Social Studies Standards Archives - A Lesson Plan for Teachers

How to Teach the DBQ Writing Process

Posted on February 14, 2018June 25, 2021 by Michele Luck

Teaching the DBQ Process can be as overwhelming for teachers as it is for students. Facing the challenge with a set step-by-step guide can help to overcome the obstacles for introducing this task in any grade level. Having a plan...Read More

Living the Geography Lesson: Applying the Content

Posted on November 3, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As a Social Studies teacher in the middle and high school grades, you are often asked why your course is important. In Geography courses, it used to be very easy to explain with skills like map reading and cultural investigations...Read More

Bellringers: Class Starters to Engage

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

What is a bellringer? If you ask 10 different teachers, you will get 10 different answers. And then, if you ask 10 administrators or curriculum legislators, you will add even more definitions to the list. Some see bellringers as a...Read More

Trusting Sources in Your Classroom: Internet Reliability

Posted on September 15, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

With Columbus Day upon us, we face the reality that what is taught in our classrooms, or at least presented in our textbooks and other resources, is not always the truth, but instead folklore or misrepresentation of actual events. In...Read More

He Said, She Said! Inviting Community Involvement

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

As we study topics in history, we are often dependent on the information available in texts and through other basic resources, primary or secondary. But, for modern events, we have a wealth of resources at our fingertips. Inviting the community...Read More

Super Secondary Labor Free Labor Day Blog Hop

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

Whether you start back to school after Labor Day, or you have already been in the classroom for weeks, you need a break from the stress of starting off the school year! To help you be "Labor Free" this Labor...Read More

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

That Dream Trip

Posted on May 12, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Since I started reading (and actually being read to as a small child) I have imagined visiting the places in my favorites stories or books. The settings always came off the page to me and were so visual in my...Read More

A New Age of Exploration!

Posted on April 3, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As we are traveling up the West Coast, it has been a new "Age of Exploration" for me! I had no idea when we planned this little adventure that I would see such diversity and experience so many different landscapes...Read More

It’s the End of February!

Posted on February 24, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

The month is almost over, and if you have forgotten, it was the month for so many celebrations! We celebrated our presidents and we've celebrated Black History. Or did we? So many of us, all across the country, including the...Read More