ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

When people outside of school ask you what you do say, at a social event how do you describe your work? The principal at that school said, Well, we have a school librarian position at our preK-8 charter school, which is where I am now, Providence Englewood Charter School. My mantra now is: I'm a successful educator and businesswoman.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. The inconvenient truth, however, is that it is not easy to come by high-impact professional development.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

For instance, using a game to review the key events during the American Revolution can make the content more engaging and memorable for students. Create a lesson plan that includes “Scenes from a Hat” using historical events. This approach helps create a positive and collaborative learning environment. style game.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Through ConnectED, Esri made a billion dollar offer: any K-12 school in the United States could acquire professional online Geographic Information Systems (GIS software), instructional activities, professional development events, and resources for educators and mentors. Vista Innovation & Design Academy.

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Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 104

Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. They help students understand what real people of the past saw, felt, and heard as they lived through the events we study in school.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. It’s a mindset shift.”.

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TCI

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Video Activities: We added new video activities for middle school and high school social studies programs. This year, we added 36 more free lessons and teaching resources connected with seasonal events. Comprehensive Professional Development This year, TCI released a new flexible professional development experience.

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Primary Sources Professional Development Library Middle School 52

ACRE

AUGUST 23, 2022

Over the summer, Arkansas Social Studies, CTE, and Mathematics educators attended Personal Finance Day at UCA, an event focused on teaching the Arkansas Personal Finance standards. Primerica also has representatives that can arrange classroom presentations for your students.

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Economics Social Studies Library Professional Development 52

ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you’ve developed your own lessons and activities for teaching personal finance (or any other social studies topic) consider sharing your ideas on the Social Studies Arkansas blog. Educators receive free resources like books, curriculum guides, and activity kits at all ACRE professional development events.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. To Nasita, these events in world history must be covered first, to understand how and why Bangladeshis immigrated to America.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. I then annotate in the margin things about which I may have a question or jot down something that is connected to another reading or to another historical event or concept.”

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Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

New EL schools must first go through several months of professional development, classroom observation and co-teaching — both at the schools and at three-day intensive “institutes” off-site. The network was purposefully capped at about 150 schools, because the partnerships rely on intensive, in-person training and coaching.

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Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

“When students experience an event like the Great Depression through a simulation, they develop an emotional connection to the material that drives their curiosity,” says Bower. They are not merely passive recipients of information but are required to engage with the material on a deeper level.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

According to Britannica, Blackwell created two theorems, the Blackwell Renewal Theorem, which models the behavior of long sequences of random events, and the Rao-Blackwell Theorem, which helps statisticians improve the accuracy of their estimators. See how Studies Weekly Science can help your students become future scientists.

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History Social Studies Lesson Plan Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

26, 2023 • by Debbie Bagley I love the magazine and newspaper style of Studies Weekly, because with its engaging primary and secondary sources, and activities you can do right on the publication, it allows for so much more than just simply reading from a textbook – which tends to take the life out of any subject.

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Artifacts Social Studies Lesson Plan Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

He served on the mission control team during Apollo 11’s successful Moon landing, and played an instrumental role in computing the trajectory and successful recovery back to Earth during the events of Apollo 13. Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products.

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Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology 52

4QM Teaching

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This is indeed a worthy goal: we want history and social studies classrooms to be active places where students are doing the intellectual work of our discipline, and often that work is best done in conversation with peers or with a teacher or both. We want them to be moving forward in their thinking. constitution. Why then and there?

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Artifacts Primary Sources Social Studies Professional Development 40

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

“When students experience an event like the Great Depression through a simulation, they develop an emotional connection to the material that drives their curiosity,” says Bower. They are not merely passive recipients of information but are required to engage with the material on a deeper level.

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Teaching Education K-12 Critical Thinking 52

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

“When students experience an event like the Great Depression through a simulation, they develop an emotional connection to the material that drives their curiosity,” says Bower. They are not merely passive recipients of information but are required to engage with the material on a deeper level.

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Teaching K-12 Critical Thinking Tradition 52

Teaching Civics

MAY 21, 2024

Join the elementary Super Civics Team to explore the new standards, discover resources, and consider ways to integrate childrens literature to support ELA and social studies standards. SUPER CIVICS SUMMER INSTITUTEFree! We will also investigate the Super Civics Toolbox to find lessons on voting and the 2024 Election.

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Civics Social Studies Humanities Teaching 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

It gives students the knowledge and skills to draw connections to present-day events such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the police killings of George Floyd, Michael Brown and other Black Americans, he said. Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019.

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History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergarteners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. How we are teaching — and not teaching — kids about climate change.

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Teaching Elementary School Middle School High School 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

On this next-to-last week of the school year, Lau was squeezing in a lesson exploring the link between increased carbon emissions and extreme weather events such as floods and hurricanes. Same with climate change: Some extreme weather events occur regardless of whether humans are pumping extra carbon into the atmosphere.

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Teaching Social Studies Humanities High School 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

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Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Mark your calendars for a high-energy and inspirational professional development opportunity. This intimate, one-day event is designed to help you teach more and grade less. The day features a special focus on math, English Language Arts (ELA), science, and social studies. Register HERE.

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Museum Professional Development Social Studies Teaching 246

Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 1, 2024

This transformative professional development event showcased the power of EduProtocols to revolutionize teaching, engage students, and create lasting impacts in classrooms, schools, and districts. A Teacher’s Perspective The collaborative, solution-driven nature of the event resonated with educators.

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Professional Development Social Studies Teaching Cultures 111

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. Includes Q&A sections with extensive resources on “How do I answer students’ questions about current events in Israel and Gaza?”;

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

Chris Tims, a social studies teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, says he won’t stop teaching the 1619 Project, despite political pressure. Some call this teaching conflict — now more than a century old — the “ social studies wars.”. The substance of social studies. and African American history. Credit: Chris Tims.

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Social Studies Civics History American History 121