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Teaching Voting in the Social Studies Classroom

Passion for Social Studies

So, it is crucial to teach students about the voting process and its importance to our democracy. When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to be civically engaged to understand how voting is essential to our democracy. There is a lot to include when teaching about the election!

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Everything You Need to Teach World History Easily

A Lesson Plan for Teachers

Organizing to Save You Time If you teach World History, I can imagine you are simply tired. In this post, you will find links to everything I can think you may need for teaching World History. No more needs to be said about that! But, I want to help.

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Top Ten Formative Assessments for Social Studies

Active History Teacher

Formative assessments are so important in social studies! 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?” This is an easy activity!

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Top 8 Ways to Remediate in Social Studies

Active History Teacher

Remediation in Social Studies is always tricky! With a few tried and true strategies and activities, remediation in social studies can be fun for students and painless for the teacher. The early American history version can be found here. US History Important Document Review 5. First things first.

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NMHS Social Studies Teacher Brings Technology to Capitol Hill

A Principal's Reflections

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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End of the Year Project for Social Studies! Walk-Up Songs

Active History Teacher

Students pick a person from history. Have students work in pairs or small groups Come up with a list of 30-40 people from history to choose from. The post End of the Year Project for Social Studies! Walk-Up Songs appeared first on Active History Teacher. How does it work? Ways to modify. Check it out here!

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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. And so on… .