Teaching the Standards on Data and Comparison in Social Studies

Teaching the Standards on Data and Comparison in Social Studies

Posted on 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
Back to School Common Core eBook on TpT!

Back to School Common Core eBook on TpT!

Posted on 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
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
Teaching Standards on the Use of Primary Sources

Teaching Standards on the Use of Primary Sources

Posted on 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