Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school. Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Describe the perfect summer.

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

For starters, my online school allows me to have flexibility in my class and assignment schedule. So, if it’s a Tuesday or Thursday, I have an 8:15 AM World History class. After English III, I start my world history reading. Then I eat lunch and finish the world history lesson. It is hard to list all the things.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Facilitate a respectful discussion when you bring these controversial debate topics or writing prompts for high school to your classroom Are immigration laws in the United States fair? Should students be allowed to use AI on their homework assignments? Should American voters be required to show identification at the polls?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

Their approach contrasts with classic reading comprehension questions, which students typically respond to after completing a reading assignment. This prepares them to engage in a dynamic discussion with their peers about the statement and the reading. This strategy activates thinking throughout a reading task.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, today announced the release of its new print and digital high school history series, US History Interactive ©2022 and World History Interactive ©2022 , that promotes a deeper investigation of the past and connects history to the present.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I like to think of this shift as a transition from content-based to issues-based curriculum.

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Assignments Essay History Social Studies 203

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, former teacher and now education consultant, has suggestions for apps to help the history class: Essential Tech Tools for the History Class. As a history teacher, I used the summertime to experiment and attend online professional development technology sessions and tech camps.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Barriers to Effective Transfer and Application of Learning Assigning the same task to all students without offering any choices can significantly hinder the effective transfer and application of learning. Can you suggest creative assignments for grade students to express their learning about ?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What was the point of living through history if you didn’t record it? Our students can share their thoughts, observations, and opinions about history and create primary sources along the way. A student-created primary source for today’s history can be as simple as: Reflecting on current events in a Google doc journal.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, one of our high schoolers, James, isn’t doing his assignments in World History class. Instead of focusing on World War II, she has him research the history of Air Jordan shoes. The interactive discussions help our professionals develop new strategies to align themselves to the needs of their students.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

While ChatGPT seems to have sprung up overnight to dominate current headlines, legislative discussions, and professional debates—ranging from doomsday predictions to practical celebrations related to improved efficiency with menial labor tasks—the introduction of this online Artificial Intelligence (AI) program can be traced back to 2018.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

revolution to more recent discussions on rights and liberties, there are lesson plans and activities available for whatever unit your students need. I see the difference having the freedom to be creative for an assignment has on students when they aren’t thinking about it impacting their GPA. From lessons focused on the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. For instance, on a recent assignment, some of the homework that came in didn’t sound like typical student work he was used to.

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Instructors Assignments Writing History 148

Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

I point to each station’s location and review the assigned seating chart. Note: I don’t usually assign seats at the independent teacher-led station because that is where I will be.) Because students do not need to get out any materials when they transition, I set the transition timer to 20 seconds. What is your favorite movie?

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Coaching Blended Learning Assignments Middle School 339

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In his widely discussed 2024 book “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt details how the cultural shift from a “play-based childhood” to a “phone-based childhood” corresponds to the spike in adolescent mental illness. History and was embarrassingly eager to participate in class debates and discussions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

— A discussion of some of the science behind all the reporting on so-called “Video Game Addiction” and “Gaming Disorder.”. The Art Assignment. An engaging look at contemporary art, as well as art history through a contemporary lens. Standout videos: Is Video Game Addiction Real? Can Procrastination Be a Good Thing?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

I would recommend listening to podcast episodes before assigning them to make sure they’re age-appropriate.) Another point of entry for students is learning about the experiences of their peers, so when I taught eighth grade, I always assigned The Outsiders. This novel by S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Oftentimes the learners fail to understand the vocabulary of the book that sets the obstacles for the reading comprehension, or fail to discuss the topic because they lack active vocabulary. The classroom can be a perfect ground for discussions, imagination training, and language improving activities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

public education system has evolved throughout its history, school libraries have also developed with a consistent central goal: to give students the best opportunity to succeed academically. This collaboration can take place in the form of guiding a class discussion, creating assignments and responding to student work.

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Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 358

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

But four years can pass quickly, and if colleges can’t lead productive discussions of sensitive topics in their classrooms, can we expect the discourse in future elections to be any better? The Threads discussion, on the other hand, brought out dramatically different, but equally valid, views.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Participants access learning via textbooks, video clips, interactive learning tasks, and webinars and have opportunities to practice skills via weekly online discussion forums, webinars, collaboration activities, self-check exercises, and homework assignments.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

For a history project, I ask students to create a Wakelet collection on the causes of the American Revolution. For a literature assignment, I have students design a Canva infographic analyzing a novels themes. Students watch a short video, answer embedded questions, and discuss their responses in small groups.

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Evaluation Quizzes Critical Thinking Feedback 278

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

In a secondary English language arts class, rather than assigning a single text to the entire class, teachers can provide a curated list of books or short stories, each highlighting different themes or literary styles. Students can choose a book or story that appeals to their interests or curiosity.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Another challenge I’ve encountered since adopting phenomena-based learning is the need to give students so many opportunities to discuss connections to their phenomena’s driving question over and over again.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Students are assigned a tech-integrated project and are faced with limited resources and inadequate workspaces to use the latest tools. It’s no surprise that many teachers are hesitant to assign project-based and technology-integrated lessons knowing that the physical state of the building doesn’t support their efforts. The pedagogy.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The two companies are no strangers: Workbench has been integrated with Google Classroom, which allows educators to assign Workbench projects to students, and track, review and assess their progress. This marks just the second “edtech” acquisition by Google in its history. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Educational Technologies Technology Quizzes Education 167

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

This sparks greater interest in literature, enabling teachers to facilitate meaningful interactions that inspire more compelling classroom discussions that increase critical thinking skills, delivering better learning outcomes. Gale In Context databases have a long history of supporting academic achievement and future-ready skill development.

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Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes High School High School 246

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

These innovative educators discussed how AI education makes students and themselves more human by sharing their experiences in planning and implementing AI activities in their classes. They articulated how they would and would not use [AI-assisted text generators] at school and built the ethics with their understanding and discussion.

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Education Learning Intelligence Coaching 194

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

Their approach contrasts with classic reading comprehension questions, which students typically respond to after completing a reading assignment. This prepares them to engage in a dynamic discussion with their peers about the statement and the reading. This strategy activates thinking throughout a reading task.

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Activities Reading Learning Discussions 195

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

In my experience, graduate training in STEM tends to lack any discussion of this. Student reflection assignments have been shown to produce cathartic effects on academic performance and even health. In an inclusive classroom, the instructor must embrace their own history and privilege, as well as and students’ histories.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Analytical Essay + Book Promo/Trailer Video There are many blog posts out there encouraging teachers to choose assignments other than essays. As a teacher coach, I’m not encouraging teachers to throw out the practice of assigning, reading, giving feedback on and correcting essays. The final products are compelling!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video. Then, in real time, students and I would engage in extended discussions of the themes I’d covered in my recordings. Other industries have experienced similar histories as new technologies rolled in. None of our class time was given to me delivering lectures.

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Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

history has been apprehended. Not only are students locked in and engaged, but conversations are buzzing around the room—students discussing various facts surrounding the case. The Lindbergh lesson began as a straightforward article with discussion questions attached. Students on a stakeout in the 1930s? Timed animations.

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Activities Gamification Learning Assignments 179

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As part of our celebration of Black History Month, EdSurge spoke to Hicks about his culturally relevant approach to closing the digital divide. EdSurge: As an educator, what are your thoughts on Black History Month? Black History Month provides an opportunity to show all students that we have lots of commonalities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Its learners receive all of their core academic content–English, history, social studies, and math–through mastery-based online courses. The grading model in electives is also different–closer to a workplace evaluation than to conventional points earned on assignments and tests.

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Interdisciplinary Education High School High School 289

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

I found creative uses for it in my history teaching, even at that time. The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. My favorites as a history teacher were #sschat #edtechchat and #edchat. The assignment followed various readings about the two figures.

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