Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

It is deeply rooted in our cultures, histories, geographies, and values. Explore Songs that Shaped History : From spirituals to jazz to patriotic songs that rallied our nation, students can examine how music has spread ideas and influenced major events. DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Using Music to Teach Geography Music is geographically rooted.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Teaching Primary Sources Heritage 52

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills. This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills.

Primary Sources 128

Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 128

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. And so on… . We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S. government as well.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Each one features an introductory reading, standards-based Essential Questions to guide the unit, and then 9 pages dedicated to vocabulary, geography, people, timelines, key concepts, and image analysis. It usually includes 12 major events from that era that students have to place in the correct location along the timeline.

Civics 52

Civics History Primary Sources Geography 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

He writes, “Nearly everything about the war — the start and end dates, geography, vital military roles, the home front, and international implications — looks different when viewed from the African American perspective.” History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In earlier grades, students are supposed to learn how Mississippians contributed to the Civil Rights Movement and the events that happened here. The book was valuable for state geography and basic vocabulary, she said, but using it to teach about the Civil Rights Movement was out of the question. Mississippi: the Magnolia State.”.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Julie Goldman, the office’s director of equity curriculum and instruction, and her team spent that weekend compiling a detailed guide for educators and parents on how to discuss the events happening overseas. We will have had this meaningful scholarly discussion that’s based in history and primary sources,” she said.

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Primary Sources Heritage Charter School Geography 116