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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Primary sources include: Personal correspondence and diaries Government and civil documents Speeches and oral histories Audio and video recordings Photographs and posters Unfortunately, most textbooks provide just facts and figures, not an immersive experience.

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

ED Surge

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. Another great example from the course was a whole lesson on deepfakes, which involve creating audio or video of situations that never actually happened.

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Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

Studies Weekly

Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work? 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Learning Objectives: Students will identify the three branches of the federal government. is governed. is governed. Lesson Plan: All Grades: Ask the students if they know what the U.S. government. Constitution is.

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One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch

ED Surge

In it, the report authors list the myriad tasks, in addition to instruction, that teachers do as part of their jobs — meeting with parents, participating in professional development, grading. Those responsibilities all regularly tip teachers’ work weeks past 40 hours. It’s a reality that troubles teachers across the country.

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PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Developer: Stanford University Research. Developer: University of Washington Research. Government and Politics curriculum. In others, teachers went to summer training institutes, attended extra professional development days during the school year and were given monthly coaching sessions. 6th grade science.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework.

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Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office

Studies Weekly

Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office Sept. State and local government units set their own qualifications for those running for office. Lesson Plan: Explain to the students that they are going to act like the Founding Fathers. Students will identify where the qualifications for political candidates can be found.