Heritage, Professional Development and Social Studies

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

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

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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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. They helped shape our country into what it is today.

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Heritage Teaching Ancestry Museum

How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

Elementary teachers can help students hone these skills through science, social studies, and health. Soft Skills in Social Studies There is a clear connection between social studies and soft skills like: communication, emotional intelligence, teamwork, and cultural awareness.

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Elementary School Teaching Artifacts Heritage

We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. Karen Kong, 16, has unwavering pride in her Chinese American heritage, rooted in her sense of family and honor.

History

History Heritage K-12 American History

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

Engage your students in studying the past with Studies Weekly’s pre-K–6 Social Studies curriculum. 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.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Heritage Social Studies History

3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling

Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

March 15, 2024 How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching March 11, 2024 The post 3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling first appeared on Studies Weekly. We have strategies for dealing with anxiety, overcoming fears, learning how to utilize a growth mindset, and much more.

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Heritage Primary Sources Lesson Plan Elementary School

Double Duty Teachers

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

We also teach gifted students and we find that all the extra activities that Studies Weekly gives us are so great for our higher learners. Studies Weekly really adds to our Social Studies lessons and it makes it so easy for us to teach! We’re so happy with Studies Weekly and think you will be too.

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Heritage Primary Sources Social Studies Lesson Plan

Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

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Heritage Primary Sources Lesson Plan Elementary School

4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression. Learn how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help teach students about history’s humanitarians.

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Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance

Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

Make the school day engaging with hands-on Social Studies , Science , and Health curricula. Tracking State Trends in Chronic Absenteeism.

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Heritage Primary Sources K-12 Social Studies

10 Summer Tips to Prepare a Great Classroom

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Professional Development Workshops and Training Attend workshops or training sessions now to gain new ideas and strategies for classroom management and design. 15, 2024 and tell us what you love most about Studies Weekly to be entered into a raffle for a $100 Amazon Gift Card to help you get ready for the school year!

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Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space. Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products.

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Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology

The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

Learn more about Phonological Awareness and strategies to support structured literacy in our five-part Professional Development webinar series. Starting with individual letter and word sounds better equips them for phonics, decoding, and fluency. Register for the first webinar, Phonological Awareness, here. Reading Universe.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Heritage K-12 Professional Development

A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. They would have science and social studies, because you can’t read if you don’t know anything about the world, she said.

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

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling

Double Duty Teachers

Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance

10 Summer Tips to Prepare a Great Classroom

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

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