Famous Person’s Desk
June 9, 2015
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This is a fun and different strategy for a biography – have your students’ recreate a famous person’s desk. What would they find on Abraham
Character Quotes
June 6, 2015
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There is nothing more powerful in Social Studies than using primary sources to teach your children about history – but sometimes primary sources can be
Creating Experiential Exercises in Your Classroom
June 4, 2015
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Don’t you just love running into an old student in the grocery store! They remember you – and if you are lucky and they haven’t
Classroom Scavenger Hunt
May 21, 2015
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The first day of school is always so hard! You rush, rush, rush around trying to set up your classroom in between mandated staff developments
Reconstruction: How Free Are We?
May 5, 2015
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“[A]s you grow a little older, you begin to feel that you are under siege.” Â What do your student’s know about Reconstruction? Have they
4 Corner Analogies
May 1, 2015
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I absolutely love to get students out of their seat – however when you teach Social Studies, you don’t have a lot of time to
Revving Up Writing
April 28, 2015
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If your kids are anything like my kids – they HATE TO WRITE! Do you get work samples like this? My first year of teaching,