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Resources to encourage students’ civic engagement

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I combine the picture books with Gilder Lehrman essays in my classroom. The length is manageable for a classroom setting, and the essays cover a wide variety of topics. They are at an early college level, which fits in nicely with my students reading college-level literature. This principle can be extended to the classroom.

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A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies

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English Language Arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. Click here for free download of Standards-Based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. Click here to book a PD Consult.

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Pivot to Remote Learning Allows TCS’ Ignite My Future in School Program to Reach 1 Million U.S. K-12 Students

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Educators across core subjects use lessons such as Build a movement, where students learn how data and algorithms impact something that ‘goes viral’; Outbreak, where students analyze how a virus spreads and can be contained ; and Emoji Essay, where students use abstraction to explore language and communication. “

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

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Recently, EdSurge spoke with Chelsey McClelland, a third-year social studies teacher at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis who recently completed the ISTE U course Artificial Intelligence Explorations for Educators. I was just worried that my students would use this to write all their essays!

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April Engagement Ideas: What to Do When Testing Disrupts Learning

Catlin Tucker

For example, in a social studies class, one group might create a column dedicated to key figures from the Civil Rights Movement. In an English language arts class, a student might place their first argumentative essay or piece of narrative writing next to a more recent one and reflect on changes in structure, detail, or voice.

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Low Tech? No Problem. Here are 3 Alternative Ways to Help Distance Learning Happen.

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For example, a philosophy professor at University of Notre Dame designed an introductory course that draws on “ interactive digital essays ” published on mobile-friendly web pages attached to the online syllabus, reports Inside Higher Ed. For example, from 9 a.m.

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94 Intriguing Writing Prompts for High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

The slides include both psychology-specific and social-emotional prompts, including prompts about motivation and emotion, states of consciousness, and developmental psychology. 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.