Tools for the Elementary Classroom: Evaluating Primary and Secondary Sources [Transcript]

A key understanding of teaching social studies is that the world around us is constantly changing.

Religion is influenced by geography and in turn can affect geography.

Visiting historic sites is a very powerful tool for students learning history.

Inquiry-based activities: necessary for social studies standards, but also a teacher favorite! Try to challenge your students in the classroom with a primary source mystery.

The digging of the Erie Canal was a project that used local workers in each section along the canal to build a complex geographical structure to enhance transport and commerce in the United States.

Just as the iPad revolutionized so many aspects of our daily lives, using an I.

No matter what social studies subject I am teaching each year, my very first lesson is based in geography.

You are never too young to hold onto a piece of history and discover its connection to your life.

When I began teaching personal financial literacy, I learned quickly that my student’s perceptions, interpretations, and beliefs about money were very different from my own.