Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Hawkins sees teaching as team effort to that helps young people work and learn cooperatively.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 15, 2015

These words are important because they help students comprehend text across different content areas such as social studies and science. One of my favorite strategies for teaching academic vocabulary is frontloading or preteaching vocabulary. Below you can see an example of my social studies and science vocabulary terms.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Geography Teaching Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2020

Through this program, our brick-and-mortar teachers work alongside ALDCA teachers to combine a rigorous academic course load — which includes English, math and social studies — with online experiential learning opportunities like internships, job shadowing and project-based learning. So, how does it all work?

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Tradition Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Social Studies 99

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I hope no behavioral concerns arise, because if I can avoid a parent phone call I might be able to get some of this done—well, that is if I do a virtual assignment during social studies. What am I teaching today? With a to-do list this long, do I even have time to teach? “I Oh, shoot. I felt trapped.

Teaching 101

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 101

Thrive in Grade Five

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

However, there’s not much guidance for teachers on how to teach about Native Americans with sensitivity and respect. The following suggestions will help you to teach about Native American cultures respectfully and sensitively. Be careful when teaching the history of the United States. Now that I know better, I do better.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We’ll share ideas about what makes for a great simulation experience and walk through some examples for each civilization your students might study throughout the year. Teaching with Simulations Why should you consider teaching with simulations? We hope you give simulations a try with your students!

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Archaeology Artifacts Historic Sites Geography 130

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While watching videos can be passive, activities that effectively use video teaching strategies engage students in active learning. By leveraging video teaching strategies, educators can actively engage students, using videos as a powerful learning tool. A static textbook or lecture is often insufficient to capture their attention.

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Digital Promise

MAY 15, 2018

Division of labor has worked wonders for the production of clothing, computers, and automobiles — but it doesn’t have the same transformational effect on productivity in teaching, a new study by economist Roland G. The post Costs of Specialized Teaching appeared first on Digital Promise. The Research.

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Teaching Elementary School Pedagogy Social Studies 57

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

ethos to her teaching. The show has everything — sociology, psychology, interpersonal relations, ethics,” says Barile, who is in her 24th year of teaching. “We Students learn at different paces and via different teaching styles, the thinking goes. We watch the show and dissect it.”. This approach is dynamic.

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Teaching Oral History High School Sociology 111

C3 Teachers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

This blog post delves into the power of inquiry to transform traditional classrooms into dynamic spaces of discovery, fostering critical thinking and lifelong learning skills. Teaching with inquiry can feel like this scene — especially in the back-to-school months of August and September. After all, inquiry is filled with unknowns.

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Critical Thinking Social Studies Civics Pedagogy 52

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Conversational Videos in the Classroom from Social Studies School Service on Vimeo. Previously published by Social Studies School Services. I helped my students to improve their interview questions by teaching them about the six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. Access slides at bit.ly/CONVOvidSSSS. CONVOvidSSSS.

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Oral History History Social Studies Middle School 130

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students. It can bring traditional textbooks to life by adding interactive elements like videos, models or supplementary information to printed pages. I had the blessing of teaching her daughter and collaborating with her.

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EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 120

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

This is one example of many in our paper that demonstrates how those with traditional power — leaders, researchers and solution developers — emerge from the Inclusive Innovation and adapt to support the leadership of teachers, students and families in the R&D process. As a result, the solutions are not the typical products or tools.

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Education Leadership Professional Development Tradition 107

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

One cause is the pandemic, and how it disrupted middle and high school for today’s traditional-aged college students. But complaining about students isn’t the answer, Cohn and other teaching experts say. Teaching The Why Sarah Z. So being open about ‘this is why I'm asking you to do it.’”

K-12 99

K-12 Teaching High School Social Studies 99

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 25, 2021

Our goal was to try and parse out What do leaders at innovative schools do that is different from their counterparts in more traditional schools ? As you might imagine, we saw some fantastic leading, teaching, and learning. Also, every main chapter concludes with Key Leadership Behaviors and Support Structures. Excerpt 05.

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Leadership Tutoring Tradition Social Studies 110

Thrive in Grade Five

MAY 16, 2019

Do you love teaching history? My History Book Clubs allow me to integrate social studies and reading in a powerful way. I absolutely teach my social studies curriculum chronologically but I like that a variety of topics are available during book clubs because my students’ interests and background knowledge vary.

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History Social Studies Tradition Teaching 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. Cultural and social relevance. The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C.

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Heritage Artifacts Local History Social Studies 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

Does a sixth-grade teacher have the same skills and tools to teach reading that a second or third grade teacher does? It’s also harder to keep up with the traditional pace of instruction when so many students are behind. Maybe you can do that in social studies. I doubt that’s the case.” But math builds upon itself.

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Tutoring Psychology Elementary School Research 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

The study, a working paper that has not yet been peer-reviewed, came to two dramatic conclusions. The first was that elementary school students who attended “Core Knowledge” schools – which teach young children a broad core curriculum in many subjects – were better readers. However, U.S. Some postponed starting kindergarten that year.

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Charter School Geography Public School Social Science 132

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. It’s teaching to the test — the assessment is all that matters,” Whitehouse said.

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Middle School High School Teaching Social Studies 138

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

Can teachers who are teaching an AP course use blended learning models and cover the extensive curriculum? I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I get asked this question frequently as a blended learning coach. My answer is a resounding “Yes!”

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Psychology Sociology Anthropology World History 218

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. 2nd grade social studies. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void. The thing that we’re trying to debunk with this research is to actually show that project-based learning is a rigorous form of teaching and learning. Curriculum.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As an example inspired by my time as a social studies teacher, instead of asking students to write a paragraph about continuity and change in a historical era, you could have them choose an era, pick a topic that shows continuity, and design an imaginary propaganda poster from that period. It removes that fear of the blank canvas.

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EdTech Advocacy Critical Thinking Social Studies 109

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? The conversation around math instruction suggests that not that much is really known about how to teach K-12 math. isn’t working.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 125

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift But teaching wasn’t the only thing on Snyder’s plate. In some cases, schools employ leaders who focus primarily on administration, not teaching, although decision making still happens collaboratively with teachers. In other cases, teachers lead the school while also juggling teaching loads.

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Charter School Government Sociology Social Studies 138

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. Teaching Stories Teachers who received the hardback edition have shared their appreciation and teaching stories, including those below.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

AR can be used in the classroom to create interactive learning experiences that enhance traditional instruction. Some schools are fortunate enough to have a technology specialist who can co-teach and model the integration of AR until the classroom teacher is confident to fly solo. What does AR look like in the humanities?

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Lesson Plan Artifacts Educational Technology Interactive Learning 121

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

They had no confidence that they would be able to teach him.” became the lead plaintiff in a California lawsuit alleging that IQ tests discriminated against Black students and were too often used to label them “educable mentally retarded” and remove them from traditional classes. Lester and the other plaintiffs won their case.

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Tradition Public School Government Psychology 124

C3 Teachers

APRIL 10, 2022

I recently zoomed with Nick S tamoulacatos, Supervisor of Social Studies at Syracuse City School District and one of the writers on the article “Countering the Past of Least Resistance” in that latest Social Education. We’re interested in getting kids engaged in social studies. But we can’t stop there.

History 52

History Social Studies Sociology Professional Development 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 28, 2020

Lori Rice teaches fourth grade at West Elementary in Wamego and is the current Kansas Council for the Social Studies elementary teacher of the year. She also blogs on all things teaching (not just social studies) at The Educator’s Room. The excitement and joy of teaching in the spring is always a highlight.

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Social Studies Teaching Tradition Education 67

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? Stick around, and I’ll show you where to grab it.

Library 52

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? Stick around, and I’ll show you where to grab it.

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Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Classroom Layout and Furniture Flexible Seating Incorporate a variety of seating options, like traditional desks for seat work time, bean bags for the class library, other types of seating for listening, art, and science centers, and floor cushions to accommodate different learning styles and other center activities. Submit your info by Aug.

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Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nilsson is an English teacher by training, but he has embraced the “digital humanities,” teaching students how to code to answer questions about books, speeches, news coverage, rap lyrics and more. Nilsson teaches at Deerfield Academy , a private school in western Massachusetts. Subscribe today!

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Humanities K-12 Tradition Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2019

Instead of staying with the same two teachers in the same room for most of the day, students have one teacher for a combined science and math class and another for a humanities class that brings language arts and social studies together. That’s fine with Chew. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix.

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