TCI

JANUARY 14, 2025

Engaging students in social studies goes beyond simply covering the material; its about helping them connect historical events to current issues and develop critical thinking skills. Investing in HQIM for social studies can lead to substantial improvements in student achievement, both academically and beyond.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

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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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Elementary education has traditionally prioritized English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics, often sidelining social studies. However, recent research highlights the crucial role of social studies instruction in developing strong reading skills.

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Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This includes helping them to become informed, empathetic, active, and responsible citizens. While all teachers feel this pressure, social studies teachers have a bit of added stress. Understanding equal rights empowers students to engage meaningfully in discussions about public policy, laws, and social issues.

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Social Justice Social Studies History Critical Thinking 130

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

While English language arts (ELA) and mathematics dominate daily schedules, subjects like social studies and science are often sidelined. If you want to explore this topic in greater depth, check out our eBook, Rethinking Literacy in K-5 Classrooms: How Social Studies and Science Drive Academic Success.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The more informed our students are about the world around them, the less likely they’ll be duped by fake news stories. Listenwise offers educators a growing collection of news stories tagged as ELA, science, or social studies. So, I was excited to stumble on Listenwise , which is bringing public radio into the classroom.

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Thrive in Grade Five

AUGUST 19, 2023

Having a little time at the end of class is something my students look forward to because they have an opportunity to do fun five minute social studies activities. After introducing a new historical individual or event, your students probably have a lot of information floating around in their heads.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Classroom Management Government 130

TCI

JANUARY 6, 2025

TCI, a leader in K-12 educational content and curriculum, is proud to announce that its K-6 and 7-12 Social Studies programs have received favorable reviews in the latest textbook adoption reports released by the Office of Instructional Materials & Library Services within the Mississippi Instructional Materials Review Board.

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TCI

APRIL 25, 2025

These updates will help you teach key social studies skills, streamline assigning and grading, and improve administrative tasks. Building Social Studies Skills New Economics Library: Economics concepts can be complex, but you can support student understanding of these concepts with the tools provided in the new Economics Library.

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Social Studies Library Economics Professional Development 52

Moler's Musing

MARCH 24, 2025

Easy and Hard Topics in Social Studies Ive realized that not all content is created equal when it comes to complexity. Some social studies topics are naturally easier for kids to access, while others require more mental lifting. If so, I probably dont need to add too much else (extraneous load).

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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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Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

To help them process the information, there is an 18-page Google Slide presentation, video links, and a student handout. Add to cart The post Teaching the Executive Branch appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. This always sparks an interesting and engaging discussion! President Timeline Display $ 6.00

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Teaching Lesson Plan Government US Government 130

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 11, 2025

By teaching Nixon, students can better understand how their participation in elections, activism, and informed voting can influence the country’s direction. The post Teaching Nixon appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Ultimately, it encourages students to consider their role in shaping the nation’s future.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. However, recent studies indicate that many states are falling short of providing students with the educational foundation needed for active civic participation. High-quality civics and U.S.

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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

While the concept of HQIM has been established and embraced in other core academic disciplines, applying this concept to social studies has been more complex. Unlike content standards for math or science, where there is more uniformity across states, social studies standards can vary significantly from one state to another.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Data is now everywhere in our lives, informing our decisions about which new show to watch, what path to take or whether to grab an umbrella. But it’s practically absent from the way our kids learn. Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in 1995.

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K-12 Teaching Social Studies High School 141

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

You will hear from a science teacher, a social studies teacher, and an art teacher as each provides her take on how the Common Core and 21st Century learning goals affect what goes on in the classroom. It is important for my students to acquire background information on artists and to learn the art making process.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

So when Piedmont is looking for great digital science and social studies programs for its middle school, it’s hard for them to know where to look and what’s out there. WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies.

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Social Studies Middle School Geography Civics 86

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

1980’s Game Show The 1980s is a fascinating decade to study. However, it may seem overwhelming with how much information there is to include. Add to cart View cart The post 1980s Game Show appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Thankfully, the 1980’s Game Show is ready to help!

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Cultures Social Studies Economics Tradition 130

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 25, 2024

Students demonstrate moderate ability in Recognizing Important Details , but often miss key information or focus on less relevant points. Making Inferences needs significant improvement, as students struggle to draw conclusions beyond explicitly stated information. I also had it correlate the skills and themes with EduProtocols.

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Tara Micham, social studies teacher, Kansas City, Kansas Tara Micham is one of thousands of teachers learning the history missing from their own education in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes. I learned the danger of lost histories and the increasing injustice that comes with banning and eradicating information.

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Social Studies History High School Teaching 98

Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

Others were catching up on missed work, either for ELA or social studies. For those working on social studies, I focused on building background knowledge about how the U.S. Using the Google Sheet of Thick Slides, students pulled key information and wrote annotations around their maps explaining how and why the U.S.

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Geography Social Studies Interactive Learning History 98

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

MLK vs Malcolm X Lesson There is so much fascinating information to learn when studying MLK vs. Malcolm X. Add to cart The post MLK vs Malcolm X appeared first on Passion for Social Studies. Thankfully, the MLK vs Malcolm X Lesson and Civil Rights Timeline Project are ready for students to explore brave actions.

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Moler's Musing

JANUARY 24, 2025

This week in 8th-grade social studies, we brought history to life with engaging EduProtocols that helped students dive deep into the Early Republic and key moments like the Whiskey Rebellion. Heres how it worked: I set up the assignment by feeding information about the Whiskey Rebellion from our reading into Class Companion.

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Government Social Studies Leadership History 131

Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 27, 2021

Integrating science and social studies with reading is a must. Due to testing and/or district and state requirements, social studies and science often take the back seat. While I can’t say that I get it in every day, I do carve out time for intentional science and/or social studies instruction.

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Social Studies Teaching Research Education 52

TCI

AUGUST 7, 2023

Each program provides many opportunities for students to develop a strong command of English and build reading and writing skills through social studies. From well-structured informational text to primary source passages, there are many opportunities to build reading skills. Reading Reading is an integral part of each program.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9

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Museum Social Studies High School History 248

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Secondary Social Studies Interventionist As any good teacher does, I often eavesdrop. During my fourteen years of eavesdropping, I’ve heard social studies teachers lament that they are “not reading teachers”. Why is background knowledge important in social studies? By Kydra Hubbard, Ed.

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Social Studies Success

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Getting kids to read informational text is always a challenge. I have recently started writing a series of lessons that includes reading challenges – basically puzzles embedded into the readings that can only be solved with the key content of the informational text. You can use any type of informational text, even your textbook!

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Primary Sources Social Studies 64

Social Studies Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

My principal told me to use stations… that was all the information I was given – use stations (not very helpful). Students complete a section of their lap book in a station, then an activity to process the information. The post Creating Successful Social Studies Stations appeared first on Social Studies Success.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2011

Not only has this been a great source of information for the community, but it also helps keep me in the loop as it is impossible to be everywhere at once. Social media now makes it even easier to get all of this exciting information out to my stakeholders via our Twitter account and Facebook page. technology into a U.S.

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Social Studies Success

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

If you are like me, you are always looking for new and exciting ways to engage your students in Social Studies. Make su re you are including all of the key information you want your students to review in a particular unit. I try at least one new strategy a year to expand my own teaching craft. You can find them here.

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Social Studies Cultures Teaching History 52

Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 15, 2015

These words are important because they help students comprehend text across different content areas such as social studies and science. The first step in planning academic vocabulary instruction is to create a list of academic vocabulary to be taught in social studies and science. Review shouldn’t be boring.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 11, 2015

State and federal mandates and high stakes testing have made teaching elementary science and social studies a battle for time in the classroom. This battle has resulted in minimizing social studies and science instruction to focus on tested areas. There should also be intentional social studies and science instruction.

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Social Studies Teaching Geography Tradition 52

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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Social Studies Geography Lesson Plan Library 59

TCI

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Building a toolbox of teaching strategies can help educators meet the needs of students and bring social studies to life. This hands-on approach ensures that students are not just absorbing information but actively applying and exploring it, making subjects like social studies more meaningful and memorable.

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Social Studies Teaching Professional Development Geography 52

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

The QR Codes contained various artists’ work and clue information. To tie in with their study of the English monarchy in the Elizabethan-Stuart era, they researched websites to find quality information on selected, relevant topics. Perna’s US History I class created Wordles to review information studied prior to their midterm.

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