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Creating Successful Social Studies Stations

February 2, 2022 No Comments

Have you wanted to try stations, but are unsure where to start? Have you used stations with your students, but were unsuccessful? I remember my

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New Ideas for the New Republic

January 6, 2022 No Comments

Are you struggling to organize your unit on the New Republic? This era can be challenging with the amount of content and standards that are

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Hexagonal Thinking in Social Studies

September 30, 2021 No Comments

If you are like me, you are always looking for new and exciting ways to engage your students in Social Studies.  I try at least

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Synchronous Learning Discussion Tips

August 12, 2020 No Comments

Are you concerned you are going to lose student engagement during remote instruction? How are you going to keep your kids involved and learning during

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Boom Cards™ for Distance Learning in Social Studies

July 21, 2020 3 Comments

How are you approaching distance learning? What new technology tools have you learned that you will take back into the classroom with you? The answer

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Creating Powerful Discussions in Social Studies

June 8, 2020 No Comments

How do you plan on tackling controversial topics in Social Studies? We all want our students to engage in a classroom discussion – especially when

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Anchor Charts in Secondary Social Studies Professional Development

June 8, 2020 1 Comment

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

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Playing Games with Task Cards

October 18, 2019 No Comments

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

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Top 5 Tips for Using the Musical Hamilton in your Classroom – Don’t Wait for It

October 14, 2019 No Comments

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

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Don’t decorate your room this year – Design it for learning!

July 29, 2019 2 Comments

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

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Free Bill of Rights Foldable

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.

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Wanting to learn different note making strategies? Wanting to learn different note making strategies? I am creating an online PD session called Active Notes! Strategies for Critical Thinking During Note Making. Coming Soon!
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How are you reviewing for an end of the year test? How are you reviewing for an end of the year test? Try Charades Plus - link in bio.
Truly great anchor charts are worth their weight i Truly great anchor charts are worth their weight in gold during test review! Seen in Mr. V’s class - thank you for sharing!
Saw this in a class and just loved it! Give kids v Saw this in a class and just loved it! Give kids vocabulary cards (Word Wall terms printed 4 to a page). Challenge you students to create connections between the cards and then explain their connections 💕
Can you guess the correct answer with only 3 clues Can you guess the correct answer with only 3 clues?
Practice geographic connections with history using Practice geographic connections with history using my US History Mapping Lab on Boom Learning - perfect for a STAAR review.
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