Government, Lesson Plan and Professional Development

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

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.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History

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

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Lesson Plan Professional Development EdTech

Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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.

Government

Government Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development

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

ED Surge

MARCH 16, 2023

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.

Professional Development

Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School Research

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

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

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.

Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School

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

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

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.

K-12

K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development

Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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.

Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Social Studies Government Professional Development

Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy February 26, 2024 Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Professional Development Geography Civics

Lesson 5: Electing Congress and the President (Grades 4-5)

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lesson Plan: Review vocabulary words with the students and place the words/definitions on the word wall. who wanted a voice in government] Weekly Assessment: Have students write a paragraph on the following: Should the president be elected directly by the people? This could also be an argumentative essay prompt. Why or why not?

K-12

K-12 Lesson Plan Government Elementary School

Jigsaw Strategy

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Jigsaw Strategy Oct. Tip: When using Jigsaw for the first time, it might be a good idea to walk the students through a trial run and model each step of the process.)

K-12

K-12 Lesson Plan Geography Civics

Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? (Grades K-3)

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson Plan: 1. Before the lesson, print enough copies of the ballot found in related media for the class and create a simple ballot box for the students to put their completed ballots into. How are the leaders of our government chosen? Write them down on a piece of paper and bring the paper back to class. People vote.)

Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development Government

Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Learn more about Studies Weekly’s hands-on science curriculum and how you can encourage your students to be explorers!

Elementary School

Elementary School Education Lesson Plan Social Studies

Flipgrid and Studies Weekly

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Visit flipgrid.com to get set up, and use the help articles if you need any assistance. Grades K-3) February 26, 2024 The post Flipgrid and Studies Weekly first appeared on Studies Weekly.

K-12

K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plan Elementary School

What Does the End of ESSER Funding Mean?

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 17, 2024

17, 2023 • by Studies Weekly Since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States have relied on emergency ESSER funding from the federal government to hire more teachers, purchase instructional resources, and more. The federal government offered three rounds of funds to public, private, and charter schools nationwide.

K-12

K-12 Charter School Social Studies Government

What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

New EL schools must first go through several months of professional development, classroom observation and co-teaching — both at the schools and at three-day intensive “institutes” off-site. Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level.

Middle School

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition

Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Job-Embedded Professional Development. Above all, it is most important to remember that effective professional-development programs are job-embedded and provide teachers with five critical elements (Darling-Hammond et al.,

Research

Research Education Professional Development Leadership

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

A coup backed by the US government and conducted by Sanford Dole resulted in Queen Liliuokalani’s deposal, according to smithsonianmag.com. government orders to go to an internment camp, as they were called then, saying it was unconstitutional. Unfortunately, she was also Hawaii’s last sovereign ruler. In 1944, the U.S.

Heritage

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum

Studies Weekly Spotlight: Texas Teacher Shares Passion for Nonfiction

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 The post Studies Weekly Spotlight: Texas Teacher Shares Passion for Nonfiction first appeared on Studies Weekly. Bradshaw tries to share that passion with her students every day, and in every location she teaches.

Social Studies

Social Studies K-12 Civics Lesson Plan

A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

The government has since relaxed many of those regulations, offering waivers for educators scrambling to serve their communities. The district already had an internal learning-management system that housed lesson plans, organized assignments and tracked student progress online, she said.

Elementary School

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School

Ways to Increase Student Memory Power

Studies Weekly

MARCH 6, 2024

Warmly, Debbie Learn more about Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate Debbie Bagley and how she can help you succeed with your Studies Weekly curriculum! February 26, 2024 The post Ways to Increase Student Memory Power first appeared on Studies Weekly.

K-12

K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School Professional Development

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

He implemented the American Indian Telecommunications Satellite Demonstration Project, linking the All-Indian Pueblo Council and the Crow Indian Reservation with the federal government at Washington, D.C. His testimony before Congress culminated in the establishment of the First Americans Commission for Telecommunications.

Oral History

Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology

15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

When the Yom Kippur War took the country by surprise, Meir helped form a new coalition government. She became Israels first female prime minister in 1969 and sought to establish peace between Israel and Arab states. Though she resigned from her position in 1974, she remained an active political figure.

World History

World History History Archaeology Social Studies

Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

That shortage has become so desperate at times that state governments have even started letting their employees take paid time off to plug in the holes in missing staff, in an effort to keep schools from shuttering in-person learning. Schools across the country are dealing with a severe teacher shortage.

EdTech

EdTech K-12 Lesson Plan Private School

Teachers Aren't Getting Enough Training on Technology. It’s a Global Problem.

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

Governments and development organizations have financed material distribution without similar investments in training educators on how, when and why to use these tools. Too many schools think the cost of training and professional development and support are optional,” Epstein has told EdSurge. hours to 10 minutes.

EdTech

EdTech Tutoring Lesson Plan Professional Development

The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Today, nearly every DelSesto lesson plan unspools from a Summit-brand “playlist,” a menu of personalized activities. The George W.

K-12

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell.

High School

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage

Good teachers use the N-word

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2018

Government-backed slavery, redlining that kept black people from getting low-interest loans and a three-strikes policing policy that led to the mass incarceration of black people speak volumes about what federal leaders believed, and said, behind closed doors. There is no escaping the fact that teachers must use the N-word.

Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan History Professional Development Economics

Lesson 12: Election and Electoral College (Grades K-3)

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lesson Plan: Using the Every Kid Votes live election site, analyze the data and results of the class, school, and national election. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Compare the school vote with the national vote.

K-12

K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School Professional Development

Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

Skyler Wheeler, a conservative, has a different view on the Pulitzer Prize-winning project, which has been expanded to include reading guides and lesson plans. The federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education each year and only 5 cents on social studies. Credit: Chris Tims. But Iowa state Rep.

Social Studies

Social Studies Civics History American History

Lesson 11: Our National Election (K-3)

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lesson 11: Our National Election (K-3) Oct. Wherever there are governments, there are oppositional groups. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? 12, 2020 • Studies Weekly Background Knowledge for Teachers: Political parties are not unique to America.

K-12

K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School Professional Development

Social Studies Network

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

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

Trending Sources

Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

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

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

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

Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office

Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy

Lesson 5: Electing Congress and the President (Grades 4-5)

Jigsaw Strategy

Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? (Grades K-3)

Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom

Flipgrid and Studies Weekly

What Does the End of ESSER Funding Mean?

What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly Spotlight: Texas Teacher Shares Passion for Nonfiction

A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

Ways to Increase Student Memory Power

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference

Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers

Teachers Aren't Getting Enough Training on Technology. It’s a Global Problem.

The messy reality of personalized learning

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

Good teachers use the N-word

Lesson 12: Election and Electoral College (Grades K-3)

Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

Lesson 11: Our National Election (K-3)

Stay Connected