Supporting Secondary Readers

Supporting Struggling Readers In Secondary Social Studies   Many secondary students struggle reading the complex text that is required of a history course. The primary

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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

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Character Quotes

There is nothing more powerful in Social Studies than using primary sources to teach your children about history – but sometimes primary sources can be

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Sequencing Strategies

What is history without dates? But more importantly, do your kids know how different events relate to each other? Can they see relationships between the

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4 Corner Analogies

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

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Historical Tweets

Are you looking for a way to engage your students in Social Studies? How can they process information and prove to you they have learned?

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Headline News Summary

Summarization is a key concept that many students struggle with – regardless of grade level. This summarization strategy works with both upper elementary through junior

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