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NewseumED’s Foolproof Guide to Media Literacy

Catlin Tucker

I would argue this is a critical skill we need to be teaching in schools to ensure that our students develop the skills necessary to be informed consumers of media. ” The Fact Finder: Your Foolproof Media Literacy Guide has 11 separate multimedia lessons designed using the 5 E’s constructivist instructional model.

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TCI Lesson Planning Tools for Teachers

TCI

TCI’s social studies programs provide comprehensive planning and support tools so you can focus on what you do best: teaching. Here are a few tools to help you stay on top of lesson planning. Quickly Review Information in the Planning Box Start your lesson plan with the planning box.

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

ED Surge

I appreciated having the flexibility to say, I'm super swamped this first week back at school and don’t have time in the evenings; I'm just going to sit down and do this on Sunday when I'm doing my lesson planning. Even the AI tools that are trained using the same information could still give unique results!

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The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

Between managing the chaos of lesson planning, keeping up with my students, and coaching, it’s been a whirlwind. The Frayer Model worked especially well for students to internalize the information and make it more manageable. Honestly, I’ve been feeling like a first-year teacher again!

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The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

The students had 5 minutes per slide to process the information and build their slides, using the provided keywords as a guide. Simplifying Primary Sources with AI My goal was to simplify the lesson while still helping students build confidence and learn. They worked in pairs, reading the sources and answering questions.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Washington University in St. Louis has an amazing collection of interviews from the Great Depression.

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My Goal as a History Teacher: Create Curators

Rosie the History Teacher

There are thousands of amazing primary sources available from the Smithsonian including photographs, documents, physical objects, audio, and video. Smithsonian Learning Lab was built for use by teachers and students and is so simple and effective to implement if your students have computers with internet access.

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