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20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought

or ‘Why was this event important?’ Extending Questions : Questions meant to continue to lead a discussion, assessment, or ‘learning event,’ often after a ‘successful’ event immediately prior. This can also focus on metacognition–one’s thinking over time and how it has changed, etc.

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Federalism Round Up

Passion for Social Studies

This is a fantastic way to engage students in the Constitution and make them critically analyze the US Government! Specifically, students will select one US federal event, such as Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Hurricane Katrina. There are even videos to watch to ensure students understand the complexity of each case.

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Teaching the Judicial Branch

Passion for Social Studies

They will examine the background to see the events leading to the Supreme Court hearing the case. While working on this project, students will learn about ALL of the required cases for the AP US Government exam! Students will understand the complexities of the cases by studying one in depth. Constitution.

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5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

Passion for Social Studies

” Sending emails, weekly newsletters, or using the school phone to communicate are great communication alternatives if they cannot download one of these apps. Add to cart AP US Government Course $ 200.00 Add to cart Civics and American Government Course $ 125.00 Add to cart Sociology Course $ 200.00

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Digital Learning Day 2016: How will you participate?

US Government Teachers Blog

The event, sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, is designed to showcase successful digital teaching and learning in our classrooms, and encourage all teachers to use innovative instructional technology to improve student outcomes. Digital Learning Day 2016 is Wednesday, 17 February.

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How I keep my students informed about schedule changes when school is closed

US Government Teachers Blog

Before I had settled on Google Calendar I had tried to use the calendar on a previous version of Blackboard. That Blackboard version was far inferior because it would not allow for events to have start times. In appears that the newest version my district uses solves that problem, but for now I'm going to stick with Google Calendar.

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Is There Something Fishy about the Polygraph?

Anthropology News

He also worked for the US government, polygraphing German prisoners of war during World War II, as well as hundreds of employees of the top-secret uranium production facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Credit: Hugh Gusterson The author’s polygraph equipment ready for use. We then learned about question formats.