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
Curriculum Mapping The Easy Way!

Curriculum Mapping The Easy Way!

Posted on by Michele Luck
One of the most feared responsibilities for new teachers, or even teachers changing courses, is preparing the dreaded curriculum map.  In the ole days, we taught with lesson plans, knowing the big picture, but unsure about when we would get...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
Effectively Teaching Each Standard in the Social Studies Classroom

Effectively Teaching Each Standard in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on by Michele Luck
Over the next 10 posts, I will address each standard for the Social Studies classroom. I am hoping this will help new teachers, and even those with experience, to teach the standards without panic and pressure as the new year...Read More
Supporting CCSS with the Interactive Notebook

Supporting CCSS with the Interactive Notebook

Posted on by Michele Luck
In my university Education program my professor stressed the idea of using an Interactive Notebook for teaching Social Studies.  She loved this idea so much that our entire Masters level course was implemented through the creation of an Interactive Notebook! ...Read More
A Summer Read for Teachers

A Summer Read for Teachers

Posted on by Michele Luck
Was it one of those years?  Are you ending the year with a thankful sigh of relief? Have you been praying for weeks that this day would come? Are you questioning your effectiveness this past year?  Did you really make...Read More