ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Chelsey McClelland, a third-year social studies teacher at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis who recently completed the ISTE U course Artificial Intelligence Explorations for Educators. EdSurge: Why did you decide to take the ISTE U AI course? What were your goals?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Washington University in St. Louis has an amazing collection of interviews from the Great Depression.

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Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

I will be sharing the evening with Essdack consultant and KCSS past president Glenn Wiebe, current KCSS vice president TJ Warsnak, high school social studies rock star Derek Schutte, and Institute for Curriculum Services Consultant Erika Lowery. I’m especially excited about my own session on February 16th! Hope to see you there!

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Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

This involves so many of those important historical thinking skills : making connections, periodization, analyzing sources, and crafting arguments. It sounds like a lot to ask of high school students, but here is one simple activity I use throughout the year to help them build skills in curating knowledge.

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History Tech

AUGUST 14, 2023

I was on a quick Zoom call the other night when of the high school teachers casually mentioned that his first day back with students had gone pretty well. Seriously!? Cue the jaw drop. I’m always a little bit shocked when I hear about districts that crank up during the first few days of August […]

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

Poor readers are more likely to drop out of high school, earn less money as adults, and become involved in the criminal justice system,” Goldstein said in the New York Times article. The ability to read well can impact the trajectory of a student’s entire life. Help your students improve their reading scores!

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

You balance lessons, planning, creating, preparing, copying, data assessing, meetings, grading, paperwork, responding to emails and phone calls while trying to teach the students in your care. High School this year because they have been influenced by a teacher like you! You do this day after day, week after week.

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