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Teaching Geography Basics to Start Your History Classes Off Right

Posted on August 8, 2022December 18, 2022 by Michele Luck

Geography tends to be the place where Social Studies classes start. Diving into deeper, heavier concepts requires a foundational understanding for students to really grasp the topic. Starting with the foundational approach of teaching geography basics will set students up...Read More

Teaching Your Students The Important Supreme Court Cases

Posted on May 6, 2022May 8, 2022 by Michele Luck

Teaching Supreme Court cases is typically done in Government classes where students learn about the Constitution and the role of each governmental branch. Important cases are sometimes included in U.S. History classes to emphasize key events or eras in history,...Read More

Empathetically Teaching the Holocaust in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on April 4, 2022March 5, 2022 by Michele Luck

So often today, teachers find their lessons structured strictly to state standards. Of course, following state standards is important. But, sometimes the requirements overlook or skip over important content. For examples, standards do not mandate that we teach the Holocaust....Read More

Simple Ways to Teach Current Events Without Stressing Students Out

Posted on March 21, 2022March 5, 2022 by Michele Luck

There is a delicate but necessary balance between updating students on current history and stressing them out. Students, while ready and even eager to learn, can become overwhelmed with current events of today that are stressful, scary, or fear-inducing. While...Read More

Make Learning Inquiry Easy for Your Elementary Students

Posted on March 7, 2022February 18, 2022 by Michele Luck

With so many states adding Inquiry-Based Learning to the standards, it is imperative that we start teaching in ways that will facilitate this skill for our students. But it seems like a hard task to take on, especially in the...Read More

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

Teaching Perspective and Point of View in Social Studies

Posted on August 19, 2013September 9, 2023 by Michele Luck

Welcome to my series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom! I hope this series will help you address the standards while being able to keep the course your own. In this post, we will focus on...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