History Labs
February 5, 2025
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Are you serious about teaching Social Studies skills, but looking for new ways to incorporate them? One of the hardest set of skills to teach
Manipulatives and More!
January 18, 2023
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Manipulatives can be an exciting tool to add to your teacher toolbox for Social Studies, they provide you many opportunities to both teach and practice
New Ideas for the New Republic
January 6, 2022
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Are you struggling to organize your unit on the New Republic? This era can be challenging with the amount of content and standards that are
Hexagonal Thinking in Social Studies
September 30, 2021
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If you are like me, you are always looking for new and exciting ways to engage your students in Social Studies. I try at least
Where Do I Go? What Do I Do?: The Time Wasting Problems of Cooperative Groups
June 21, 2017
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Another chance for time to be wasted and confusion to reign supreme is when you make, seat and assign roles or tasks to the members
DBQs for Students and You
June 9, 2017
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By Kristi Grubaugh, Contributing Teacher – I still remember the first time I showed a class a copy of the Declaration of Independence. The wonder
5 Hands on Ideas for Teaching the US Constitution
December 17, 2016
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Do your students’ eyes start to glaze over when you’re teaching them about the US Constitution, almost like they’re about to doze off? Try switching
American Revolution Task Cards
September 5, 2016
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Welcome Back! I’m so you came by to check out part two of my blog series on improving your students’ Social Studies skills! As we
Getting your Groups to Work!
July 21, 2016
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Tired of groups not working? As a first year teacher I remember my principal telling me to use Cooperative Group Work – everyone is doing
Free Bill of Rights Foldable
Create a mini-book with your students over the Bill of Rights and the Principles of Government. Your students can make this book in under 10 minutes, and then you can use it for review with a variety of games.
