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Social Studies Thick Slides

HistoryRewriter

Thick Slides (although not in our book) are a flexible and popular EduProtocol that should be in every Social Studies teacher’s toolbox. The last time I wrote about Thick Slides, I used them for a Primary Source Scavenger Hunt.

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Top Ten Formative Assessments for Social Studies

Active History Teacher

Formative assessments are so important in social studies! I love watching students make connections as they sort primary sources , vocabulary and key people in US History. Door Slaps! – Check out this fun formative assessment from Dawn from Social Studies Success. This is an easy activity!

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman instructs students on atoms, matter and, she says, how they “influence the world around us.” That said, a handful of states and school districts are starting to explore the approach. But for years, many schools relied on a curriculum that ignored or minimized those skills.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

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Primary Source Practice

Social Studies Success

Primary Source Practice This spring, I had an epiphany ! I was sitting down with a friend, planning out a new workshop on how to analyze primary sources – students were really struggling analyzing primary sources! Finding the main idea is a skill often associated with reading primary source excerpts.

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History Meme Project for Students

Thrive in Grade Five

One day, I was browsing Facebook and saw a short video, obviously made by high school students, making fun of Parliament’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party. The librarians have created huge sets of primary source images by topic or time period. Example, “Civil War families” or “dogs 19th Century.”

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2022 Kansas Social Studies Conference (Did I mention it’s free?)

Doing Social Studies

As a member and current president of the Kansas Council for Social Studies, the working relationship between the professional Social Studies organizations in Kansas is one that I deeply cherish and am proud to be a part of. One way we do that is to co-host a yearly social studies conference. Jill Weber