Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Check this one out for AP World History Unit 6: Take a moment if you need to, but please, come back to me. So I’ve been using it in class on workdays with my students (I especially give my AP Modern World History students those [workdays to annotate , read, and remediate]). Right now, mine doesn’t.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

To sixth graders, he teaches ancient world history; to seventh graders, geography and Kansas history; to eighth graders, US history from early settlement through World War I. Lohrding hopes to foster engaged citizens who will register to vote, research the candidates, and find candidates they can support.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

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.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher. Some were more successful than others.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. King calls “ diaspora literacy ” to contend with the reflection of white supremacy in my paternal lineage and its connection to world history. My wife and I chose Aniefuna because in studying Black history, we learned that our land was never lost.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

and World History classes. There is a large and longstanding body of research measuring the positive impact of peers teaching peers. Researchers have found that learning from fellow students fosters deep understanding of the material and a positive attitude toward the subject matter. Not these two. The effect is twofold.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers. She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. It’s so important that Esther spoke up about this.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

She drives over an hour each way to teach world history at LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. In many ways, teachers are frontline mental health workers,” said Betty Lai, a psychology professor at Boston College who researches the mental health impacts of natural disasters on children. This story also appeared in Southerly.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Spurred by brain research that has shown a strong connection between the social and emotional skills of students and their cognitive development, more schools across the country are emphasizing “soft skills” such as communication, collaboration, self-awareness and problem-solving as part of a trend known as social and emotional learning, or SEL.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2017

History teacher, I could teach the content related to modern world history. For the past weeks, I have been taking AP and other tests. I know the material well — actually, beyond “well.” According to my U.S. That’s not uncommon for an autistic person, which I am. No response.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Angela Ekstrom, a 10th-grade world history teacher at the district’s Valley Vista High School, came to a similar conclusion after sofas were added to her classroom this year. But, as Virgil also pointed out, it’s another skill they have to learn. She thought her students would be excited.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I’ve also got four preps, AP World History, Sociology, Psychology, and IB Theory of Knowledge. Economics and World History are fully structured this way. At the start of this school year, I was still assigning everything digitally. I’ll be honest–I have copy limits, and it was just easier on me.

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Leah Cleary

JULY 9, 2023

Here are sample commands: Command: DOK Level 1 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 1 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for sophomore World History students studying Classical Greece. Command: DOK Level 2 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 2 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for junior US History students studying the Cold War.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

One time, a teacher gave his special education world history class all of the answers to their final exam. Back in Anchorage in the early 2000s, Michelle McLaughlin started doing research on her own to determine why her son, Michael, was falling further behind in elementary school. Tyrone Colson is on the autism spectrum.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. When I get students for civics, I’ve already had them for world history in 10th grade,” Wregglesworth says. United States Capitol.) Then explain that one to us.”

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

It doesn’t allow room for creativity, research, or curiosity. A really good question can spark curiosity and drive research. The following standard is for world history in the Georgia Standards of Excellence : SSWH16 Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism. Covering is not exploring.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

In a social studies context, this might involve students working in groups to research and present a report on a particular historical event or issue. I have a thorough World History PBL packet that can be used in any unit. It allows students to select a presentation model based on their own skills or interests.

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Leah Cleary

JULY 28, 2024

Crafting sentences is a skill at the heart of all types of writing, from essays to research papers. A smart literacy strategy to help your secondary students become better writers is to start at the sentence-level. In this post, I’ll show you how to build strong writers one sentence at a time.

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Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Why would we teach learners about the external world – history, geography, chemistry, and so forth – but never teach them about what is happening in their own minds, or those of others? 7) Psychology helps to build independent research skills. 1) The study of Psychology is a basic part of understanding reality.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History. When they learn the identities of the leaders, they’re shocked—but then we have a great discussion about researching candidates carefully.”

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Rosie the History Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

I was teaching World History and we were studying ancient civilizations at the beginning of the year. We did our usual classroom things: lectures, research, projects, reading, partner work, etc. This was very ambitious and I was up very late…I was so excited to finally have students of my own!

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Taber, assistant professor of government and history at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, suggests new ways to think about "resistance and the politics of the enslaved" and reminds us that "a core piece of these revolutions was the way enslaved people pushed for their manumission and emancipation, individually and collectively."

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

and World History teacher at Art in Motion School in Chicago. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. Gariecia Rose: a current World History and Government/American Law teacher at Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois. History class. Victoria was in my U.S.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

Research in neuroscience and psychology explains these lasting benefits. You already understand that teaching children resilience, a growth mindset, a good attitude, confidence, and a kind heart will affect the whole child and their well-being for life. And you may be the only positive thing they can rely on.

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Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research. Edsiley Encarnação leads researchers through dense growth to the ruins of São Tomé’s oldest sugar mill. Our research at Praia Melão is of global importance, as it explores the origins of plantation slavery in the 16th century.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

And for Black, Native and Latino boys, like Alan, research by the U.S. That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation. Commission of Civil Rights shows the impact to be especially severe.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference Mar. 7, 2022 By Studies Weekly World history is full of remarkable women who changed the way we live today. She sought opportunities to research in Antarctica, but the people who headed expeditions kept turning her down because of her gender.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Breck Foster High School Social Studies Teacher, Lake Oswego, Oregon Last year was my first year teaching World History and I was in need of high quality simulations to help my students understand and engage their critical thinking. The class gets excited, vocal, and competitive.

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Leah Cleary

MARCH 30, 2025

The Method: Use the Standards to Teach Effective Note-Taking I’ve talked about note-taking strategies before, but I wanted to share a simple strategy that’s gelling with my world history students this year. Math: Organizing formulas, problem-solving techniques, and real-world applications.

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