How often do you step away from your social studies curriculum to get to know your students? Once a week? Once a month? Do you ever make specific plans or set aside specific time in your lessons to build meaningful, appropriate relationships with your kids?
Early in the school year, students often ask me, “why do I need a history class?” They go on to say they know why science, math, and English are taught, but they don’t know why they need to learn so many random dates and historical facts.
There is a lot of information out there about inquiry-based learning: what it is, how effective it is, and so on.
The history of ordinary people and everyday life appeals to students.
How does a teacher narrow down over 5000 years of human history and culture for the classroom? Use essential questions!
As educators we strive to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities as much as we can.
Inquiry is a term that has been bantered around frequently in the education world.
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