Literacy Across the Social Studies Disciplines: A Framework to Support Your Classroom

In today’s interconnected world, geographic literacy is more essential than ever, empowering students to make sense of global dynamics, cultural diversity, and environmental changes.

Celebrating and recognizing Native American Heritage Month is essential, as it provides an opportunity to honor the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous peoples while fostering understanding and respect.

For educators, summer break is a time to reset and relax from the previous school year and eventually prepare for the year ahead.

In early education, the development of foundational literacy skills is a major educational priority and focus.

Context is crucial in reading because it provides the necessary background information, setting, or circumstances that help students understand the meaning of what they’re reading.

The history of reading is a fascinating journey that intertwines with human civilization’s evolution and the development of language, communication, and cognition.

We are accustomed to referring to fiction as “fake” and nonfiction as “real.

Every teacher has experienced the sensation of looking up at the clock midway through the lesson and thinking, “Where did the time go?!” No matter the bell schedule, it never seems like there is enough time to do all of the things you want to do: teach content, build literacy, practice writing, engage in discourse, […]

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.