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. A core part of that is preparing students to write out in the real world. To what end?

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Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” The post CNN10 Student News – A Routine that Creates Regulation appeared first on Social Studies Success. I recently reflected after a tough week.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. I would like to thank Catlin for creating the materials to help me survive and thrive as a blended teacher and for the opportunity to share my experiences with you.

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Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

One of the most time and energy-saving strategies I started using in my social studies classroom was to employ unit guide packets for students. They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History.

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4QM Teaching

MAY 7, 2023

So everything else, including history/social studies, gets squeezed out of the school day, especially in the early grades. At 4QM we know from our work with a wide range of schools that in many places social studies is lightly taught or entirely ignored in the primary grades. (We Hirsch, E.D.

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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. How to Teach Civil Conversation Productive discussion of history and government does not occur automatically.

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Leah Cleary

JULY 9, 2023

As a social studies teacher, I’m always looking for patterns. 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. It’s also generating essays for our students.

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4QM Teaching

MAY 23, 2023

As history / social studies people we’re often in contact with civic education advocates and organizations, and as a small organization interested in growing we’re sometimes advised to make a pitch for ourselves as civics educators. Is the Four Question Method applicable to civics education? Gary and I get this question a lot.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In addition to the US History curriculum , there are also similar curricula available for World History and American Government / Civics. Plus there's the digital Google pages, PowerPoints, and everything else you need to make teaching social studies a breeze!

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the middle of all this activity, seventh-grader Jacob Higuera sat alone with his laptop, intently typing out a social studies assignment. Jacob Higuera, a seventh-grader at the Innovation Academy, completes a social studies assignment on his laptop while students take part in other lessons in the background.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels. She asks freshmen taking World History and juniors taking US History to complete a large independent research project. How MAHG Expanded Czarnecki’s Teaching Czarnecki’s MAHG studies more than prepared her to take on such questions.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Joining social studies teacher groups on Facebook, she built her own professional learning community (PLC). “I The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History. She found interesting geography lessons online.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S.

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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. Click HERE for description of the assignment. Common Core Standards Addressed: WHST.9-10.6;

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Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Today, I teach world history and geography to newcomers in a Title I school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where nearly 60 percent of the 1,550 students enrolled in our school are Hispanic and speak Spanish, and many speak a Mayan dialect. I wish I could thank Esther and tell her how much I have learned from our brief acquaintance.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Last spring, when the odds seemed far longer, Bob Cousineau, a social studies teacher at Pennridge High School, predicted that whatever happened in his embattled district would become a national “case study” one way or another. Bob Cousineau teaches social studies at Pennridge High School, in Pennsylvania.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

and African American history. Chris Tims, a social studies teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, says he won’t stop teaching the 1619 Project, despite political pressure. history and civics since at least Reconstruction, the turbulent period that followed the Civil War. The substance of social studies.

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