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Sociology Lesson Plans

Passion for Social Studies

Honestly, it is fascinating to study how people interact with each other. Since students love this course, it is essential to have engaging, interactive sociology lesson plans. Luckily, there are tons of incredible sociology lessons to ensure students explore the underlying social forces that shape human behavior.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. 25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. For example, most people over 30 can remember where they were on Sept. The primary source.

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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. government as well.

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Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social Studies Jan. 30, 2024 • by Debbie Bagley Some of the best teaching advice I received from my mother, a teacher of 30+ years, was a different way to look at Social Studies. Every subject, discipline, and activity teaches Social Studies.

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Teaching Was My Dream. Now I Wonder If It Is Stunting My Other Passions.

ED Surge

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. Teaching, as human work, is to show the beauty and complexity of the human experience in our society. With my days long and rigid, this profession hasn’t given me the space to be a balanced, whole human. It’s about more than tests and grades.

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Breaking Down the 8 Key Concepts of Computational Thinking

Digital Promise

Within these eight key concepts, teachers of science, math, language arts, social studies, and art have found intersections with what their students are expected to know and know how to do. The foundations of computational thinking are abstraction, decomposition, pattern recognition and testing and debugging.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.