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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. Then in 1992, Congress passed a law that designated May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

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As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged. I see them clamor for Zheng He, Simon Bolivar, Cesar Chavez, Mary Wollstonecraft and Haile Selassie when they choose research topics.

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

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A 2023 survey conducted by EducationWeek researchers reports that 70% of teachers say student misbehavior has increased since 2019, and 68% say their students have lower morale than they did pre-pandemic. Each of these skills is applicable outside the lab, but science can be the perfect setting to develop them.

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Double Duty Teachers

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“The research projects, presentations, games, etc. that we get to play extend our learning, make the lessons more engaging, and allow my students to dig deeper.” Studies Weekly made it easy for me to learn along with my students by providing everything I needed.”

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

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In addition, when children know about their own family history, they are more resilient and emotionally stable, according to research as reported by Bruce Feiler in 2013 in the New York Times. Family-sourced primary sources can help students see themselves in the past and realize just how important and relevant history is to each of us.

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Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

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I have loved researching and trying fun techniques to recenter and regulate emotions. Students can then use these exercises any time they need to refocus and feel peaceful. Breathing exercises to try As a Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate , I love to pass along information that can benefit you too. They are not available for homeschools.

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The Nationwide Reading Struggle

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According to the 2022 report on this national assessment by a team of researchers at Stanford and Harvard, the data showed that while students with mostly remote classes had lower scores on average, remote learning had little impact on a student’s performance. Hogan in the New York Times article. Get a Studies Weekly free trial today!