Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

You can teach your students about family-sourced primary sources with this example of a family’s records of a Mother’s Day poem written by a soldier to his mother during World War II. Engage your students in studying the past with Studies Weekly’s pre-K–6 Social Studies curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

I appreciate that my teachers try to offer different narratives,” a student said at one of our sessions discussing teaching materials featuring history and stories from all continents, “but they always seem to be about hardship or having to overcome an obstacle. She is a 2023-24 Teach Plus Colorado Policy Fellow.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

Breathing techniques can be a fun and engaging way to teach students to regulate their emotions. Be sure to teach breathing exercises when students feel happy and comfortable so they can associate deep breathing with calmness. Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials.

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Heritage Primary Sources Lesson Plan Elementary School 52

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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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

They plan lessons, activities, and assignments to teach skills across many disciplines. The time that students spend in the classroom is full of teaching moments that do more than prepare them for homework; they also prepare them for higher education and life as responsible and productive adults. Education Week. Carter, E.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

13, 2024 • By Studies Weekly History would not be the same without the inspiring lives of Black humanitarians. Teaching students about these heroes can inspire them to be advocates in their communities and reach for their dreams. Learn how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help teach students about history’s humanitarians.

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. I didn’t explore my Korean heritage until college and only learned about LGBTQ+ historical leaders in my late twenties. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful.

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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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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Aug 26, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Reading has the wondrous power to transport us across time and space. The stories and characters we meet within the pages of books teach us about our world, ourselves, and others. References Explicitly Teach Rhyming. Reading Universe.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

History teacher Lauren Cella's "Gen Z Teaches History" series has earned about 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok combined. All three of these historic royals have been the subject of “Gen Z Teaches History,” a viral video series created by Lauren Cella, who teaches 10th grade history. And they're like, ‘No, Miss, they do.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

As a social studies teacher and a Chinese American immigrant, I find myself subconsciously asking the following questions: How are Asian Americans viewed by the American public? We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. What stereotypes and misperceptions still abound?

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

While these students — a group we’re calling experienced multilinguals — are probably quite comfortable and fluent with speaking English socially, they may still be unfamiliar with the academic language used in science, social studies, math, and other content areas. They have friends. They are in the community.

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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. At the time we all thought it was funny, but looking back on it, it was a very questionable way to teach history — we were graded based on our performances.”.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. How MAHG Expanded Czarnecki’s Teaching Czarnecki’s MAHG studies more than prepared her to take on such questions. She also pursues her own research.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

The Empowered Educators international study from Linda Darling-Hammond finds that the process of teacher training and certification is quite centralized in the high-performing systems studied, with a small number of degree-granting institutions: a single teacher training institution in Singapore, eight in Finland and nine in Alberta.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

My job as a teacher is to be a first responder to poverty,” said Cruey, a 58-year-old middle school social studies teacher at Southside K-8 school. “If They’re proud of their heritage. But he doesn’t see a realistic way to stop the cycle of pain, no matter how well he teaches or how many services the school provides. “We

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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. ohnson, a Little Rock native, came to the Arkansas side of the Delta in 2003 with Teach For America.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

Now she returns with three other educators — Fatma Elsamra, math, Reem Fakhry, science, and Abeer Ramadan-Shinnawi, social studies — to focus more specifically on the curriculum piece of this work, approaches we can take to integrate Arab narratives into our teaching and curriculum. Can you tell us about Ramadan? at that time.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

When the debate over teaching race-related concepts in public schools reached Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart’s home state of South Dakota, she decided she couldn’t in good conscience send her youngest daughter to kindergarten at a local public school. And so they just don’t, so there is no Native history being taught.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Her seventh grade social studies class, like every other in Jefferson County Public Schools, the largest school district in Kentucky, would be online. But this school year, for newcomers like Amia who are launching their teaching careers from cramped apartments, kitchen tables and living rooms, the challenges are even more acute.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Eighth-grader Zakaria Ali, right, a student of Somali heritage, talks about how Muslims lose their freedom when Americans equate Islam with terror, as eighth-grader Hadil Ramadan, left, listens. This year in the project, which encompassed social studies, English, math and science, the topic of Islamophobia was popular.

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Diane Ravitch

JULY 16, 2024

Now Walters has appointed a list of rightwing luminaries to rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum. She then reminds readers that, “The Heritage Foundation is the think tank behind Project 2025 , a movement that proposes to dismantle the U.S. The punishment could include revocation of their teaching license.”

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