The Modern Classroom Approach to Your Secondary Social Studies Classroom

April is National Financial Literacy Month, which can easily be translated to classroom activities at every educational level! This crucial skill can empower individuals to make informed decisions about money management throughout their lives.

As a social studies teacher, I find myself wanting to teach my students anything and everything I can about the many subject areas we cover.

World War I is complicated.

Thrift stores and vintage clothing shopping has grown in popularity amongst younger consumers.

Before the pandemic, I thought I was a pretty good teacher.

As a multidisciplinary subject, social studies classrooms are home to many different topics, from the most gruesome historical conflicts to the most basic principles of government and economics.

It’s that inevitable time of year again: the summer has come to end and it’s back into the classroom for social studies teachers across the country! While it is sad to end our summer of sleeping in, traveling, using the bathroom whenever we want, let’s be honest, it is also exciting to start a new […]

In my relatively short time teaching, I have been asked this question numerous times by secondary students: Why are we learning social studies? What’s the point? Why do we need to learn it? Other teachers I have taught with have also been asked this question, which has always fascinated me.

By now, we are all familiar with the Holocaust.