3 Easy Ways to Make Real-World Connections in Your History Lessons

As teachers, we all want a way to make history a fun and engaging subject for our students.

Many students have trouble understanding the geographic context of United States history even though they can often relate the themes to their lives.

While globalization has been a relevant topic for years now, it’s not actually a new concept!  Globalization occurred in the ancient, medieval, early modern, and industrial ages.

Think back to a moment when you as a student sat in a social studies class and struggled to spit out a memorized date of an important event your teacher said would be integral to remember.

Cemeteries are trendy destinations.

Adult Learning Theory understands that adults have their own, unique way of learning.

Internet ads, YouTube videos, social media posts, blogs, emails, and TV infomercials feature questionable and downright dangerous health advice, treatments, and cures.

Interpreting political cartoons can be a real challenge for many students in the classroom.

Think back to when you were a young child, trying to connect the numbered or letter dots to figure out what the mystery image would be.