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A Teacher's Toolkit: Big Huge Labs
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Tuesday, July 16, 2013. While attending the Presidential Timeline Institute. At the Nixon Library last week, I learned about several websites that can help students create fun and interesting projects to display what they know. One of these was Big Huge Labs. There are tons of games and activities, but the three that I found most useful for a high school class were the Motivator, Magazine and Movie Poster apps. Teachi...
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A Teacher's Toolkit: Professional Development
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Since becoming a teacher, I have attended countless seminars, both on social science and teaching in general. Here are a few of my favorite ones:. Presidential Timeline Institute, 2013. Environmental Economics, Foundation for Teaching Economics. 21st Century Scholars of American History. Teaching American History Grant, 2011-2013. California on My Honor Civics Institute, 2011. Foundation for Teaching Economics. Pictur...
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A Teacher's Toolkit: A Shift in Teaching
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Thursday, October 24, 2013. A Shift in Teaching. One other thing I find myself doing is making visual representations for my students of what we are covering. It is on the wall of my classroom and I create it as we go along in the content. This second unit was focused on problems and responses at the turn of the century. Here is the visual I created. So if I fail, well at least I will have learned something.
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A Teacher's Toolkit: About Me
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! I am a 4th generation educator so teaching is in my blood. I grew up around education. My mom was a high school English teacher and I spent lots of time as a little girl in her classroom, helped her grade papers and even served as the mascot for the drill team she advised. She also served as a counselor, assistant principal and a principal before she retired after 44 years. I am so excited about some of the new strate...
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A Teacher's Toolkit: October 2013
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Thursday, October 24, 2013. A Shift in Teaching. One other thing I find myself doing is making visual representations for my students of what we are covering. It is on the wall of my classroom and I create it as we go along in the content. This second unit was focused on problems and responses at the turn of the century. Here is the visual I created. So if I fail, well at least I will have learned something.
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A Teacher's Toolkit: July 2013
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Tuesday, July 16, 2013. While attending the Presidential Timeline Institute. At the Nixon Library last week, I learned about several websites that can help students create fun and interesting projects to display what they know. One of these was Big Huge Labs. There are tons of games and activities, but the three that I found most useful for a high school class were the Motivator, Magazine and Movie Poster apps. Other ...
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A Teacher's Toolkit: Mind Mapping US History?
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Monday, August 5, 2013. Mind Mapping US History? Here is an update that shows the mind map I created for the unit discussed above. I think it came out pretty cool! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to My Blog. Please Just Let Me Teach. Rotation, Rotation, Rotation. Mind Mapping US History? Teaching the Civil War with Technology. Book Review: Nostalgia by Dennis McFarland. US History Teachers Blog.
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A Teacher's Toolkit: History is SPECtacular!
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Anthony Fitzpatrick, Implementation Manager for the NJ Department of Education, was a guest speaker at one of the Teaching American History grant sessions in 2012. His book, Social Studies Can Be SPECtacular. Motivated me to change the way I approach the teaching of a time period. This is a close reading strategy that you can use tomorrow. That I had made and discussed S. Welcome to My Blog.
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A Teacher's Toolkit: September 2013
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Creative ideas for social studies teachers that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Saturday, September 14, 2013. Teaching Vocabulary - Frayer Model. I have now used it twice. The first time was on Monday for helping students understand the word "emancipation" prior to our study of the Emancipation Proclamation. Here is one of the class's results:. Labels: English Language Learners. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to My Blog. Please Just Let Me Teach. Rotation, Rotation, Rotation.
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