History Labs
February 5, 2025
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Are you serious about teaching Social Studies skills, but looking for new ways to incorporate them? One of the hardest set of skills to teach
Reading Challenges
February 5, 2025
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Getting kids to read informational text is always a challenge. Why not turn the challenge back on them? I have recently started writing a series
Using the Vocabulary Pyramid in Social Studies
November 28, 2023
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“A strategy to unlock vocabulary” by Roderick Graves, Social Studies Specialist – Holub Middle School Teaching students academic and content vocabulary is one of the
Social Studies Strategies for Building Background Knowledge
November 28, 2023
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By Kydra Hubbard, Ed. S. Secondary Social Studies Interventionist As any good teacher does, I often eavesdrop. During my fourteen years of eavesdropping, I’ve
CNN10 Student News – A Routine that Creates Regulation
November 24, 2023
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By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” I recently
Primary Source Practice
July 20, 2023
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Primary Source Practice This spring, I had an epiphany! I was sitting down with a friend, planning out a new workshop on how to analyze
Manipulatives and More!
January 18, 2023
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Manipulatives can be an exciting tool to add to your teacher toolbox for Social Studies, they provide you many opportunities to both teach and practice
Vocabulary Instruction
August 12, 2022
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Abolitionist, expedition, alliance, excerpt – all of these are words your students are expected to read and understand
Creating Successful Social Studies Stations
February 2, 2022
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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
New Ideas for the New Republic
January 6, 2022
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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
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.
