Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There is so much fascinating information to learn when taking any government course. So, including engaging, enriching lesson plans on presidents is essential to maintain this excitement! Thankfully, these resources, such as the Executive Branch Unit, make planning a breeze!

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 14, 2024

Causes of World War II When completing World War II lessons, students need to understand what caused it. There is even an Atlantic Charter reading, video links, a complete lesson plan, and answer keys. So, it is vital students learn how the US had to adjust during World War II lessons.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, current events are a great way to connect your curriculum to the real world and work on social studies skills. Incorporating current events into your social studies lessons can also be a great way to engage students and help them see the relevance of the subject to their own lives.

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Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 9, 2023

New Deal Lesson There is so much to include when deepening a student’s understanding of the New Deal during Great Depression lessons. Thankfully, this inclusive lesson plan includes many activities to support student learning. While this lesson is easy to implement, it will lead to profound results.

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Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2024

Nixon Lesson Students will love learning about Nixon’s presidency with this lesson! Specifically, it includes a lesson plan, a Google Slide presentation, and a notes handout. Specifically, it includes a lesson plan and three pages of handouts full of essential information. Nixon Lesson $ 6.00

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tips for Helping Students Understand Informational Text March 7, 2023 • Debbie Bagley There is a lot of information written about how to help students navigate informational text, but the most important takeaway for me is to make sure we focus on best practices that support our learners.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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. Washington University in St.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

President’s Day Lesson Plan Our preferred President’s Day lesson plan is having students make a selection of historical baseball cards about past Presidents of their choice. The post President’s Day Activities for Middle School appeared first on Mr and Mrs Social Studies. If you are a U.S.

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Middle School Lesson Plan Government Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

If something was bothering my student, disciplinary actions, or positive behavior was happening, I would immediately inform the student’s parents. Sometimes teachers have to stay after school to complete lesson planning, grading, copying, or other tasks that they might not have been able to finish during the day.

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Sociology Government Social Studies Civics 130

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Lesson 8: Know Your Candidates (Grades K-3) Updated Oct. 9, 2024 • Studies Weekly Objective for the Lesson This lesson will provide some general guidelines and information to help students understand how citizens register to vote. What happens next? Ask the students if they know when and where votes are cast.

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Passion for Social Studies

JUNE 30, 2024

So, there is a lot of important information for students to learn about his choices. Luckily, this lesson has everything you need when teaching the Cold War. The post Teaching the Cold War appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Specifically, there are 6 stations for students to rotate to. Grab this WWII resource!

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Chelsey McClelland, a third-year social studies teacher at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis who recently completed the ISTE U course Artificial Intelligence Explorations for Educators. Even the AI tools that are trained using the same information could still give unique results!

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Creating Student Buy-In with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial Nov 07, 2024 Video Transcript Speaker : Mechelle C., 4th Grade Teacher, KS Tell us why you love Studies Weekly! My team and I love the Studies Weekly resource because it’s current informational text. Mechelle C.: Mechelle C.: Mechelle C.:

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Social Studies Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

Emily Toronto, a 5th-grade teacher at Bonneville Elementary in Utah, reported that her lower-level reading students also struggle in social studies and science. Though helping students with reading in small groups helps a little, Toronto says, “it can get more difficult when doing content reading for social studies or science.

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Heritage Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson Plan: Explain to the students that they are going to act like the Founding Fathers. Read the following information from the Constitution to the class and outline its most important details on the board. term: a period of time to which limits have been set candidate: a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Government Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ask students what they know about voting and record that information in the K (Know) section of the chart. Circle any information they find important about voting and elections, Ask students to work with a partner and share what they circled and why they thought it was important. Ask students to read the article “Voting and Elections.”

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This strategy encourages students to make connections between word meaning and sentence structure in informational texts. By selecting 8-10 words that are a mixture of those previously studied and new terms, students identify connections between them. Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy Oct.

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Geography Lesson Plan Professional Development Civics 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

However, science incorporates elements of reading, math, social studies, and more, making it an excellent tool for teaching other subjects concurrently. Learn more about Studies Weekly’s hands-on science curriculum and how you can encourage your students to be explorers!

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Elementary School Education Lesson Plan Social Studies 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

News and other information took time to get to the people if it got there at all. Lesson Plan: Review vocabulary words with the students and place the words/definitions on the word wall. Much of the population at the time lived in rural areas. Much of the population also had no formal education. Have a class discussion.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We read for enjoyment and information, and we read to be a member of a literate society. We intentionally build content knowledge in different domains of information, such as science, social studies and art. Teachers will open up to lesson plans that can be a safety net.

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 7, 2024

There are both psychological and physiological reasons why hands-on learning is so effective at information retention. When we combine multiple styles of learning, the brain forms stronger overall connections able to store more information. In the study, students were divided into groups. They are not available for homeschools.

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Psychology Artifacts Social Studies Lesson Plan 52

Studies Weekly

APRIL 9, 2024

Z charts are a fun and simple way for students to summarize information on a topic. How to Make a Z Chart Apr. 9, 2024 • By Debbie Bagley What is a Z Chart? They allow students to practice summarizing and communicating through writing, visuals, and speaking. They are also so easy to do and perfect for any subject!

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Before discovering Studies Weekly, I remember having to look up, research, and study all our standards and then search for curriculum, information, and ideas to create daily lessons. Take advantage of your resources like lesson plans, teaching strategies, printables, and more.

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Artifacts Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies 52

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

Breathing exercises to try As a Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate , I love to pass along information that can benefit you too. Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. Students can then use these exercises any time they need to refocus and feel peaceful.

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Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Out of my four Social Studies classes, two classes were able to meet that expectation. Considering this day was 9/11, I had a 9/11 lesson planned using Storyfile. To begin my lesson on 9/11, I showed a news clip about a survivor from that day.

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Constructing lesson plans around the 5Es improves instruction and allows student-driven learning. Using an explore-before-explain sequence helps teachers find a focus for curriculum planning and ensures that students engage in types of experiences advocated by the NGSS. What causes that to happen?’”

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Lesson Plan K-12 Professional Development Economics 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 11, 2024

Researching and Creating the Curriculum Studies Weekly’s curricula undergo an intensive blueprinting and specification process. Before any content is developed, specialists collaborate to analyze standards and unpack documents and frameworks, ensuring that research, legislation, and standards inform the curriculum.

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Moler's Musing

AUGUST 23, 2024

My day begins with teaching two 65-minute social studies periods, followed by a plan period, co-teaching a reading workshop with an ELA teacher, and ending the day with two more 65-minute social studies classes. The data I received provided good baseline information. So far this school year is flying by.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., I was first introduced to UGRR at the SUNY Buffalo State College Civic Summit when their educational specialists presented “Lessons from the Field: The Legal Geography of Slavery.”

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 17, 2024

Studies Weekly’s research-based K-8 curriculum fulfills this requirement and is a great resource that teachers and administrators can use to close the learning gap. Studies Weekly’s curriculum is tailored to educational standards and is results-driven, making it an excellent use of ESSER III funds. first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Breaking the “Right Answer” Mindset A lot of students were still raising their hands, hoping for the “right” answer, but I’m working hard to break them out of the mindset that social studies is just about filling in blanks. In two classes, I had students create a Thick Slide using the shared information from Padlet.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 94

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

26, 2023 • by Debbie Bagley I love the magazine and newspaper style of Studies Weekly, because with its engaging primary and secondary sources, and activities you can do right on the publication, it allows for so much more than just simply reading from a textbook – which tends to take the life out of any subject.

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Artifacts Social Studies Lesson Plan Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Community Areas Welcome Area Create a welcoming area near the classroom entrance where students can see positive messages, daily schedules, and class information. This area can include your gathering rug, morning board, and information about job helpers and birthdays. This area sets the tone for all you do and learn together.

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Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 6, 2024

6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Every teacher knows the sheer joy that students take in becoming experts on their favorite topics! From dinosaurs to planets and everything in between, if they are interested, they have a remarkable ability to retain and remember a huge amount of information. Ways to Increase Student Memory Power Mar.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

David Harold Blackwell — Mathematician David Blackwell, Wiki Commons A gifted mathematician and quick learner, David Harold Blackwell significantly contributed to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and Bayesian Statistics. See how Studies Weekly Science can help your students become future scientists.

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History Social Studies Lesson Plan Professional Development 52

4QM Teaching

MARCH 19, 2023

Teachers of history and social studies on all grade levels know they want students to do more than just memorize facts; they want students to practice thinking about history as well. And as citizens of a democracy, we want our students to be able to grapple with history, politics, and social and civic questions actively and critically.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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