Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Here’s one of a world map and one of the United States.

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Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” The post CNN10 Student News – A Routine that Creates Regulation appeared first on Social Studies Success. I recently reflected after a tough week.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

So when Piedmont is looking for great digital science and social studies programs for its middle school, it’s hard for them to know where to look and what’s out there. WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies.

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Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

One of the most time and energy-saving strategies I started using in my social studies classroom was to employ unit guide packets for students. They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When a position teaching geography to ninth graders at a private high school opened, she took it. She found interesting geography lessons online. Joining social studies teacher groups on Facebook, she built her own professional learning community (PLC). “I This was December.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. Amanda Peters, a 2023 MAHG graduate, teaches AP Government and AP Human Geography at Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas. Peters agreed.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Today, I teach world history and geography to newcomers in a Title I school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where nearly 60 percent of the 1,550 students enrolled in our school are Hispanic and speak Spanish, and many speak a Mayan dialect. I wish I could thank Esther and tell her how much I have learned from our brief acquaintance.

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