Learn Beyond the Page: Teaching Compassion Through Social Studies

“History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again.

Are you searching for ways to make your social studies lessons relate to the lives of your students? Make memorable connections between national trends in history, economics, culture, politics, and geography with these place-based primary sources.

International Women’s Day is March 8 and presents an opportunity to celebrate women from throughout history.

There can be no doubt that the level of teaching and learning in your classroom would vastly improve if every single student possessed a high literacy level and a consistent reading habit, both at home and school.

The history of ordinary people and everyday life appeals to students.

A recent conversation with a seven-year-old has given me a lot to think about.

Author’s mother, Addy Yolanda López de Moguel, quinceañera, 1961, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Service learning has been a cornerstone of my educational approach for over a decade.

How does a teacher narrow down over 5000 years of human history and culture for the classroom? Use essential questions!