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Social Studies Soundtracks: Using Music to Teach Social Studies

Studies Weekly

It is deeply rooted in our cultures, histories, geographies, and values. ” Primary Source Analysis Worksheets Download these free easy-to-use worksheets that help students analyze various types of sources and bring their stories to life. Music is everywhere! Let them become “History DJs!”

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. A little more than one-third of Americans without a high school education do not use the internet. Access Resources. Use Professional Tools.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University.

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2022 Kansas Social Studies Conference (Did I mention it’s free?)

Doing Social Studies

So whether you’re wanting to dive deeper into learning about indigenous Identity with Dr. Brandon Haddock, explore geography through the lens of a zombie apocalypse, dive into economic policy, or attend a wide variety of other breakout sessions with teaching strategies to help you “take it up a notch,” we’ve got something for you.

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Amy Livingston’s Unexpected Vocation: Teaching America’s Story

Teaching American History

Amy Livingston, Chancellor High School, Fredericksburg, VA. Grade school had bewildered her. School administrators and teachers never picked up on Livingston’s hearing problem, and she remained in special ed until she graduated from high school. She found interesting geography lessons online.

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

High school history teacher Amanda Sandoval was one of hundreds of educators who received copies of Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad from the author Matthew Delmont and the Zinn Education Project. We’ll add more once teachers use the new paperback edition.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

In Mississippi Studies, a required high school course, “Mississippi: The Magnolia State” is commonly used. History when they reach high school. The Hechinger Report and Reveal asked the state for a list of the primary textbooks used by every public school in all 148 Mississippi districts during the 2016-17 school year.

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