Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

5 Classroom Management Tips for Elementary Teachers Sep 17, 2024 • by Studies Weekly Classroom management is such a big part of teaching and has become more critical as students readjust to post-pandemic in-person learning. Role-play a whining voice versus using a big clear student voice so they understand the difference.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Instead of overwhelming them, I shifted to teaching them how to work efficiently, meet deadlines, and build confidence with every task. The goal wasn’t just to cover content, but to teach them how to learn and apply skills independently. I realized I’ve been expecting too much from my students in a short amount of time.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our worksheets are perfect for helping students with reading comprehension, preparing for the Regents review or state assessment, pairing with a video like the Crash Course US History series, or with your lesson plans throughout the school year. This makes them easy to differentiate for special education students with accommodations.

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History Tech

JULY 19, 2024

Sam Wineburg, SHEG’s founder, one year earlier had published a book titled Thinking Historically and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past. The Stanford History Education Group has been around since 2002. Inquiry-based learning. […]

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Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

This network of professionals has helped transform my teaching practice and feeds my teacher soul. TJ Warsnak and Derek Schutte Exploring Strategies for Analyzing Primary Sources Erika Lowery Don’t forget to register! just a reminder. It’s free ! Here’s the breakdown. And don’t forget the free part!). Jill Weber

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

It’s hard to teach students about government when the atmosphere is so toxic,” said Jo Boggess Phillips, a longtime AP government and civics teacher in Ripley, West Virginia. “If Tim Matthews, a middle school history teacher outside Boston, uses iCivics games to teach the Constitution, which his class calls “the rulebook.”

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

March 15, 2024 How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching March 11, 2024 The post 3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Depending on what subject you teach, we all have a goal in mind for how our teaching impacts students. This involves so many of those important historical thinking skills : making connections, periodization, analyzing sources, and crafting arguments.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

We also teach gifted students and we find that all the extra activities that Studies Weekly gives us are so great for our higher learners. Studies Weekly really adds to our Social Studies lessons and it makes it so easy for us to teach! There’s an online portion, print versions, the kids love it. It’s so engaging.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Take advantage of your resources like lesson plans, teaching strategies, printables, and more. High-Impact Teaching Strategies There are high-impact teaching strategies recommended throughout your Studies Weekly Teacher Edition. Your Teacher’s Edition is worth its weight in gold!

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

So, if you teach daily 45-minute classes, you might need to break up each day’s lesson over two periods. The lessons are designed to be easy to understand quickly, so you don’t need to slog through a bunch of pages to find out how to teach with the materials. That is based on longer block-scheduled classes.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

Breathing techniques can be a fun and engaging way to teach students to regulate their emotions. Be sure to teach breathing exercises when students feel happy and comfortable so they can associate deep breathing with calmness. It also helps students feel more in control when stressed, tired, or upset.

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Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

So when you go through the units you don’t have to worry about, as a teacher, ‘Am I hitting the standards I need to teach?’ Despite the challenges she faced, she remained enthusiastic by finding joy in teaching. The standards are hit with [Studies Weekly]. This is my fourth year using Social Studies Weekly. I love the program.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

They plan lessons, activities, and assignments to teach skills across many disciplines. The time that students spend in the classroom is full of teaching moments that do more than prepare them for homework; they also prepare them for higher education and life as responsible and productive adults. Education Week.

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

Improve Your Students’ Reading Scores With Studies Weekly As an educator, you want to help your students succeed, and Studies Weekly is committed to helping you and your students. Help your students improve their reading scores! Get a Studies Weekly free trial today!

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

March 15, 2024 How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching March 11, 2024 The post 10 Summer Tips to Prepare a Great Classroom first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

What I found during my research to create the lesson drove home the whole purpose of why we teach history and why I teach history the way I do. The lesson I frantically pieced together over my spring break was intended to be used right after we returned to class. For a copy of my lesson, follow this link.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Creating Connections Because Studies Weekly’s print publications are consumable, students can create artifacts to demonstrate their learning by cutting the primary sources and other information out of their publications. Giving students this trust creates a partnership of learning and growth between students and the teacher.

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4QM Teaching

MARCH 19, 2023

How should all of them be incorporated into lesson plans and assessments, and how often? 4QM curriculum writers consistently incorporate these sorts of thinking activities into units and lessons organically — not just to tick off a box on a list of historical thinking skills. Which thinking skills are most important?

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

The stories and characters we meet within the pages of books teach us about our world, ourselves, and others. References Explicitly Teach Rhyming. A step-by-step guide on how to teach syllable awareness. It enhances our imagination, sparks our creativity, and helps us see others’ perspectives. Reading Universe.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

In August, Michigan history teacher James Gorman watched televised images of torch-bearing white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and decided to use the incident to teach his students about similar events that happened in a divided United States 150 years ago. history when black lives mattered.”.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

With thousands of teachers using Zinn Education Project lessons each year, we hear amazing stories about the impact these lessons have in the classroom. I executed the COINTELPRO: Teaching the FBI’s War on the Black Freedom Movement activity with my 9th grade U.S. This lesson helped provide both and more.

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Students of History

JANUARY 25, 2022

For years, I ended my unit on Reconstruction by teaching about the controversial election of 1876 leading to the Compromise of 1877. 6th insurrection at the Capitol (I have a lesson for this here ), I came across an article about the only "successful" coup or insurrection in US History. Following the Jan.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

This session was the latest in our monthly Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online class series. And I want to let you know that today’s class is hosted by the Zinn Education Project, which is coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change as part of our Teaching for Black Lives Campaign.

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