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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.
Mr and Mrs Social Studies
JANUARY 16, 2023
Job Skills in History Classes The ideas previously described work great in a careers class, but what if you teach history, social studies, or even language arts instead? President (or leader of your respective country), a famous inventor, a social justice activist, or even a character in a book your students have read about.
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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 they aren’t the only ones advocating the adoption of such curricula.
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 15, 2024
Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. Event hosts also reference the Teach Truth Media Guide. Sign up here.
Cult of Pedagogy
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Apart from discussions that arise from current events, Kay says, “These aren’t conversations that pop out of nowhere. These are conversations that are like, we are reading a book and there is a race issue in this book, or we’re studying a time period and there’s a race issue in this time period, etc.
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.
Cult of Pedagogy
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
” At an evocative point in a story (or a point of uncertainty in science or social studies), we ask open questions like: “What are you thinking?” A planned lesson on this would likely be less effective than capitalizing on the concrete event as it happened. “What are you thinking?”
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