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Have You Found Your Game?

Posted on August 18, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Most Social Studies classrooms and synonymous with heavy reading and content learning. They are seldom discussed in terms of play, fun, or interaction. And that is sad! So, Have You Found Your Game? Playing games is HISTORIC, and in the...Read More

Start the School Year with Great Tools in Your Teacher Toolbox!

Posted on August 7, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

The tools you provide your students in the first weeks of school will be the ones that have the greatest impact on your students' success. Introduce them to valuable learning skills, and help them to create their own learning tool...Read More

To Text or Not to Text

Posted on July 28, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As the academic world revolutionizes, secondary teachers are finding they have many new options for resources in their classrooms. While many schools and districts are still making the big textbook purchases, others are opening up their instructional funds to the...Read More

National Teacher Day!

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

Most TEACHERS are TEACHERS because of a significant TEACHER they had in their academic careers! I had three of those significant TEACHERS, and I consider myself very lucky to have been placed in their classrooms and to have learned how...Read More

Teaching with the Olympics

Posted on February 7, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I spent many of my teaching years next door to a teacher who "taught" with every sports event televised. He showed basketball games, football games, and even local golf events that were shown on our local channels. Now, if he...Read More

Ten New Year Classroom Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Forget about those personal resolutions; we all know how they end up! Instead, transform your classroom into one that is fun-filled, engaging, and fully-devoted to meeting state and national standards to start off the new year! But most importantly, work...Read More

Reaching Today’s Students (and CCSS) with Today’s Resources

Posted on September 30, 2013July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Teachers face great challenges as they try to create or find resources to address the ever-changing standards for their ever-changing students. In addition to finding the resources, rising costs and other teacher financial obligations often keep teachers from accessing the...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

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