Studies Weekly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Making Social Studies Fun to Teach | Teacher Testimonial Nov 07, 2024 Video Transcript Speaker : Manda Rensel, 1st Grade Teacher, PA Tell us why you love Studies Weekly! For the past many years, we havent had a great Social Studies curriculum. Studies Weekly has changed my outlook on history, she says.

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TCI

JULY 9, 2024

This summer, take advantage of TCI’s professional development opportunities to brush up on the latest teaching strategies and earn professional hours. and Social Studies Alive! Plus, you’ll receive a certificate for 3 professional development hours!

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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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Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

Join us this summer for the best professional development TAH offers! With each class lasting one week and with teachers coming from all over the country, it’s a bit like a summer camp for social studies teachers! The post Professional Development or Summer Camp for Teachers? MAHG is both!

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We’ll discuss the findings from state evaluations, the importance of high-quality instructional materials, what defines HQIM in social studies, and how they can transform classrooms into environments that inspire active citizenship. Materials help students engage in learning opportunities like scholars in social studies.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Experts say that requires regular and high-quality social studies lessons, starting in kindergarten, to teach kids to be critical thinkers and communicators who know how to take meaningful action. Most states either don’t test social studies, or the social studies test doesn’t really count toward adequate yearly progress.”.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

That search led us to the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an approach that shifts Social Studies from rote memorization to deep, student-driven inquiry. As an administrator in a very large district, I found my content competing with other disciplines for professional development time.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

It was a great opportunity to not only get to exchange ideas with Eric regarding technology’s role in the classroom, but to see the learning community that has been nurtured and developed at his school. He has dual NYS certification in Secondary Social Studies and as an Educational Technology Specialist- daily utilizing both skill sets.

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Education Week - Social Studies

APRIL 9, 2025

The agency made grants for professional development and supported nationwide history education programs. Now these offerings may disappear.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. They are not available for homeschools.

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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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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

DOWNLOAD EBOOK To learn more about how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help you share the experiences of all voices, visit studiesweekly.com/social-studies Find More Posts Find More Posts Select Category Corporate English Language Arts Health Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher (..)

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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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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 11, 2025

Professional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees. Register Robert Cohen is professor of History and Social Studies in New York Universitys Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. ASL interpretation provided.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 14, 2025

Reading improvement is built into texts about various subjects, such as history, science, and social studies. Scaffolding Up with Studies Weekly This is the reason Studies Weekly offers so many scaffolding opportunities in its Student Editions and Teacher Editions. , Shanahan on Literacy. Shanahan on Literacy.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. The inconvenient truth, however, is that it is not easy to come by high-impact professional development.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

We know a lot about mathematic tools and apps and different databases for social studies.” Find strength in numbers, networking with other librarians through support groups and organizations that advocate for librarians Look for opportunities to give teachers more professional development about what librarians can offer.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

To help them succeed, the school — which last year served just over 500 high schoolers , roughly 80 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I [recently] approached two of the eighth grade and the sixth grade social studies teachers with doing some professional development with me using media literacy and critical thinking across the curriculum, teaching students to decode the world. I also teach media literacy.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 14, 2025

One way she accomplishes this is through classroom conversations and discussions using Studies Weekly Social Studies. Learning Lab Session Recordings Watch past Learning Lab session recordings for FREE in Studies Weekly Online GO TO STUDIES WEEKLY ONLINE View the agenda and register for the next Studies Weekly Learning Lab here!

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Experience with Studies Weekly Frances recently attended a Professional Development training hosted by Studies Weekly. Studies Weekly does an excellent job of incorporating age-appropriate text and engaging activities, and I loved exploring the online components that make it such a robust program.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. They are not available for homeschools.

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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. Edtech and Professional Development.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

How to Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month You may feel like you don’t have time to teach students about Asian Pacific heritage, but there are many fun ways to integrate this annual celebration with ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Well-Being.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Many social studies topics are nuanced, motivating students to debate and engage deeply. Learn more about TCI’s innovative approach to social studies. Drawing on Elizabeth Cohen’s research on cooperative groupwork, this strategy helps prepare students to articulate detailed and thoughtful answers.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources. The professional development opportunity was designed by technology nonprofit Playlab.ai

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

I recently connected with Grace Pai, the executive director of the organization, and Esther Hurh, a professional development (PD) facilitator who has been delivering sessions about the TEAACH Act to educators, to better understand the challenges around putting the TEAACH Act into practice.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. He helped develop a “spectrum” that became the centerpiece of the program. Why am I enjoying myself right now?” I hate math.”

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. Developer: Michigan State University Research. 2nd grade social studies. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

In Oakland , students only have one hour of live instruction each day for several weeks while teachers take part in professional development. Other districts are suggesting that students work on math facts using paper worksheets, or check Google Classroom for science and social study activity ideas.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Student-Led Mental Health Teachers Professional Development : Conceived of and developed by students in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with a mental health professional, to support teachers in ensuring diverse students are heard and valued for what they are experiencing.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

For example, in the ‘COW Project ’— a collaborative initiative between three of our districts that is profiled here — teams of educators produced new Social Studies and Science unit content entirely from OER. District sponsorship allows for the development of broader materials: entire units, rather than lesson plans.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

The Sunnyside district, where roughly 90 percent of students are Hispanic, signed on at the start of the pandemic, after discovering that many of its ninth graders were struggling with the demands of recently adopted state standards for social science. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

Elementary teachers can help students hone these skills through science, social studies, and health. Soft Skills in Social Studies There is a clear connection between social studies and soft skills like: communication, emotional intelligence, teamwork, and cultural awareness.

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