Activities to Get Students to Do the Reading in Social Studies

Students are required to learn several hundred new words each year.

Teachers frequently offer students multiple ways to learn vocabulary: vocabulary cards, quizzes, drawing, matching activities, and even games.

Few would argue with the importance of vocabulary knowledge in all school subjects.

How do educators create the ideal mix of content coverage while at the same time training students to think and analyze novel situations?

I have the privilege of working with teachers across the country and I often hear the refrain that too many students are just not reading on level.

More and more often, history teachers are being asked to structure their curricula thematically as opposed to chronologically, in hopes of increasing student engagement and facilitating comparison among multiple perspectives.

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

Democracy begins in the classroom.

“My least favorite thing about school is world history.