Teaching Perspective and Point of View in Social Studies

Teaching Perspective and Point of View in Social Studies

Posted on 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 the Cause and Effect Standard in Social Studies

Teaching the Cause and Effect Standard in Social Studies

Posted on 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
Teaching Summary in the Social Studies Classroom

Teaching Summary in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on 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
Effectively Teaching Each Standard in the Social Studies Classroom

Effectively Teaching Each Standard in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on 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

Supporting CCSS with the Interactive Notebook

Posted on 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