eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

As math educators, we can help those students by finding ways to relate their classroom learning to more recognizable cultural frames of reference that are authentic to the range of experiences in the room. Math should be an exciting space to be in, one that’s connected to experiences outside of the textbook or classroom.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. And so on… . government as well.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

This collaboration provides the educators at the Academy’s three campuses access to a suite of award-winning, digital resources that create enriching, real-world learning experiences and prepare scholars for citizenship in today’s culturally diverse, democratic society. . Social Studies Techbook.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Public acknowledgment : Publicly recognize the efforts of the staff in meetings, newsletters, and social media. Highlighting their achievements can boost morale and encourage a supportive school culture. Interactive projects : Implement projects that allow students to apply what they have learned in a real-world context.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

It can also act as a study companion, generating practice questions, summarizing key points from e-textbooks and webpages, and much more. In history, these tools can transport students to different time periods and locations, making historical events and cultures more vivid and relatable.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2022

Social Studies?Techbooks. Featuring standards-aligned, core-curricular resources that use an inquiry-based approach to enhance literacy and critical thinking skills, Discovery Education’s Social Studies?Techbook? Discovery Education’s?Social Math Techbook. STEM Connect. interdisciplinary K-8 resource,?

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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. .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

With a focus on inquiry and critical thinking, the programs’ curriculum boosts student engagement with digital activities, culturally responsive content, and support for integrating social emotional learning skills. Hook & Inspire!

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? That mindset reflects a broader cultural anxiety, and when teachers don’t like the subject it hinders student achievement. “I

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Priceless Ponderings

APRIL 14, 2025

Priceless Ponderings The Best Homeschool Social Studies Curriculum for Busy Parents Finding the perfect homeschool social studies curriculum can feel overwhelming. If you’re a busy parent, you need a curriculum that simplifies your life while making social studies exciting for your child.

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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. Social Studies?Techbook.?Featuring leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes?place.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Oklahoma City, OK —Students and teachers in classrooms across Oklahoma’s Millwood Public Schools (MPS) now have access to a host of dynamic digital resources supporting science and social studies instruction thanks to a new partnership with Discovery Education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2019

In Jill Armstrong’s social studies classes, when students learn about other countries, they don’t just learn from textbooks and news articles, which she says can seem abstract and elusive to teenagers. Our culture is accepted there.” and Kharbeet is 5,000 miles away in Turkey. Our language is accepted there.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

But he says colleagues have also adapted the platform for other traditional subjects including science and social studies. Quest objectives include reading chapters in the textbook, and students can complete formative assessments in the form of “battles.” The Classcraft dashboard. Today, the company has 50 full-time employees.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. We are most affected by social influences between eight and ten years old, which rarely expand our knowledge of Black histories. I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years.

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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. Unfortunately, for the first five years of my career, that’s exactly what I did.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

This article is part of our upcoming guide, Social Studies: It's Time to Reinvest. Rich primary sources—not just textbook overviews—are crucial to this deep learning. Rich primary sources—not just textbook overviews—are crucial to this deep learning. Pedagogy matters as well.

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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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. And they’re put out by recognized names in education — Khan Academy, BBC, Microsoft, Teacher Tube, as well as textbook providers like Origo. When I started teaching, videos were a rarity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I have a list of eight research sites that walk the line between stodgy (textbooks) and out-there (Twitter and Facebook), designed by their developers with an eye toward enticing students in and then keeping their interest. This includes topics such as animals, culture, automobiles, politics, money, science, and entertainment.

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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. I propose teachers do the traditional lecture, textbook method for 80 percent of the time. And it could easily be a four-week block that could be put into a social studies program.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

Another approach is to look into our curricula to find places where the contributions of many cultures can be more fully acknowledged. We’ll be doing this here with a specific focus on Arab cultures. “And the reality is that the Arab heritage and the Arab culture is something that is across content areas.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In an earlier article on computational thinking , I offered teasers of how CT could be integrated into language arts and social studies, in addition to math and science. Just as algorithms written in psuedo-code or flowcharts help learners make the step from problem to program, so do appropriate data structures.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

Conditions havent improved for social studies teachers since. Painting approaches to history in stark black and white can shut down debate and keep social studies teachers from achieving what 94 percent of them report is the most important part of their job: preparing students for meaningful civic engagement.

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