By the Time the Bell Rings: Planning for Effective Tier I Instruction in Social Studies
Reading Time: 6 minutes Imagine assembling an IKEA product without the instructions. Can it be done? Sure. But it might take you much longer than it should have. Or it might not end up looking the way it is supposed to. Or it might become incredibly frustrating! So, it’s best to follow the plan provided, […]
Setting Up Your Secondary Social Studies Classroom As A Primary Source Resource
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s that inevitable time of year again: the summer has come to end and it’s back into the classroom for social studies teachers across the country! While it is sad to end our summer of sleeping in, traveling, using the bathroom whenever we want, let’s be honest, it is also exciting […]
Why Teach Secondary Social Studies? Discussing the Essentiality of the Multidisciplinary Subject
Reading Time: 6 minutes In my relatively short time teaching, I have been asked this question numerous times by secondary students: Why are we learning social studies? What’s the point? Why do we need to learn it? Other teachers I have taught with have also been asked this question, which has always fascinated me. As […]