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43+ Strategies for Addressing the Standards in Social Studies

Posted on July 12, 2017September 9, 2023 by Michele Luck

Need Strategies for addressing the standards? Need strategies to make your classroom more interactive this school year? Take a look at these 43+ Strategies for Meeting ANY Educational Standards in the Social Studies classroom. More importantly, implement these strategies to...Read More

Meeting the Standards in the Social Studies Classroom #10: Reading

Posted on September 22, 2013September 6, 2023 by Michele Luck

Finally, we reach the last standard (this one on reading) in this series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom! To keeps things simple, I will continue to reference the NCSS and CCSS standards, but keep in mind...Read More

Teaching the Standards on Data and Comparison in Social Studies

Posted on August 26, 2013September 9, 2023 by Michele Luck

We are almost to the end in this series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom. Now we tackle two in one! Teaching the standards on data and comparison actually go well together. It only makes sense...Read More

How to Teach the Vocabulary Standards in Social Studies Classes

Posted on August 5, 2013September 9, 2023 by Michele Luck

This is part of my continuing series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom! In this post, we'll focus on what strategies will work best for teaching the vocabulary standards from a Social Studies perspective. While we...Read More

Teaching Text Structure in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on August 12, 2013September 9, 2023 by Michele Luck

Welcome back for more on Teaching the Standards in the Social Studies classroom! In this post, we will address text structure. Historically, it was left out of our lesson agendas. However, the importance of students understanding text structure has come...Read More

How-To Practice Skills in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom

Posted on August 22, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

In the Secondary Social Studies classroom there are basic skills every student should practice in every unit or every lesson, if possible. Some of these skills are easy to add into the daily lesson plans, but others can be challenging...Read More

How-to Create a Walking Tour in Your Classroom

Posted on May 30, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Want to make your classroom more interactive, but don't know how? Start with Walking Tours! Walking Tours get your students up moving around the classroom, provide them all the content on a topic in a visually appealing manner and encourage...Read More

Monday Mapping: Digging Up History

Posted on July 27, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

You are now challenged to teach students the Common Core Standards, yet you have the same resources you've always had while your students are drastically different than those of the past. What do you do? In today's classroom, it is...Read More

Monday Mapping: Test Prep – Do I Have To?

Posted on April 13, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Once Spring Break is over, many administrators are forced by their district leaders to start encouraging their teachers to prep for testing. It's a vicious cycle, but ends with your principal peeking into your classroom each day to see how...Read More

Checking All the Boxes

Posted on December 8, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As you near the end of the semester, it's time to check off all the boxes on your list of to-dos for each of your classes. If you are a CCSS or standards-based school, that means making sure you have...Read More