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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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Remediation in Social Studies is always tricky! With a few tried and true strategies and activities, remediation in social studies can be fun for students and painless for the teacher. The post Top 8 Ways to Remediate in Social Studies appeared first on Active History Teacher. First things first.

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Social Studies History American History Middle School 195

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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Social Studies Teaching Lesson Plan Classroom Management 52

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Elementary education has traditionally prioritized English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics, often sidelining social studies. However, recent research highlights the crucial role of social studies instruction in developing strong reading skills.

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History Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Multiple years teaching in higher ed. I’ve been doing this for a while. Multiple years in middle school classrooms. And then a transition to my current role as a curriculum consultant. I get the opportunity to work with and learn from some amazing people from all over the country. And because of those connections, I’m […]

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Social Studies Middle School Teaching 160

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

I teach third grade, when young readers typically transition from developing readers to fluent ones, and it’s at this stage that they’re ready to begin to analyze texts on a deeper level. Whether you teach ELA or another content area, chances are your students read in your class. What I mean is I’m looking for annotations.

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Teaching Pedagogy High School Library 354

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in 1995. Early in my teaching career, we focused on teaching students how to use a dataset to create a bar graph or scatter plot. But it’s practically absent from the way our kids learn.

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K-12 Teaching Social Studies High School 139

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

Teaching Irish American History Mar. 10, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER You only need to walk into a store and see St Patricks Day decorations to know Irish Americans have profoundly impacted our countrys culture. This overview of Irish American history can help you teach students why they see so many Irish influences today.

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American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Others say learning facts is unimportant in the age of Google where we can instantly look anything up, and that the focus should be on teaching skills.

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Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 137

Active History Teacher

APRIL 21, 2024

The post End of the Year Project for Social Studies! I would love to share this free activity with you! Check it out here! Looking for other end of the year projects? Check out my FAVORITE Decades Project! Walk-Up Songs appeared first on Active History Teacher.

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Social Studies History Research Teaching 195

TCI

JANUARY 14, 2025

Engaging students in social studies goes beyond simply covering the material; its about helping them connect historical events to current issues and develop critical thinking skills. Investing in HQIM for social studies can lead to substantial improvements in student achievement, both academically and beyond.

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Social Studies Civics Civic Engagement Critical Thinking 52

Moler's Musing

MARCH 24, 2025

Easy and Hard Topics in Social Studies Ive realized that not all content is created equal when it comes to complexity. Some social studies topics are naturally easier for kids to access, while others require more mental lifting. If so, I probably dont need to add too much else (extraneous load).

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Social Studies Economics Teaching Psychology 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr. Only one in five students is reading at grade level.

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Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

4QM Teaching

MARCH 17, 2025

It turned out that we could get invited to conferences and we gave pretty good workshops that teachers liked a lot but very few of them went back home and revised their teaching materials to reflect the Four Question Method. who has read it and is actually revising their teaching materials based on its principles.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan Private School 40

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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K-12 Social Studies Local History Critical Thinking 52

A Lesson Plan for Teachers

APRIL 17, 2024

Organizing to Save You Time If you teach World History, I can imagine you are simply tired. In this post, you will find links to everything I can think you may need for teaching World History. Over time, I plan to add […] The post Everything You Need to Teach World History Easily appeared first on A Lesson Plan for Teachers.

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World History History Teaching Lesson Plan 242

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 9, 2019

If you’ve visited my blog, you know that social studies is my first love. With that being said, I also enjoy teaching writing and I’m constantly looking for ways to combine writing and social studies. Are you looking for engaging, student-loved social studies resources? What do you think?

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Social Studies Government American History Primary Sources 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2025

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers werent explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Most of the studies took place after 2000 and included observations of almost 1,800 teachers. The studies not only looked at reading or English language arts classes, but also science and social studies.

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Social Studies Research Middle School High School 145

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. It allows students to ask hard questions, engage in civil discourse, and explore history and social issues with depth and nuance.

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Social Studies Public School Primary Sources Civic Engagement 40

Passion for Social Studies

JUNE 30, 2024

Honestly, there are so many topics to teach in any history course. Thankfully, that is not the case when teaching the Cold War! Luckily, this lesson has everything you need when teaching the Cold War. The Cold War Lesson When teaching the Cold War, it is important for students to learn about the countries involved.

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Teaching History Social Studies Economics 130

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 31, 2024

When teaching the Judicial Branch, the perfect resources are ready! When teaching the Judicial Branch, this project will engage students as they critically analyze major Supreme Court cases. Students will understand the complexities of the cases by studying one in depth. Nominating Judges Lesson $ 6.00

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Teaching Lesson Plan Government US Government 130

NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

Teachers are professionals and experts in their field, and their subject-matter knowledge and understanding of how to accurately and adequately teach a complicated past are critical to student comprehension and achievement. Slavery is, and was, wrong. Violence against Black people is, and was, wrong.

Social Studies 100

Social Studies K-12 History Education American History 100

4QM Teaching

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In this blog post , Barbara and StandardsWork’s Chief Program Officer Kristen McQuillan describe some lessons from their experience with the high quality literacy curriculum movement that could (and should) apply to social studies. Happy reading!

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Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To ensure students understand the magnitude of this day, teachers must focus on teaching September 11th. Perfect Introduction to Teaching September 11th When teaching September 11th, teachers cannot just talk about the day. Luckily, this unit has everything needed to launch a three-day lesson on teaching September 11th.

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Teaching Lesson Plan History Social Studies 130

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Importance of Teaching about the Vietnam War There are many reasons why students must develop a strong understanding of the Vietnam War. Vietnam War Lesson This is the perfect resource to teach about the Vietnam War and the complex challenges the United States faced. Recent US History Unit Planning an entire unit is exhausting.

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Lesson Plan History Psychology World History 130

NCHE

APRIL 21, 2023

The social studies standards recently approved by the South Dakota Board of Education did not adequately take into account the expertise of its teachers. The post The NCHE Board of Directors Statement Regarding the South Dakota Social Studies Standards appeared first on ncheteach.org. Download the statement here.

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Social Studies K-12 Pedagogy History Education 100

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2024

Thankfully, teaching Nixon and LBJ will no longer be a concern. Teaching Nixon and LBJ requires a lot of complexity and digging into their presidencies. Students will love going back in time to when teaching Nixon and LBJ! So, teaching Nixon and LBJ is essential to building this knowledge in students.

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Teaching Lesson Plan History Social Studies 130

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.”

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Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

They point to dismal scores on national history and civics exams — less than 25 percent scored as proficient — as proof that schools need to spend more time teaching students core facts about our system of government, and warn that civics projects are displacing that instruction. Related: Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

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Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 141

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

JANUARY 16, 2023

Teaching Job Skills Middle school is a crucial time for students to start thinking about their future careers and what they want to do when they grow up. One of the best ways to do this is by teaching job skills in middle school. However, teaching students how to write a resume can be tricky.

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Middle School Teaching Social Justice Social Studies 130

ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.

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Middle School Public School Social Studies High School 135

A Lesson Plan for Teachers

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Teaching Challenge Teaching today is a challenge. Each will address the best websites, strategies, and resources for teaching the Social Studies content areas. In this post, We’ll take a look at […] The post Finding Everything You Need for Teaching U.S.

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History Teaching Lesson Plan Social Studies 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.

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High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

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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Social Studies Teaching Professional Development Geography 52

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Every Zinn Education Project session not only impacts my teaching, but unravels the damage done by whitewashed histories. Tara Micham, social studies teacher, Kansas City, Kansas Tara Micham is one of thousands of teachers learning the history missing from their own education in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes.

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Social Studies History High School Teaching 98

Education Week - Social Studies

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The sources students consult, the kinds of arguments they make, differ from history to economics to geography.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

You will hear from a science teacher, a social studies teacher, and an art teacher as each provides her take on how the Common Core and 21st Century learning goals affect what goes on in the classroom. The text includes the principles of Nazi Ideology that I teach to the students in two classroom lessons.

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Museum Archiving Social Studies History 309