Have you heard about anchor charts but you are unsure how to implement them in secondary Social Studies? Are anchor charts a tool you find
Do you use task cards in your classroom? Have you experimented with the many different ways they can help students review content? Task cards are
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “Hamilton” has been a gift to US History teachers. The lyrics bring the voices of the founding fathers to our generation in
Don’t Decorate – Design! It is back to school time, and teachers all across the US are frantically putting up posters and bulletin boards to
Your word wall should have terms and color images. You do not need to post the definition for the word wall to be effective. The
I am from the generation when vocabulary was taught by each student taking out a sheet of paper, copying the new words and writing
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
By Kristi Grubaugh, Contributing Teacher – I still remember the first time I showed a class a copy of the Declaration of Independence. The wonder
“Now What? It’s the end of the year, they have taken away my textbooks, the testing season is over, now what do I do with
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.
