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Top 10 Websites for Online Games in the Classroom

Posted on October 3, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Using Games in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom has always been a favorite tool from my teaching toolbox. However, I was always a teacher that wanted rigor in my classroom, so finding appropriate online games was always a challenge. To...Read More

Secondary Smorgasbord: How I Use Pinterest for Education

Posted on August 14, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Let me start by being totally honest. When I was first introduced to the idea of blogging about my favorite Pinterest boards and their uses for the Secondary Smorgasbord Linky, I was not at all enthusiastic. While I use Pinterest,...Read More

A Back to School Resource Linky: Secondary Edition!

Posted on August 2, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

It's almost time to meet and greet your classes for the new school year, and the Secondary Sellers of TeachersPayTeachers would like to help you be prepared! Jump through this linky to find our best selling resources and our prize...Read More

Monday Mapping: Test Prep without the Multiple Choice

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

When my district first started forcing Test Prep sessions on us for state testing, we had free reign to design those sessions as we pleased. Knowing my students needed the most practice in analyzing primary sources and in evaluating images,...Read More

Monday Mapping: Movies for Test Prep and Review… Really?

Posted on April 20, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

When people talk about movies being shown in classes, I usually cringe. My first thoughts go to those teachers who sit at their desks all year, never actually teaching, and only showing movies to inform their students. Sadly, those types...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

Seeing the Big Picture: Helping Students Visualize Multiple Perspectives

Posted on October 20, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Teaching from a textbook or singular source can often leave the impression on our students that history is one-sided. After years of this indoctrination to history, our students are blind to the truth about history. It becomes a battle at...Read More

Analyzing Legislation: A Political or Social Approach?

Posted on October 9, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

In my first few years of teaching, I taught with a U.S. History teacher who believed every law was passed simply because Congress saw it as what should be. He gave no credit to the social movements that encouraged the...Read More

Collaboration in Your Building: Is It Worth It?

Posted on October 6, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Friends or Acquaintances Helping your own, while avoiding the trouble In my college graduate program, I spent a full year in a high school with a high number of teachers eligible for retirement. Many of these educators had been teaching...Read More

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Lecture versus Student-Centered Instruction

Posted on August 21, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As a high school student, I HATED my history courses. I had boring teachers who stood at the front of the class and lectured to us from bell to bell. And then came Mr. Hurt for my Junior year United...Read More

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Secondary Smorgasbord: How I Use Pinterest for Education

A Back to School Resource Linky: Secondary Edition!

Collaboration in Your Building: Is It Worth It?

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Lecture versus Student-Centered Instruction