teaching social studies Archives - Page 9 of 10

Monday Mapping: Test Prep – Do I Have To?

Posted on April 13, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Once Spring Break is over, many administrators are forced by their district leaders to start encouraging their teachers to prep for testing. It's a vicious cycle, but ends with your principal peeking into your classroom each day to see how...Read More

Quick Thought Thursday: Beyond the Interactive Notebook

Posted on March 12, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Over this past weekend, I attended and exhibited at a middle school conference where I had the opportunity to talk with new and student teachers about their experiences in the classroom. What I heard was so disappointing, and it all...Read More

Monday Mapping: Defining Interactive Notebooks

Posted on March 9, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

While I have used an Interactive Notebook structure in my classes for over fifteen years, the IN method has become all the rage in every subject area over the past few years. Teachers love to provide inserts to flip, quick...Read More

Monday Mapping: The Most Important Lesson

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

I've taught in a few schools over my academic career, and now most of my students have grown up and moved on into adulthood. Still, when I run into my former students, one conversation always takes place - the most...Read More

Monday Mapping: Teaching Truth & Emotion

Posted on February 23, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

For almost a decade, I taught in a Social Studies Department where war was nothing more than a series of battles fought in an open battlefield, and where the costs were only monetary in the eyes of the instructors. My...Read More

Quick Thought Thursday: American Sniper Through a Student’s Eyes

Posted on February 19, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As a high school teacher that often watched those snotty, little freshmen grow into young men enthusiastic about joining the service to fight the bad guys (especially after 9/11), I was always concerned with making sure my students understood what...Read More