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Vietnam War

Passion for Social Studies

The Vietnam War was a pivotal event in world history. Thankfully, the Vietnam War Lesson and Recent US History Unit are ready to make learning meaningful and planning a breeze! Vietnam War Lesson This is the perfect resource to teach about the Vietnam War and the complex challenges the United States faced.

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China's Social Credit Policy

World History Teachers Blog

I plan to introduce my Current Events students to China's social credit system with a lesson that I found from another teacher, some outside readings, and a couple of video clips. Here's an interesting lesson plan from another teacher, Shane Markowitz, an educator in Europe.

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5 Ways to Incorporate Current Events into Your Social Studies Classroom

Students of History

Many teachers avoid bringing current events into the classroom and often for good reason. It's a politically fraught world these days and you don't want to be considered biased or bring up trouble. However, current events are a great way to connect your curriculum to the real world and work on social studies skills.

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US History Worksheets: Printable and Digital Activities for Kids

Students of History

Our worksheets are perfect for helping students with reading comprehension, preparing for the Regents review or state assessment, pairing with a video like the Crash Course US History series, or with your lesson plans throughout the school year.

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‘Twas the week before winter break…

Rosie the History Teacher

You might have seen all of the memes about the full moon, Friday the 13th, and the week before winter break all happening in one big whirlwind – and I hope you are making it through this eventful season of teaching! My 9th grade US History class is finishing up the World War I unit and they have learned so much!

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

This lesson helped provide both and more. History I strive to make sure my students understand that so many of the events in “history” were not that long ago, and so much of what has happened in our nation continues to shape what happens today.

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Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

The Hechinger Report

Skyler Wheeler, a conservative, has a different view on the Pulitzer Prize-winning project, which has been expanded to include reading guides and lesson plans. To conservatives, the framework is a “ Trojan horse ” for a “woke” federal curriculum; to liberals , it’s a license to schools to teach any version of history they like.