eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Currently, the company’s Social Studies Techbooks are used in middle school classrooms districtwide. From stories of ancient cultures to in-depth explorations of civics and government, this comprehensive digital textbook takes concepts off the pages and brings lessons to life. .

Science 246

Science Student Engagement Social Studies English 246

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Taking on a lens starting with the historical refugee experience to the modern-day experience, students learn how refugees adjust to their new homes and cultures and celebrate the strength people can have in times of great change. This experience is suitable for upper elementary and middle school students.

STEM 258

STEM Social Studies Education Art 258

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Middle school students are navigating the most vulnerable and self-conscious developmental phase. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts.

Student Engagement 218

Student Engagement Learning Students Middle School 218

eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). and English teacher Mary Ann Rafferty from Williams Middle Magnet School in Tampa, Fla. of all subject searches and underscoring the need for assistance.

Education 246

Education Schools English High School 246

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

My middle school choir teacher recorded and released an acclaimed gospel album. My high school English teacher starred in commercials and made a name for herself as a voice actor. In 2017, while teaching fifth grade language arts and social studies, I took my love of radio and started a podcast on teaching and education.

Teaching 218

Teaching English Culture Social Studies 218

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

In the latest phase of this multiyear collaboration, all district middle school students will receive access to a dynamic digital social studies textbook. To empower educators to provide middle school students these essential skills, the district selected Discovery Education’s? Social Studies?Techbook.?Featuring

Social Studies 130

Social Studies Textbooks Middle School Middle School 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Currently, I serve as the executive director of Thinking Nation , a nonprofit organization working to shift the paradigm of social studies education. For instance, last spring, I was in a middle school classroom engaging in one of our prompts that asked students to analyze how enslaved people resisted their enslavement.

History 194

History Education Social Studies Essay 194

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL. The 15 articles and 53 lessons have been released in conjunction with ADHD awareness month and include parent and teacher strategies to support learners in school and at home.

English 198

English Language Languages Math 198

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. It’s common for her to hear, “Oh, you know, I decided to be an elementary school teacher because I don't want to teach math.”

Math 201

Math Teachers Textbooks Critical Thinking 201

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The second year, it launched a violin program with instruments that were rescued from a dumpster at a nearby middle school. Van Zandt says TeachRock is more than just music history; the idea is to use music as a hook to explore all kinds of subjects, from English to science and social studies. And they came through.

Art 211

Art Education Learning History 211

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

But he says colleagues have also adapted the platform for other traditional subjects including science and social studies. It becomes relevant to them when you turn your class into a game,” says Isaacs, a 50-year-old teacher at William Annin Middle School and Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Textbooks 167

Textbooks Social Studies Classroom Management History 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Kahlfeldt has touched on the census many times in his 15 years as a middle school social studies teacher at Winfield School District 34 (22 years total as an educator). He also shares how his zesty attitude toward social studies makes lessons on the census—and many other topics—pop for his students.

Teachers 160

Teachers Local Government English Social Studies 160

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In the Crossroads Center alternative school that I visited, the staff goes to extraordinary lengths to find students who have not come to school in a while (for any number of reasons) and support them both with their academics and broader challenges in their personal lives. Sweat the school culture Culture matters more than technology.

Blended Learning 135

Blended Learning Teachers Culture Middle School 135

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the past 13 years, I have been a social studies teacher at the middle school level. To build a classroom culture where risk-taking is encouraged for students, a teacher also needs to be willing to try new things. Take conflict resolution for example.

Teachers 134

Teachers Textbooks Lecturing Social Studies 134

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. I couldn’t articulate it this succinctly at ten years old, but the depictions of the characters weighed on me.

History 160

History Knowledge Textbooks Social Studies 160

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

After consulting with teachers in focus groups, HMH says it refashioned Carmen as a “global citizen” in response to requests for more material around social-emotional learning—which is to say the ambitious goal of teaching Americans geography has been somewhat scaled back in favor of lessons on community, world culture and responsibility.

History 165

History Exams Culture Knowledge 165

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

The exception is BrainPOP — there are no ads, but it requires a hefty annual fee: BrainPOP Fremium BrainPOP is a collection of three-five minute animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and interactive activities for grades 3-8 addressing a wide variety of topics such as math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology.

Quizzes 148

Quizzes History Students Motivation 148

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 21, 2025

By middle school, your students are starting to discover their places in society. From social media to community resources to economic inequality, sociological issues affect them and their families every day. Why do cultures develop stereotypes? What is an example of a cultural norm in the United States?

Questions 52

Questions Grades Social Studies Middle School 52

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

So, what we took on, at that time in 2013, was to create an afterschool program—an afterschool program that centers itself on the racial identity, sociological identity and cultural backgrounds of our students. Starting a school is really, really hard. There are other organizations and schools that are doing snippets of great work.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Education Students Culture 76

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For 14 years, Laura Johnson has taught a variety of subjects, including social studies, psychology, and music and art appreciation–all virtually within ALVS. She started as a part-time teacher while she was still at a brick-and-mortar school, where she drove 38 miles each way to teach.

Education 269

Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 269

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

BrainPOP is a collection of three-five minute animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and interactive activities for grades 3-8 addressing a wide variety of topics such as math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology. How do I teach Inquiry and Research in Middle School. World Almanac for Kids.

Quizzes 79

Quizzes History Students Middle School 79

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It's not exactly your typical class—kids sitting on the floor, on the counter—but the culture of the class was one of excitement. And it could easily be a four-week block that could be put into a social studies program. And it could be offered at the middle school level. It was learning for them.

High School 113

High School High School Teaching Schools 113

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Sarah If you teach middle school, you already know about math anxiety. Nate combats this by consciously working to build — and maintain — a culture of respect in his classroom. Tier 6: Test Pulling Nate When I was in high school, I cheated on a social studies test.

Math 112

Math Testing Learning Failure 112

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

You can’t interview Asians because they won’t say anything substantive due to the norms of their culture,” she said. And what depth of knowledge, background, or experience gives you the authority to speak on what works best culturally for Asians anyway? I broke that mold on the day that a substitute lecturer addressed my Ph.D.

Education 168

Education Schools Questions Culture 168

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Still, the path was winding and not limited to school. When Ta was in middle school — when the country was embroiled in the 2020 presidential election and reeling from COVID-19 — political questions seemed suddenly relevant for them. School also taught Ta to conduct research, which was helpful.

Education 182

Education Students Testing Participation 182

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Carl Brownlee, middle school teacher Here’s a popular movie plot: Great teacher goes into a troubled neighborhood and turns around a low-performing school. In fact, in a broken district such as Detroit’s, schools in hard-bitten neighborhoods sometimes go from “turnarounds” to closure.

Teachers 129

Teachers Schools Coaching Fairness 129

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Pennsylvania social studies teacher Tami Flood adds that it’s worth checking to see “if there’s a parent app” to share information about student progress. #3: The LMS is the system and structure of accountability and urgency that’s a handshake to the teacher’s role in creating a culture of accountability and urgency,” he explains.

Questions 131

Questions Learning Communication STEM 131

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

Conditions havent improved for social studies teachers since. One of Trumps first executive orders claimed schools use radical indoctrination to imprint anti-American, subversive, harmful, and false ideologies on children. The AHAs report came out at the end of 2024, before President Donald Trump took office.

History 173

History Social Studies Teachers Textbooks 173

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Many said campaign rhetoric about failing schools and politically motivated teachers was deeply hurtful and simply wrong. In my school, in my district, were not out trying to reculture kids. We dont have a cultural message; were trying to take care of every one of our students, said Jim Bever, a junior high principal.

Teachers 248

Teachers Schools Elementary School Elementary School 248