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To Make Assignments More Meaningful, I’m Giving Students a More Authentic Audience

ED Surge

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. This isn’t a novel idea.

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

For US History, that can be reading (or even listening to) this short article on the stock market crash of 1929 and then organizing the important parts of the article into their interactive notebook: This allows students to be hands on with their learning and easily combine a digital resource with a paper/pencil activity.

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My First Year

Rosie the History Teacher

Then I got down to the important work of mapping out my classes for the year and trying to plan some lessons and Project Based Learning. I was teaching World History and we were studying ancient civilizations at the beginning of the year. (I donated 10 inches of my hair to Children With Hairloss.)

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