
Famous Person’s Desk
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
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
There is nothing more powerful in Social Studies than using primary sources to teach your children about history – but sometimes primary sources can be
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
Do you remember your last trip to a museum? All of the exciting exhibits? The pictures? The paintings? The primary sources? Have you ever thought
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
“[A]s you grow a little older, you begin to feel that you are under siege.” What do your student’s know about Reconstruction? Have they
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
If your kids are anything like my kids – they HATE TO WRITE! Do you get work samples like this? My first year of teaching,
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.