Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Slideshow Landmarks Don’t Look Behind You Magic Elevator Game 1: Slideshow Slideshow is a great game for students to recall and re-interpret literature, social studies, and science content. Science: 8th graders studying cells name different types of cells and make a pose demonstrating their function. Come back for more.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

2022), “Using the annotating strategy to improve students’ academic achievement in social studies,” Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning , Vol. [link] Lloyd, Z.T., Doepker, G.M. and Downey, S.E. Come back for more.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Things that go way beyond classroom décor.

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HistoryRewriter

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Adam and I will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Social Studies Show by playing a Holiday-themed, four-round edition of Game of Quotes on December 21, 2023. As a Plus member, you can stream our growing library of shows on demand. Join us on EduProtocols Plus at 9 pm EST/ 6 pm PST.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. Noah Dougherty is the CEO and co-founder of Relevant Learner and a former teacher of social studies and ELA.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

I determined their independent reading levels and organized my classroom library according to reading difficulty. When I first started teaching middle school, I did everything my university prep program told me to do in what’s known as the “workshop model.” I let kids choose their books.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. Maybe I could work in a museum or a library.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 5, 2015

One of my doctoral students’ dissertations at the University of Minnesota , for instance, found that overzealous school filtering prohibited student access to online content essential for satisfying state Social Studies and Health curricular standards.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I loved my colleagues on my social studies team; we shared resources and supported each other. Teachers can use our digital Resource Library to find engaging and informative resources for their students. Teachers planning lessons for micro-credential submission can draw on our extensive library for student materials.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As we reboot Doing Social Studies, we’d love to introduce you to this month’s author, Nathan McAlister. Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. So, you need to design a CBA? You have an idea, check.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2022

Kris is one of so many kids I see in this place, the school where I work as an eighth-grade English language arts and social studies teacher. Wi-Fi is out, and I’m writing this at the library. There is something to be said about the universal effects of suffering, but it won’t be by me, not here. Man’s gotta do…” and so on.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Tier 6: Test Pulling Nate When I was in high school, I cheated on a social studies test. You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Come back for more.

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Digital Promise

MAY 12, 2020

“The students are loving it even more now because they aren’t able to see each other and socialize; seeing each other’s work there has given them a bright spot.”. When Josh Luukkonen’s school closed due to COVID-19, Luukkonen’s junior high social studies students were studying economics.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Clearly delineated areas (You might see a dress-up area, an artist’s station or a mini-library, for example.). Academics: Children should learn fundamental academic skills in reading, math, science and social studies through discovery and creative activities. Low shelves with accessible toys. Child-sized tables and chairs.

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Artifacts Library Social Studies Teaching 111

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

For the fall, district leaders are working with Dr. Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, to modify, update, and provide cultural relevance and accuracy for the Social Studies curriculum. The knowledge of these tenets will then be infused into other core content areas as appropriate.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

There were a handful of other Black kids in Corey Robinson’s seventh-grade social studies class, including a friend whom Corey considered his ride or die. But in social studies, Corey felt compelled to keep upping the ante. On the cusp of an A in the class and eager to claim his $100, Corey had studied hard.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

11, 2001, high school social studies teacher and football coach Robert Lake stood outside with students waiting to get picked up from school. Robert Lake, social studies teacher at North Plainfield High School. Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images. NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — On the afternoon of Sept.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

They would have science and social studies, because you can’t read if you don’t know anything about the world, she said. Library class is one of Clarksdale Collegiate’s core programs. In the school’s first year, every child had library every day. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Habari gani!”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

We can do this by taking field trips to local museums and historical sites, inviting experts into our classrooms, participating in programs like Empatico that connect students worldwide, creating robust class libraries and using content-rich curriculums across subject areas to build student knowledge.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Literally, where is it in the text, and then figuring out then where are the cool decision points that characters are having if it’s a fictional thing or that people had if it’s a nonfictional, historical thing, social studies, etc. This is as much about not ignoring race as it is about infusing race into something.”

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TCI

APRIL 30, 2024

Video Activities are available in TCI’s middle and high school social studies programs, while the elementary social studies programs incorporate videos through fun songs, storylines, and inquiry projects. Request a sample to dive into TCI’s rich video library. Interested in exploring TCI’s programs?

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

Explore the Social Studies Arkansas resource library to find materials for teaching Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and variety of other topics across the social studies content area.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Head to my Free Resource Library and sign up for my email list.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Head to my Free Resource Library and sign up for my email list.

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Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine — On a recent fall morning in the library of King Middle School here, four seventh-grade girls interviewed an immigrant from Peru named Luis Millones, now a Spanish professor at Colby College. A Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, plays a conflict-resolution game called “Is This Seat Taken?”

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Word Generation introduces new words by embedding them in brief texts about controversial issues of interest to many adolescents, such as steroid use among athletes, legalization of euthanasia, and censorship of libraries and popular music. The social studies teacher organizes a debate about the dilemma, using one of several possible formats.

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ACRE

AUGUST 23, 2022

Over the summer, Arkansas Social Studies, CTE, and Mathematics educators attended Personal Finance Day at UCA, an event focused on teaching the Arkansas Personal Finance standards. The guide provides an overview of common financial challenges facing individuals and families, as well as financial planning strategies for the beginner.

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Economics Social Studies Library Professional Development 52

Leah Cleary

JUNE 23, 2024

I’m the department chair for social studies at a high school in Georgia and have taught social studies for most of my career (save six in ELA). Two lingering trends in social studies education–and I think this applies to most subjects–are learning facts and making every lesson fun.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

While these students — a group we’re calling experienced multilinguals — are probably quite comfortable and fluent with speaking English socially, they may still be unfamiliar with the academic language used in science, social studies, math, and other content areas. Come back for more.

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Pedagogy Heritage Teaching Library 130

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Word Generation introduces new words by embedding them in brief texts about controversial issues of interest to many adolescents, such as steroid use among athletes, legalization of euthanasia, and censorship of libraries and popular music. The social studies teacher organizes a debate about the dilemma, using one of several possible formats.

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TCI

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Video Activities: We added new video activities for middle school and high school social studies programs. Assessment Library: With over 94,000 custom assessments, you’ve been hard at work editing TCI tests. The new Assessment Library makes finding, editing, and assigning assessments even easier.

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Primary Sources Professional Development Library Middle School 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

I was able to locate Topeka’s “shut down” order through the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America. Many states and municipalities issued shut down orders in response to the Spanish Influenza in 1918.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The home visits are set up in advance, in contrast to unannounced visits by social workers or school attendance officers. Cathy Jack, Johnathan’s social studies teacher, nominated his family for a visit in large part because she knew very little about him other than he’s “sometimes a little sleepy” and “stays on that phone too much.”. “I

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Distribution of Delmont’s book is a direct challenge to the widespread removal of books from libraries and classrooms across the country. Courtney Bennis High School Social Studies Teacher, Virginia Beach, Virginia A huge “Thank you!” Thank you, @ZinnEdProject , for helping me teach my students.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Primary Sources Library from the Bill of Rights Institute When teaching the Constitution, we want to offer students time in the classroom to analyze the text in-depth. The Federalist Papers (Accessed through the Library of Congress) Video from Mineola Creative Content on YouTube. 3 Analyze the rationale for the structure of the U.S.

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