Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

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. Thankfully, incredible resources are ready to go when teaching about the election!

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Active History Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2022

US History STAAR. There is always a lot to teach and little time to do so. That’s why for US History STAAR review, we spend all year spiraling content. This US History STAAR Review game involves zero prep and is perfect for both early and modern US History. Standardized tests. End of course exams.

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A Lesson Plan for Teachers

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Teaching Challenge Teaching today is a challenge. Each will address the best websites, strategies, and resources for teaching the Social Studies content areas. In this post, We’ll take a look at […] The post Finding Everything You Need for Teaching U.S.

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Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The United States has experienced so many dynamic changes throughout its rich history. Ultimately, teaching the Progressive Era must address these concerns while showing how people had to work hard to improve society. Progressive Reform Lesson When teaching the Progressive Era, there are many areas to consider.

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Becoming a History Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2024

Photo by Mathias Reding on Pexels.com We both began our teaching careers shortly after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. But how should we approach this in the history classroom? As history teachers we often problematise controversial issues to ‘see both sides of an issue’. Grosvenor (2000, p.157),

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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! Really hard.

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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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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

If you’re a history buff, you may already know that Cleopatra had a substantial amount of rizz. History teacher Lauren Cella's "Gen Z Teaches History" series has earned about 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok combined. And I always say, ‘History is interesting.’ I think other people make it boring.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Teachers may find the template below a useful resource as they plan their station rotation lessons, especially if they teach online or in a concurrent classroom where the teacher-led stations are likely happening via video conferencing. History: Station Rotation Ideas. I think of history as a story told from different perspectives.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

The two needs are related, for there is simply not enough time for those who teach multiple classes, often in multiple disciplines, to stay on top of the flood of specialized writing, to be confident that they are teaching the best that scholars have learned.

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NCHE

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After Valencia Abbott’s school day ended, we met to discuss her experiences as a history teacher. But at the end of the year, Valencia felt that teaching was what she should be doing with her life. “It I’m supposed to be a history teacher. That’s not something that came about because I was in the classroom,” Valencia said. “I

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 17, 2024

That is why it is important to teach about immigration. Students are impervious to lies when they know the history and can think critically. Find lessons, teaching guides, and other resources for teaching about immigration below. The post Teach About Immigration appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

This means looking at key practices such as Tier 1 instruction, pedagogy, assessment, feedback, differentiation, RTI , real co-teaching , and professional learning to see where there is an opportunity to grow. Another standout for me was to see firsthand how much progress has been made with effective co-teaching strategies.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2020

The premise though is to not only incorporate what has been learned up to this point during one of the most disruptive times in history but also to perceive what might come next. Take this definition from Learning Technologies: Hybrid learning combines face-to-face and online teaching into one cohesive experience.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

I appreciate that my teachers try to offer different narratives,” a student said at one of our sessions discussing teaching materials featuring history and stories from all continents, “but they always seem to be about hardship or having to overcome an obstacle. She is a 2023-24 Teach Plus Colorado Policy Fellow.

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Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

September 11th, 2011, can never be forgotten in history. To ensure students understand the magnitude of this day, teachers must focus on teaching September 11th. Perfect Introduction to Teaching September 11th When teaching September 11th, teachers cannot just talk about the day. Students need to see what happened.

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Passion for Social Studies

JUNE 30, 2024

Honestly, there are so many topics to teach in any history course. Thankfully, that is not the case when teaching the Cold War! Luckily, this lesson has everything you need when teaching the Cold War. The Cold War Lesson When teaching the Cold War, it is important for students to learn about the countries involved.

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Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2024

Students across the United States often focus on specific events and people during history courses. Thankfully, teaching Nixon and LBJ will no longer be a concern. Teaching Nixon and LBJ requires a lot of complexity and digging into their presidencies. Students will love going back in time to when teaching Nixon and LBJ!

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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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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

With his monotone voice and lack of enthusiasm, he could convince anyone that history is incredibly boring. As a high school history teacher, whenever I meet new adults and we talk about our professions, I often find myself being met with a familiar reaction: "I disliked the subject in school, but now I find it interesting."

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History Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies 134

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2023

Modern American History Word Wall Have you ever used a Modern American History word wall before? Word walls can be a helpful tool your students can use to remember and better understand the vocabulary words that connect with whatever historical topic you’re teaching. You can see a few examples in the pictures below.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. And now that campuses are back from pandemic restrictions, many instructors are trying to incorporate those remote practices into their in-person teaching.

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Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When teaching US History, there is a strong focus on heroic individuals. So, when teaching about the 1950s and 1960s, this project has everything needed to excite students! This project is an amazing way to teach students about the fantastic work during the Civil Rights Movement. However, they did their work differently.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

history designed to maintain white supremacy that receive little attention in corporate curricula. The Zinn Education Project provides free resources to teach outside the textbook about the Tulsa Massacre and the continuing history of institutionalized racism and displacement. This is one of countless massacres in U.S.

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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. The stage was set over the summer for me to work six days in each of their three schools to assist with teaching, learning, and leadership associated with their 1:1 implementation. In some cases, this might still be effective.

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Pedagogy Economics Leadership Cultures 421

NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

history, Oklahoma History, U.S./Virginia Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. History for 8 years, a wealth of experience that informs the way he structures his programming at NCHE. After years of teaching, the lack of respect wears you down. He taught U.S.

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Geography History Library Humanities 279

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Thanks to a donation of 25 books from the University of North Carolina Press, we can offer you a copy of historian Kate Masur and illustrator Liz Clarke’s new graphic history, Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region , for your story on teaching about Reconstruction.

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Teaching History High School Education 122

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. I determined their independent reading levels and organized my classroom library according to reading difficulty.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

But We Can’t Teach? Yet, if the right wing has its way, it will be illegal to teach students about Juneteenth. At least 44 states have passed or proposed legislation to prohibit teaching about structural racism. But educators around the country continue to pledge to teach the truth about structural racism.

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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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History Museum Social Studies Geography 127

Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of “anti-CRT” bills. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. Article and Lesson This Day in People’s History Below are a few key events in labor history.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

The rest is now history. Here is the synopsis: Not Just One Way Are you an educator stuck in the traditional teaching or leadership mold, yearning for a spark to reignite your passion? That leader was Nicki Slaugh , my co-author of our book Personalize. Do you want to use your time better and work smarter, not harder?

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Tradition Critical Thinking Cultures Leadership 393

ED Surge

JUNE 6, 2023

This is a thought that recurs throughout history — this question of how do we tell what's real? Lots of little kids play around with the boundaries between reality and dreams, reality and make believe, in just the way that philosophers have throughout history. Is that something you see in the college students you teach?

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Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

Teaching the Constitution is hard, especially to younger students. Every year I teach the Constitution I want to try something new. It’s the hardest primary source I teach and I’m sure many of you feel the same. After teaching the preamble I usually dive right into the arguments of the Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

JANUARY 16, 2023

Teaching Job Skills Middle school is a crucial time for students to start thinking about their future careers and what they want to do when they grow up. One of the best ways to do this is by teaching job skills in middle school. However, teaching students how to write a resume can be tricky.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, where I’ve split my whole life, are so universal that it’s hard to not be drawn to their teachings and practices. At first, I was convinced I found a pedagogy ingrained with Indigenous wisdom that could further decolonize my teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Yancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. I teach from a mindset and lens that I want to make sure my students are becoming activists, and it’s not enough just talking about it,” the science and math teacher said. “

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