Why Should We Study Individual Presidents?

Why Should We Study Individual Presidents?

Posted on by Michele Luck
As a first year teacher, many years ago, I was given the task of teaching Government to freshmen.  There are so many challenges in that task, but for me, one that stood out was teaching about the executive office.  I...Read More
Using Movies in the Classroom

Using Movies in the Classroom

Posted on by Michele Luck
We've all known those teachers who did nothing but show movies (or university basketball games) as their daily lessons.  We look down on those teachers, shaking our heads, and asking how they get away with being such a drain on...Read More
Meeting the Standards in the Social Studies Classroom #10: Reading

Meeting the Standards in the Social Studies Classroom #10: Reading

Posted on by Michele Luck
Finally, we reach the last standard (this one on reading) in this series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom! To keeps things simple, I will continue to reference the NCSS and CCSS standards, but keep in mind...Read More
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 Text Structure in the Social Studies Classroom

Teaching Text Structure in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on 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
How to Teach the Vocabulary Standards in Social Studies Classes

How to Teach the Vocabulary Standards in Social Studies Classes

Posted on by Michele Luck
This is part of my continuing series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom! In this post, we'll focus on what strategies will work best for teaching the vocabulary standards from a Social Studies perspective. While we...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
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