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Black History Month with Prop Box Plays

February 11, 2016 2 Comments

Do something different for Black History Month this year – create a Prop Box Play on the contributions of different African Americans in U.S. History.

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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.

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Everything you need to teach Texas History vocabul Everything you need to teach Texas History vocabulary all year long in one bundle!
 
This Texas History Vocabulary and Era Bundle includes your Word Wall terms for the entire year, Era Images for key events, and a Vocabulary Strategies Manual to support your instruction every step of the way.
 
When students see vocabulary on the walls every day, interact with it, and connect it to images, they actually learn it. That’s a great use of your wall space!
 
Comment TXBUNDLE and I’ll send you the link.
 
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The most ambitious technology we’ve ever pointed a The most ambitious technology we’ve ever pointed at a classroom is about to be the most persuasive, most authoritative, and most autonomous one yet. 
 
It’s especially important for Social Studies teachers to hold firm to what we know: AI is a tool, not a teacher.
 
How do you feel about using AI in the classroom? 
 
I’d love to hear in the comments. Or comment AIHISTORY to read more thoughts in my full blog post.
 
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Bring the world into your classroom! 🌎 Transform Bring the world into your classroom! 🌎
 
Transform your walls into an interactive journey across every region of the globe with this Geography and World Cultures Image Wall and Word Wall Bundle. 
 
Comment GEOBUNDLE and I’ll send you the link.
 
With 10+ curated images per region and 200+ vocabulary terms, your students will be surrounded by culture, architecture, religion, geography, and more all year long.
 
Covers Europe, Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America, the Pacific Realm, and beyond.
 
Perfect for 6th–9th grade Social Studies and World Cultures classes.
 
Includes Google Slides versions too!
 
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Our Texas Government Structure and Function of Tex Our Texas Government Structure and Function of Texas Government Activity has been updated!
 
Comment TXGOV to check it out.
 
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Have you tried hexagonal thinking yet? Students Have you tried hexagonal thinking yet?
 
Students arrange labeled hexagons to show relationships between people, places, events, and key vocabulary. 
 
Connections are made wherever two sides touch, and every side can connect to something new.
 
Instead of surface-level review, students have to explain why two concepts are related.
 
A few ways to use it:
✅ Classic review game (award points for each connection made)
✅ Post-reading processing activity
✅ Layered lesson, adding new hexagon sets as you move through a unit, printed on different colors to show change over time
 
The best part? Walking around and listening to the conversations students have as they build their arrangements. This helps a deeper understanding click!
 
Comment HEXAGONAL to explore these resources.
 
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These are the Social Studies strategies I came bac These are the Social Studies strategies I came back to year after year. Which have worked well for you?
 
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Vocabulary Strategies for Social Studies Vocabulary Strategies for Social Studies
Today we remember Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when Today we remember Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas finally received word of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. 
 
As a social studies teacher, I believe we study history not to dwell in the past, but to understand how we got here — and to do better. 
 
Juneteenth reminds us that progress is possible, and that the work is never finished.
 
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Lap books are one of the best study tools you can Lap books are one of the best study tools you can build with your students.
 
Why they work:
👀 Visual structure helps students categorize and retrieve information
🧠 Images anchored to facts create stronger recall triggers
✉️ Built-in envelope pockets let students collect facts throughout a unit
 
By the time test review comes around, the study tool is already done!
 
I’ve made lap book templates for lots of different topics. Comment LAPBOOKS to explore them!
 
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All of my Texas History Resources are being update All of my Texas History Resources are being updated with new teaching strategies and easier to read font. #texasteachers #texashistory #texashistoryteacher
Building Your Engagement Toolkit is one of my favo Building Your Engagement Toolkit is one of my favorite PD sessions to present.
One of my favorite ways to introduce a new era or One of my favorite ways to introduce a new era or region is an artifact box.
 
Collect tangible objects related to the content from garage sales, dollar stores, or Goodwill and let students explore them before the unit even begins. 
 
Then walk through a series of spiral questions: What do you see? What do you think each artifact represents? Can you categorize them? Is there a cause and effect relationship between any of them? What would you title the box?
 
It gets students thinking historically before they’ve read a single word, and the questions build on each other in a way that naturally moves from observation to analysis.
 
The good news is I’ve already written spiral questions for you, and they’re free to download from my website! Comment ARTIFACT and I’ll send you the link.
 
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