Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Simplifying Primary Sources with AI My goal was to simplify the lesson while still helping students build confidence and learn. It was simple but effective, reinforcing both geography and historical knowledge. The language was jargon-filled, dry, and not exactly something an 8th grader doesn’t give a damn about.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 92

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

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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Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. According to this theory, the brain naturally takes a casual approach to digital texts and devotes less mental work to reading and understanding them thoroughly.

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Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Between managing the chaos of lesson planning, keeping up with my students, and coaching, it’s been a whirlwind. This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills.

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Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 86