Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Instead of overwhelming them, I shifted to teaching them how to work efficiently, meet deadlines, and build confidence with every task. The goal wasn’t just to cover content, but to teach them how to learn and apply skills independently. It was simple but effective, reinforcing both geography and historical knowledge.

Primary Sources 126

Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 126

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Different approaches to AI codes of conduct are emerging, based on geography, school size and administrators’ willingness to embrace new technology. Related: How AI can teach kids to write – not just cheat In my view, banning tech that will become a critical part of everyday life is not the answer.

K-12 120

K-12 Education Geography Lesson Plan 120

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 28, 2024

Context & Results: ChatGPT analyzed Ohio’s standards and highlighted key content areas, such as Native American history in the context of colonization, human systems, and geography/conflict. I teach 8th graders mostly with special needs and IEPs. I also teach 65-minute classes.” Day 3: How did cultural biases and U.S.

American History 76

American History Geography Local History History 76

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Many cultural centers curate history, geography, and civic exhibits that connect the past with the present. maps, household objects, and the like) that can make lessons more engaging and impactful. In the summer of 2021, Mr. Broccolo and I reconnected to review and refine lesson plans created by teacher candidates.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

This network of professionals has helped transform my teaching practice and feeds my teacher soul. As a member and current president of the Kansas Council for Social Studies, the working relationship between the professional Social Studies organizations in Kansas is one that I deeply cherish and am proud to be a part of. just a reminder.

Social Studies 67

Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What: (Description of the Strategy) Possible Sentences is a pre-reading strategy that intertwines an opportunity to activate prior knowledge and pre-teach academic vocabulary. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy Oct.

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan Professional Development Geography Civics 52

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 30, 2024

30, 2024 • by Debbie Bagley Some of the best teaching advice I received from my mother, a teacher of 30+ years, was a different way to look at Social Studies. Her perspective on Social Studies taught me that it is not an isolated area of study but exists in everything we teach.

Social Studies 59

Social Studies Geography Lesson Plan Library 59

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. But while computers are the heart of Summit’s model, they’re designed to play a supporting role in teaching kids, not take center stage. It also has teaching tips and resources, progress-tracking capabilities, and guides for mentoring — a key component of the program.

Junior High 128

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 128

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. Students can take their artifacts home, share what they learned with their families, and teach younger siblings. The Journal of Experimental Education , 85 (1), 155–172.

Artifacts 52

Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52

Ben Newmark

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It became an on-trend word – appearing on documents, lesson plans, quality assurance, lesson observation forms and lots of other places too. We might expect science and physical geography to vulnerable to misconceptions because they deal with things students may have wondered or asked about before.

Geography 40

Geography History Lesson Plan Government 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon describes lesson plans that were based around presenting content and then giving quizzes and tests at predetermined intervals. Yet one student may have limited geography skills, and is not making connections between events in neighboring Laos and Cambodia. A student who got an A was assumed to have learned something.

Geography 95

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 95

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences. Swan worked as a bank examiner for the FDIC before transitioning to teaching, which she pursued both domestically and internationally for about 10 years.

Social Studies 115

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 115

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Roffman said 4-year-olds want to know about geography (Where was I before I was born?); With so few schools required to teach these topics, experts say many kids who most need medically accurate, inclusive sexual health education aren’t getting it. There were huge differences between states.

Teaching 87

Teaching Elementary School Lesson Plan Middle School 87

TCI

MARCH 12, 2025

Starting a teaching career in K-12 education is a mix of excitement, passion, and overwhelming responsibility. Many new teachers step into the classroom full of energy, only to be met with the stark reality of lesson planning, classroom management, and adapting to the diverse needs of studentsall with little structured guidance.

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan K-12 Geography Classroom Management 52

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This innovative resource package for key stage 3 was developed in partnership with OU Geography Project and academics Parvati Raghuram of the Open University, Melis Cin of Lancaster University and Manu Lekunze of Aberdeen University. The resource pack uses testimonies from Cameroonian people to construct a Cameroon country case study.

Geography 52

Geography Lesson Plan Teaching Research 52