Hands-On Learning: A Quick Summary of Everything You Need to Know

Many social studies K-12 teachers I’ve talked to want to introduce hands-on and experiential learning into their classrooms but are overwhelmed by where to start and how to implement it.

The journey to digital can feel like a long spaghetti western film at times, but it’s worth it.

A few years ago, I got caught up in a controversy that changed the way I teach.

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.

How can you ditch the textbook and go with a non-traditional curriculum for social studies?

History/social studies teachers know they have to cover, at some point, Africa in world history courses and the African American experience in U.

Inquiry is a term that has been bantered around frequently in the education world.

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.

Here you see two examples of map projections of our incredible world.

Role-playing simulations are great for retention, comprehension, literacy, and group decision-making.