Mr and Mrs Social Studies

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

President’s Day Activities President’s Day is coming up soon, but how should you celebrate it with your middle school students? This post will highlight several President’s Day activities and teaching ideas that you can do with your students that are no-prep or low-prep! If you are a U.S. Constitution here.

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Active History Teacher

JULY 6, 2020

The first year teaching is hard. As a veteran teacher with 20 years under my belt teaching middle and high school, I often get assigned to become a mentor teacher. Here is my survival guide to the first month of teaching. Teach routines early and often. Join The Active History Teacher Community!

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Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Donate Today Right wing politicians and media outlets are attacking the very heart of the Zinn Education Project — teaching people’s history in classrooms across the country. Officials in at least 44 states have sought — and in many cases succeeded — to enact restrictions on what teachers can say about history and current events.

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History Teaching Civics Middle School 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This policy change creates a real test for more affluent white parents who say they live in New York City because of the diversity and then send their children to segregated schools. The New York Times podcast “Nice White Parents” illustrated this process at several points in the long history of just one school.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The fact for many in education is that we teach the way we were taught and lead the way we were led. Other schools and districts are beginning to follow suit. One, in particular, is the Corinth School District in Mississippi. When we visited his history class, he again had the students working on a choice board.

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Pedagogy Economics Leadership Elementary School 422

Future of History

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Teaching about Judaism, Christianity and Islam needs to be a staple in middle school world history and culture classes. The post Teaching about Judaism, Christianity & Islam first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Then, from the side of the school, the “big kids” came running, spilling from their modular middle school in headphones and hoodies to line up behind the younger children. The pendulum swings on K-8 versus middle schools. Ashley Park PreK-8 principal Joline Adams shows off the new middle school gym.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

Under a first-in-the-nation law that took full effect this year, students from across the state must take part in at least two “student-led, nonpartisan civics projects” — one in eighth grade, and another in high school. Peyton Amaral, an eighth grader at Morton Middle School in Fall River, Mass., Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

A study of 2,500 middle school students finds that the acquisition of scientific reasoning skills produces stronger learning gains. In September 2019, I wrote about a review of the research on how to teach critical thinking by University of Virginia professor Daniel Willingham. Click here to see a larger version of this table.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

When I first started teaching middle school, I did everything my university prep program told me to do in what’s known as the “workshop model.” history (why was the Berlin wall built?) I let kids choose their books. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter to receive our comprehensive reporting directly in your inbox.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2024

Back when my mom attended Westwood in the early 80s, students made the typical walk from class to class, learning from one teacher in math and another for English or history or science. (My The model, known as team teaching, isn’t new. Now, team teaching has expanded nationally, and particularly in the American West.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. But nothing felt quite right, until he considered teaching. But I did enjoy teaching. I was always interested in history.

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Active History Teacher

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As a secondary US History teacher, I teach students both live and remote at the same time. Here my “take-aways” from teaching in this CRAZY format. I’ve learned so much from Julia from History from the Middle. Check out her Instagram highlights for tons of remote teaching tips! Let things go.

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Active History Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Paper sorter for weekly copies I teach in a classroom with limited Wi-Fi. She has a basic one that allows you to pick how many subjects you teach! Join The Active History Teacher Community! High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! I require students to bring their own cord.

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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I often use class competition games in my US History classroom – you could say it is part of my classroom culture. Here are a few classroom competition games I use with students – all of which are great for US History EOC Review and STAAR Review! I have done-for-you timeline races for early US History and Modern US History.

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Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

For early American History: Jamestown , The 1st Great Awakening , Louisiana Purchase , War of 1812 , Manifest Destiny/US Mexican War , Civil War Battles , For the second half of US History: Spanish American War , Origins of the Cold War. By the way, I teach juniors who are really responsible and know my behavior expectations.

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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. government as well.

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Active History Teacher

JULY 9, 2021

If you teach in a state with a standardized test, then you know formative assessments are the KEY to success! In my US History classroom, I am constantly evaluating what works best in terms of the age-old question, “Did they get it?” I always add baggies (all sizes) and card stock to my "wish list" at the beginning of the school year.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. Given that teachers are charged with imparting the contributions of women to their students throughout Women’s History Month, a special place should be reserved during March for the women teachers who go unrecognized. “You They teach children to read, write, and compute.

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Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The early American history version can be found here. US History Important Document Review 5. Join The Active History Teacher Community! High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! The post Top 8 Ways to Remediate in Social Studies appeared first on Active History Teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. But very few schools currently integrate effective literacy practices into content classes, according to experts on reading.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

She credits a training program through the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan for preparing her to do so. The museum also offers a master of arts in Teaching Earth Sciences Residency , the program Jack participated in, which certifies Earth science teachers of grades 7-12.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

Accustoming White Families to Black School Teachers When this second years trial also worked, plans were finalized for the third year, when all of the black communitys school-age children would enroll in the formerly white elementary and secondary schools. For a history of Rosenwald schools, see Thomas W.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. New York City’s Department of Education is the latest public school system to require that U.S. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum.

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History Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Multiple years in middle school classrooms. Multiple years teaching in higher ed. I’ve been doing this for a while. And then a transition to my current role as a curriculum consultant. I get the opportunity to work with and learn from some amazing people from all over the country.

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TCI

JANUARY 6, 2025

The reports highlight TCIs focus on state-specific customization and its ability to meet diverse district needs, including the integration of local history, standards, and educational goals. TCIs K-12 programs are based on proven teaching strategies and practices that bring learning alive and achieve consistent, positive classroom results.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. The educators were state winners of the Teacher of the Year program , hosted annually by the Council of Chief State School Officers. The teaching seed was planted in Autumn Rivera’s psyche when she was quite young.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

In the fall of 2016, increasingly frustrated by his inability to motivate his students despite his energetic teaching style and popularity inside the classroom, he was drawn to the idea that addressing emotional barriers might help them. Gallin’s school was one of them. In 2016, a mere 37 percent of the school’s test-takers passed.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

Too many students are held back from advanced math that could provide direct pathways into college level math and STEM jobs, said Ross, a former presidential awardee for her teaching. Are there schools that replicate best practices of countries like Japan and Finland and demonstrate better outcomes?” So did the issue of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Education journalist Emily Hanford has argued that the failure to teach phonics in the early elementary years may be the problem.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Because students missed so much instruction during the pandemic, teachers should get extra time to fill all those instructional holes, from teaching mathematical percents and zoological classifications to discussing literary metaphors and American history. That’s worked well in Chicago high schools but not in Miami middle schools.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based simulations have been part of his teaching arsenal for the last nine years, ever since he first tried it. “I

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Psych Learning Curve

JANUARY 31, 2020

Researchers say that reducing the burden of teaching experienced by so many teachers is critical to improve student success — both academically and behaviorally. Researchers say that reducing the burden of teaching experienced by so many teachers is critical to improve student success — both academically and behaviorally.

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Middle School Psychology Critical Thinking Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

At the Williston-Elko Middle School in rural South Carolina, where she has taught for seven years, more than three out of every four students are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-priced lunch. Students need to read in order to learn other subjects, from science to history. Parents of young children are worried.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Many brilliant, hard-working educators I work with simply don’t feel confident in their math skills, and thus their ability to teach math to others. Where we need to focus is on the mindsets and dispositions foundational to the teaching and learning of mathematics. Explore teaching strategies that promote positive math identities.

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