Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

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.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Two of my Social Studies teachers were recently invited to Washington DC on October 4, 2012, to deliver a model lesson that illustrated the effective use of technology. As a social studies teacher, being asked to take a professional development trip to Washington DC is an extremely exciting offer.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

“I did poorly in middle school because I didn’t care,” Tendilla told me. He credits his rising ambitions to encouragement from his teachers at his Brooklyn high school, part of what was then a relatively new and untested high school network known as Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH).

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, current events are a great way to connect your curriculum to the real world and work on social studies skills. Incorporating current events into your social studies lessons can also be a great way to engage students and help them see the relevance of the subject to their own lives.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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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Digital Promise

JANUARY 29, 2019

The first round of recruitment identified six innovative middle and high school educators in Canada: Jen Giffen, Digital Literacy Coach at York Region District School Board, Ontario. Trevor Hlushko, Grades 5 and 6 ELA, Social Studies, Science, French Teacher, and Grades 5-8 Math Teacher at W.H.

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Passion for Social Studies

JULY 15, 2024

Academic Decor Honestly, high school students are going to daydream. Add to cart The post Government Classroom Decor appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Luckily, I have the perfect government classroom decor for you! The Civics Posters and U.S. civics posters $ 3.00

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

When Johnathan settles inside momentarily, the women, both teachers at Johnathan’s high school, ask Cannon the question that’s brought them there: “What are your hopes and dreams for Johnathan?”. Cannon doesn’t hesitate: She wants him to finish high school, get a job and maybe go to college. “I

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. Grade inflation accelerated after 2016 and intensified during the pandemic, as schools relaxed standards.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

Students gather once a month at my high school for what we call “equity lunch chats” with teachers and administrators. I also see my students’ hands go up when we study world religions, and they can share a story from home. Emily Muellenberg is a social studies teacher at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado.

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sociology is such a fun class to teach in high school. Since students love to be social, they love learning the reason behind interactions. Add to cart The post Sociology Review appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. No matter the topic, they are often eager to share and talk about their experiences.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 22, 2023

See how the College Board, Cambridge International, and the International Baccalaureate approach psychology courses.

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Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Students face many challenges in high school. Since teachers understand the stress of high-stakes tests, they do everything they can to make review fun. Add to cart The post AP Government Review appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. As they prepare, they often take stressful courses, such as AP Government.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher.

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Education Week - Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

More than a dozen states require students to take the U.S. Citizenship exam, but it doesn't seem to boost turnout.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Steve Graham, a national expert in writing research at Arizona State University, along with two researchers at the University of Utah, decided to review all the studies and found that the writing-to-learn theory is solid. “As Learning gains from writing were nearly identical in math, science and social studies.

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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. This is where Studies Weekly can help. Get a Studies Weekly free trial today! My lower readers have a much harder time reading those texts.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

Laci Hargrove, 18, who fell short of the high school credits she needed to graduate, moved straight from high school to a HiSET-prep program that also provides her with needed social supports. When she was ready to return to school, she didn’t want to sit in sophomore-year classes. My grades were perfect.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year marks a new record for high school graduation rates across our country, a report from the White House shows. This is an important positive trend, and now we have an opportunity to build on this success to ensure high school graduates are also academically prepared for post-secondary education beyond high school.

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Active History Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I love this game from Social Studies Success. High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! Once this activity is prepped, you can use it over and over! Dominos – Students connect concepts and vocabulary using a version of Dominos. What are your favorite ways to review?

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

After some trial and error, I have developed my own method for teaching annotation, which I’ll share here, along with the process my colleague Irene Yannascoli uses at the high school level. Click here to make a copy of the high school process for your Google Drive. Responsive annotation does just this.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Kim, a reading specialist, and other researchers had developed two sets of multi-year lesson plans, one for science and one for social studies. The remaining 15 elementary schools in the district continued to teach their students as usual, still delivering some social studies and science instruction, but not these special lessons.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. Nearly every district struggled to find high school math teachers.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 14, 2023

The state's decision follows Florida's banning the course earlier this year.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

One high school math teacher told me that she thinks learning failed to recover and continued to deteriorate because schools didn’t rush to fill the gaps right away. These kids just missed 18 months of school. Maybe you can do that in social studies. But math builds upon itself. How am I going to factor?

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2024

I can’t expect a high school student to read an entire Federalist Paper!? Document collection page featuring document thumbnails and dropdown menu with a thematic table of contents, introduction, related resources and study questions. But I feel overwhelmed when I look all the documents. Where do I even start?

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Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sanford 1857 Anti-Social Studies – Really well written and funny! High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! Seriously – these are great, quick summaries. They would be great way to review! Favorite Episode: Schenck v. United States 1919 and Dred Scott v.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

Throughout the United Kingdom, including England where this study took place, 11th year students take General Certificate of Secondary Education [GCSE] exams, which are akin to high school exit exams. But they had success with English, science and social studies. educators on how to spend their class time. “I

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Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” The post CNN10 Student News – A Routine that Creates Regulation appeared first on Social Studies Success. I recently reflected after a tough week.

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HistoryRewriter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

See Chapter 15 in the Social Studies Edition. Our special guest will be Camarillo High School history teacher Mike Hernandez. In this post, I want to introduce a new differentiation strategy I am calling Reverse Retell in Rhyme. First, select a primary source for students to interpret via the Retell in Rhyme EduProtocol.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation. As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold.

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Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

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. We all remember the days of reading the chapter in our social studies textbook, answering the questions, and regurgitating our knowledge on the chapter test.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Related: Teachers go to school on racial bias. Still, my love of history had an outlet in school. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. My friends who struggled the most in school had passions and interests that were never reflected in their classwork.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

As a high school social studies teacher, my job includes helping students learn to use evidence to present arguments, engage in civil discourse and take informed action to bring about change. This idea has been critical for me as a social studies teacher, but it goes beyond the social studies classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

High schooler Joshua Carter didn’t learn about Black historical figures like Ida B. Wells, Shirley Chisholm or Denmark Vesey from his high school social studies textbooks. Carter, a rising senior at Teaneck High School in New Jersey, said the app allows him to see people that look like him in a “good light.”

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

She led the fight for desegregation in Arkansas schools and hand-picked the “Little Rock Nine” – the first Black students to enroll in the all-white Little Rock Central High School. Learn how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help teach students about history’s humanitarians.

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Leah Cleary

JUNE 23, 2024

I’m the department chair for social studies at a high school in Georgia and have taught social studies for most of my career (save six in ELA). Two lingering trends in social studies education–and I think this applies to most subjects–are learning facts and making every lesson fun.

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