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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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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OPINION: Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught

The Hechinger Report

Still, my love of history had an outlet in school. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. There are hundreds of national parks, many of which focus on local history. Noah Dougherty is the CEO and co-founder of Relevant Learner and a former teacher of social studies and ELA.

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Crafting a Standards-Aligned, Skill-Focused Unit with AI Collaboration

Moler's Musing

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through how I collaborated with AI (ChatGPT) to develop a comprehensive 5-6 day unit on Native American history, tailored specifically for my 8th-grade students. This step provided a clear foundation for the unit, ensuring that each lesson would target these specific deficits.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community. A second teacher candidate described learning more about local history that he ever knew about.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool. Students as Historians. Sign Up to Host an Event 3.