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Social Studies Thick Slides

HistoryRewriter

Thick Slides (although not in our book) are a flexible and popular EduProtocol that should be in every Social Studies teacher’s toolbox. They have used this protocol with middle to high school grades covering history and government topics.

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Teaching Voting in the Social Studies Classroom

Passion for Social Studies

Are your government students excited for the upcoming election? When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to be civically engaged to understand how voting is essential to our democracy. Third-Party Lesson When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to learn about third parties!

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Government Classroom Decor

Passion for Social Studies

Luckily, I have the perfect government classroom decor for you! History Timeline provide amazing educationally rich decor for the classroom. History Timeline provide incredible ways to decorate the classroom. Civics Posters These posters are fantastic when looking for what to hang on the walls for government classroom decor!

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Big List of Social Studies Journal Prompts – A Growing List

Thrive in Grade Five

If you’ve visited my blog, you know that social studies is my first love. With that being said, I also enjoy teaching writing and I’m constantly looking for ways to combine writing and social studies. Does this sort of approach to government and daily life make a better settlement? Explain your answer!

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The importance of social studies and information literacy

Dangerously Irrelevant

suburbs and whose parents worked for the federal government, today’s events have been… challenging. I think that what I will say here is: Policymakers, you know how you’ve minimized the importance of history, government, and civics in all of your education reform efforts over the past couple of decades?

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources.

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Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum

A Principal's Reflections

You will hear from a science teacher, a social studies teacher, and an art teacher as each provides her take on how the Common Core and 21st Century learning goals affect what goes on in the classroom. Exhibitions will be presented to students in English classes studying NIGHT utilizing a gallery walk approach.

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