history projects like a curriculum in Memphis, Tenn. can help students grapple with issues like school segregation, experts say.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Even without a formal education, Parker made some of the most important discoveries in archeology. Their achievements are a testament to the rich knowledge and innovative thinking that tribal communities bring to various scientific fields, from environmental science to epidemiology, botany, and education. 2, 2020, for AIP.org.

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Teaching to the student, not the test

The Hechinger Report

Also, Massachusetts public schools have been relatively slow to adopt student-centered learning, perhaps in part because traditional teaching approaches seem to work so well here—last year the state’s averages topped the National As sessment of Educational Progress test scores in reading and math. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

While the educators, parents and students we spoke with predict next year will be easier, they also worry pandemic stresses will leave a lasting mark. Still, many people we talked to said the last two years had changed them for the better and brought some positives to the education system. More devices got into the hands of students.

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Teaching about the climate crisis: Jubilant protests, restorative justice and role play

The Hechinger Report

What role do you think education should play in encouraging people to take collective action and give them the skills to do it? Credit: Image provided by Atria Books I find myself constantly repeating to my students that we are one of very few social species on the planet. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter on climate and education.

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