Studies Weekly

JANUARY 30, 2024

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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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

I recently connected with Grace Pai, the executive director of the organization, and Esther Hurh, a professional development (PD) facilitator who has been delivering sessions about the TEAACH Act to educators, to better understand the challenges around putting the TEAACH Act into practice.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Hoang co-leads Burbank’s partnership with Turnaround Arts: California , a signature program of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities that seeks to advance education in a select group of elementary and middle schools in the state. Now, over 200,000 students in 4,000 schools have ArcGIS Online accounts.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

They help students understand what real people of the past saw, felt, and heard as they lived through the events we study in school. Letters, photographs, postcards, journals, and other first-hand accounts add detail, humanity, and relevance to our picture of the past.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The National Women’s History Museum documents how Truth advocated for voting rights for all and argued that gender or race should not restrict any human rights. Learn how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help teach students about history’s humanitarians. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. She presented her “witness testimony” as a Chinese war victim, accusing her classmate, who played Genghis Khan , of crimes against humanity.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Michelle Adler, social studies teacher and local union president, Gray-New Gloucester High School.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Many dedicated, brilliant, and diverse trailblazers have illuminated our path and brought their findings to the forefront of humanity. She found the skull of a giant sloth next to early human tools. Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products.

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TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

. “When students experience an event like the Great Depression through a simulation, they develop an emotional connection to the material that drives their curiosity,” says Bower. “It’s not just about understanding the facts—it’s about understanding the human impact, and that’s where real learning happens.”

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services defines affordable child care as no more than 10% of a family’s income; however, the Care Index reports that childcare costs account for as high as 19% of a family’s income in some states. 2021, May 10). What is Universal Pre-K? Alliance for Early Success.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: Lord acknowledged that he struggled himself to get answers out of Kate about what she wanted for her future; he said he needed the help of professionals to crack the puzzle. He loved math, social studies and working on a computer. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Teaching Civics

MAY 21, 2024

Join the elementary Super Civics Team to explore the new standards, discover resources, and consider ways to integrate childrens literature to support ELA and social studies standards. SUPER CIVICS SUMMER INSTITUTEFree! We will also investigate the Super Civics Toolbox to find lessons on voting and the 2024 Election.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. “I honestly cannot imagine teaching social studies without providing each student with a copy of their student publication.” Kaufman, G., & Flanagan, M. 2021, December 21).

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TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

. “When students experience an event like the Great Depression through a simulation, they develop an emotional connection to the material that drives their curiosity,” says Bower. “It’s not just about understanding the facts—it’s about understanding the human impact, and that’s where real learning happens.”

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TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

. “When students experience an event like the Great Depression through a simulation, they develop an emotional connection to the material that drives their curiosity,” says Bower. “It’s not just about understanding the facts—it’s about understanding the human impact, and that’s where real learning happens.”

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Teaching Civics

APRIL 17, 2024

Join the elementary Super Civics Team to explore the new standards, discover resources and consider ways to integrate children’s literature to support ELA and social studies standards. SUPER CIVICS SUMMER INSTITUTE–Free! We will also investigate the Super Civics Toolbox to find lessons on voting and the 2024 Election.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergarteners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. She said it was up to humans to drive less and recycle and protect other species from climate disaster.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

Same with climate change: Some extreme weather events occur regardless of whether humans are pumping extra carbon into the atmosphere. All told, 37 states recognize human-caused climate change in their science standards, says the National Center for Science Education.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. And so every child today gets taught that modern slavery is human trafficking, it’s a crime against humanity. And of course, history and social studies teachers.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

Conditions havent improved for social studies teachers since. Painting approaches to history in stark black and white can shut down debate and keep social studies teachers from achieving what 94 percent of them report is the most important part of their job: preparing students for meaningful civic engagement.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

Chris Tims, a social studies teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, says he won’t stop teaching the 1619 Project, despite political pressure. Some call this teaching conflict — now more than a century old — the “ social studies wars.”. The substance of social studies. and African American history. Credit: Chris Tims.

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