Heinemann Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

We're celebrating with a live virtual event for Georgia Heard's recently released Awakening the Heart 2e. April is National Poetry Month! Join us at 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm Eastern Time (ET) on T hursday, April 11, 2024!

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Heinemann Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

How do we address the reluctant writers in our classrooms? In this three-part series, explore ways to create a safe space and offer choices in writing.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

Many teachers avoid bringing current events into the classroom and often for good reason. However, current events are a great way to connect your curriculum to the real world and work on social studies skills. So, I encourage you to try - when relevant - to bring some current events into your lessons.

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Heinemann Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

Math workshop provides teachers a framework for pedagogy that supports student needs using inquiry and cooperative activities.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Device rollout is a huge event for every school in the Verizon Innovative Learning initiative , especially those in their first year of the program. Digital Promise Professional Learning Managers (PLMs) work with each school prior to rollout to help them plan the event and encourage teamwork. Clear Communication and Planning.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This intimate, one-day event is designed to help you teach more and grade less. These FREE lesson frames are crafted to be easily adapted and highly effective, ensuring you leave the event with practical strategies you can apply immediately. Meet the Experts This special event will feature teacher-leaders in the EduProtocols community.

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TeachThought

JULY 29, 2024

Below is a together a list of the best calendar apps for iOS to help you streamline your planning and ensure you never miss an important event. Google Calendar Features : Smart event suggestions, integration with Google services, multiple calendar support, reminders, goals, and tasks.

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In addition to stories about specific slaves, you can read about specific events like the Simón Voyage. In another lesson, students create an interactive timeline of the key events in the life of an emancipated slave named Albina "who challenged her illegal re-enslavement in nineteenth-century Brazil."

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TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Pattern Recognition: Engage students in activities that require them to recognize patterns, such as trends in historical events or sequences of numbers. Historical Data Analysis: Analyze historical data to identify trends and demonstrate how AI forecasts future events.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 9, 2023

Develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Attend events such as the Model Schools Conference , where the program focuses on educators and schools who are doing the work and have results to illustrate efficacy. Learning is a process, not an event or day.

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Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

What REALLY works is having students put unrelated events in order. Students are put in small groups (3-4) They are given a mini timeline that contains unrelated events. By putting unrelated events in order, they are having to make connections across eras and topics. Just bare with me, I’ll explain. Timeline Races.

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Norton Learning - Sociology

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It’s been a crazy year, not just with many college classes being forced … Continue reading A Social Constructionist Approach to Current Events: Q&A with Joel Best Image Credit: Kathy Atkinson Norton Sociology: We’re having this conversation as the fall semester is beginning.

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Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Specifically, students will learn about the main events of this period. After learning about twelve essential events, students will create a timeline to illustrate the Civil Rights Movement. They will include a two-sentence response describing the event. There is even a rubric and sample project for easy grading.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, October 14th I’ll be doing an extended Q&A about blended learning and my bestselling book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12.

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HistoryRewriter

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

These frameworks help students classify and organize components of a historical event into mental models for higher levels of understanding. Almost every historical event or unit can be filtered through these lenses. Come and share how you get your students excited about comparing actions and events over different periods of time.

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Geogramblings

OCTOBER 19, 2024

This was part of a series of simultanoeus events happening up and down the country, signifying a nation-wide collaborative effort and partnership. At the event we discussed what we can offer schools for climate action education. We had all sorts of institutions present, nurseries, primaries, secondaries, multi academy trusts.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 17, 2021

While PLNs have grown in popularity, the most popular form of professional learning embraced by schools and districts still consists of more traditional pathways, such as bringing in guest speakers, workshops, or holding annual events. Inspiration packed into one day typically fades when reality sets in shortly after.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 17, 2022

These events served as catalysts for challenging the status quo and working to usher in more innovative practices that were more aligned with preparing our learners for current and future success. For growth to be the standard, ongoing and job-embedded professional learning is needed as opposed to drive-by events and one-off PD days.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The premise is simple: One person narrates a series of events that are acted out by a small group of students as if they are the slides or photos. While the events can start as frozen pictures, you can expand the possibility to include short “video” clips. It builds their persuasive and personal writing skills as well.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

No matter the impact, the aftermath of disruptive events can set the stage for innovative change by focusing on the “3 C’s” – convalesce, conceptualize, create. Convalesce Recovery is often needed after disruptive events, which was clearly evident in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2022

Examples include release time, professional learning opportunities off-site, a premium parking spot, tickets to school events, books, and school supplies. Some schools have large-scale team-building events both on and off-site. If you really want to boost morale, try eliminating as many after-school meetings as possible.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Recent research 1 has unveiled that multiple Denisovan populations existed, each uniquely adapted to their environments and contributing beneficial genes to various human populations through several distinct interbreeding events. A history of multiple Denisovan introgression events in modern humans. Nature Genetics , 1–11.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2023

Whether you refer to the strategy as a hook or anticipatory set, they key is to infuse relevance that piques the interest of diverse learners.

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Passion for Social Studies

APRIL 30, 2024

Specifically, this resource includes 29 timeline events. Teachers can display different events as students learn about them or hang them all up at once. Either way, it will allow students to learn about monumental events that have shaped the United States into the country it is today. Civics is a crucial part of history.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

Question Formal or informal inquiries to understand Example: During a history lesson, the teacher encourages students to ask questions about the motivations of historical figures, prompting deeper understanding and critical discussions about historical events.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

They are given one minute to prepare a scene where they discuss the ‘event’ without ever actually saying what happened. This is usually content focuses and helps spur quick discussion on content-related topics, or even current events.

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Passion for Social Studies

JULY 15, 2024

Specifically, the timeline has 29 events, such as The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. Teachers can even edit and modify the events before printing to hang up. For instance, teachers can slowly hang up events as students learn about them. There are a few different ways to use this product.

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Geogramblings

AUGUST 7, 2023

I am delighted to have been invited by Norwich Theatre to contribute to their Creative Matters: Climate Stories programme. My story, titled ‘How to talk to children about the climate crisis’ will be take place on Wednesday 20th September at 19:00 , and will be a session combining performance poetry, prose and an informative talk.

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TeachThought

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Propaganda and/or misinformation often use a real image from an unrelated event. Remember: It is easy to clone an existing website and create fake tweets to fool people AI and ‘deep fakes’ are become increasingly commonplace Bots are active on social media and are designed to dominate conversations and spread propaganda.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 28, 2024

For this 4th annual Teach Truth Day of Action, we are offering a pop-up display so event hosts can set up an information table at a public space such as a bookstore, library, or farmers’ market. event host Vanessa Williams is all smiles because she found this makes site coordination easier than in prior years. If you are in D.C.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This is a cross-posting from my dedicated blog which covers the events linked to my Vice Presidency of the Royal Geographical Society. RGS Winter Social Dec 5 on the theme of Geography and the Arts A quick reminder if you haven’t booked that the Eastern area RGS Winter Social event is coming up – on Thursday 5th December.

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Dalton’s students in Oklahoma were equally stunned when they learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre, an event that occurred just an hour and a half from their homes. It’s about understanding humanity.” Despite the weight of such lessons, Dalton strives to balance heavy historical topics with stories of hope and resilience.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You have to make these events look like something people want to spend their time on — draw them in with a carrot.” At these events, Hernandez-Lira and other advocates helped families navigate tech issues, such as forgotten passwords, and more complex issues that are common in immigrant communities.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

I enjoyed the tactile experience of writing down my events, notes to myself, and lesson ideas. Provides a platform where you can organize calendar events and attach links or documents, so everything you need for your lessons is in one place. Duplicate events quickly and easily, reuse and modify them for future use.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Whether exploring scientific phenomena, literary works, historical events, or visual art, observation is the foundation of deeper exploration and understanding. Historical Events: When studying historical events, people, or places encourage students to analyze primary sources.

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Living Geography

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I am going to be attending this event as part of the RGS's EXPLORE festival. This special event will showcase how artists from around the world are using their craft to delve into and communicate the beauty and complexity of our planet. If you're going along, come and say hi!

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Please note, this event will be recorded. To attend, register at the following link by Wednesday, October 23rd: Event Registration Form Registered attendees will receive an email with the Zoom link on October 24th.

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