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
Beyond the Frame
May 12, 2015
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How do you get your students to see beyond the surface level of a topic? Do you ever just give a picture to your students
Sequencing Strategies
May 6, 2015
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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
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.” 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
Remember who you are…
April 29, 2015
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Testing season is upon us – state testing, federal testing, testing to see if our students are still breathing after all of the testing …
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,
Unit Pages in the Interactive Student Notebook
April 25, 2015
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So you have started an Interactive Student Notebook, used it for a year and are ready to take it to the next level… How do