Michele Luck, Author at A Lesson Plan for Teachers

Teaching the Cause and Effect Standard in Social Studies

Posted on July 29, 2013September 8, 2023 by Michele Luck

What Is Teaching Cause and Effect? New standards across the states now use mystifying words and complex phrasing to state the obvious sometimes. This is the case with one standard we see in every state standard: Analyze in detail a...Read More

Back to School Common Core eBook on TpT!

Posted on July 27, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Knowing that teachers are headed back to school, and stressing about the implementation of the Common Core Standards, a bunch of TpT sellers have teamed up to bring you the Common Core Back-to-School eBooks! eBooks are divided by subject area...Read More

Curriculum Mapping The Easy Way!

Posted on July 25, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

One of the most feared responsibilities for new teachers, or even teachers changing courses, is preparing the dreaded curriculum map. In the ole days, we taught with lesson plans, knowing the big picture, but unsure about when we would get...Read More

Teaching Summary in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on July 22, 2013September 7, 2023 by Michele Luck

One of the easiest, yet sometimes most daunting skills to teach is summary. Our students are taught how to summarize from the time they are in elementary school, but it seems they forget all of those skills the minute they...Read More

A Quick Planning Tip: Course Bookmarks!

Posted on July 19, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Planning to teach World History or U.S. History this fall? Need an easy tool to organize yourself and your students? Want to set your students up with a quick reference for understanding the chronology of the course? Consider creating (or...Read More

Teaching Standards on the Use of Primary Sources

Posted on July 15, 2013September 7, 2023 by Michele Luck

Standard 1 in most curriculums call for the following: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. This should not be a challenge in a Social Studies classroom. Unfortunately, many classrooms in the past fell dependent...Read More

Effectively Teaching Each Standard in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on July 13, 2013September 6, 2023 by Michele Luck

Over the next 10 posts, I will address each standard for the Social Studies classroom. I am hoping this will help new teachers, and even those with experience, to teach the standards without panic and pressure as the new year...Read More

Supporting CCSS with the Interactive Notebook

Posted on July 4, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

In my university Education program my professor stressed the idea of using an Interactive Notebook for teaching Social Studies. She loved this idea so much that our entire Masters level course was implemented through the creation of an Interactive Notebook! ...Read More

What Would You Do?

Posted on July 3, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I love watching "What Would You Do?" with John Quinones every Friday night. The show often attacks topics of interest, and watches from behind the scenes to see how everyday Americans react to outrageous situations. I always hope that I...Read More

A Quick Note on CCSS

Posted on June 20, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Knowing that many of you may be spending your summers in lesson planning sessions or curriculum mapping meetings, I wanted to throw out a quick note about the implementation of the Common Core Standards in the Social Studies. Plain and...Read More