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An Easy Guide for Teachers to Start Connecting With Their Students
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?
How to Teach Students to Identify Bias in a Primary Source
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.
Support Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom with Digital Activities
There is a lot of information out there about inquiry-based learning: what it is, how effective it is, and so on.
Teaching Daily Life in the Past: Using Essential Questions in Chronological Units
The history of ordinary people and everyday life appeals to students.
How to Use Essential Questions to Focus Instruction in Social Studies
How does a teacher narrow down over 5000 years of human history and culture for the classroom? Use essential questions!
5 Ways to Empower Students with Hands-On Learning
As educators we strive to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities as much as we can.
How to Introduce Inquiry into Social Studies
Inquiry is a term that has been bantered around frequently in the education world.