eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Poptential , an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, has expanded and enhanced its Bell Ringer content with the goal of providing a bell ringer for every day of the school year. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet. the nonprofit behind Poptential.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Every teacher knows the importance of critical thinking in education. Strong critical thinkers make better decisions, are more informed, have more career opportunities, and are generally better equipped to navigate the challenges of everyday life. In the classroom, critical thinking is essential to the growth and betterment of our students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2024

While the concept of HQIM has been established and embraced in other core academic disciplines, applying this concept to social studies has been more complex. Unlike content standards for math or science, where there is more uniformity across states, social studies standards can vary significantly from one state to another.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2018

You might think coding is a novel trend that doesn’t have other applications beyond programming, but coding offers many connections to multiple subjects, with the added benefit of reinforcing essential 21st-century skills. In coding, students use computational thinking and critical thinking to solve problems.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Noted civil rights leader, educator, and child advocate Thelma Ellis Dickerson founded the Academy in 1997 to prepare children to overcome any cultural, social, or economic challenge and successfully compete in the global marketplace. Social Studies Techbook.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

The culture and climate of the social studies classroom has changed, and the way teachers teach social studies has to change with it. The modern social studies classroom should now be a classroom full of student inquiry and choice.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS — Certell, the creator behind the Poptential family of free social studies course packages, announced a significant update to its digital curriculum and platform designed to help students better understand the principles that have shaped American history while giving teachers tools to better manage their classroom and improve learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2022

As an educator for over 27 years and a Digital Learning Specialist (social studies) for the past 7 years in Atlanta Public Schools, I have supported educators across my district and beyond as they purposefully integrate technology in the classroom to promote engagement and 21 st century skill development.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

As Tax Day approaches, Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors media-rich content to teach key concepts about taxation in the United States. More than 100,000 users from throughout the United States have signed up for Certell’s Poptential family of free social studies courses.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2021

As a social studies teacher who spends a lot of class time poring over comic books with students, it’s been gratifying to see the attitude about comics in education shifting over the last decade or so. I’ve spent about a decade as the chair of the social studies department at Wissahickon High School, where I teach grades 9-12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2022

Imagine a social studies teacher leading a discussion about the Taj Mahal, for example. As new VR technologies emerge, educators at all levels are finding new applications to augment the classroom experience – and for good reason.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Actively Learn, Achieve3000’s research-based, standards-aligned curriculum platform, announces the release of new sequenced curricular units: Actively Learn ELA, Actively Learn Social Studies, and Actively Learn Science. Beginning fall 2020, assignments will be aligned to all state standards for ELA, science, and social studies.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Listenwise offers educators a growing collection of news stories tagged as ELA, science, or social studies. So, I was excited to stumble on Listenwise , which is bringing public radio into the classroom. The audio recordings effectively weave the information into a story that is both interesting and informative.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

Poptential , an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors a variety of content to help students learn about the national debt using pop culture media to engage students. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet. the nonprofit behind Poptential. The debt ceiling will be in the news this spring.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Social Studies teachers seem to have an impossible challenge: take events that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago and make them relevant to today’s teens.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In an English or social studies class, students may use computers frequently to write papers or compose a response to a writing prompt. In this post, Sarah Dunn , a high school math teacher, shares her favorite technology tools and online activities. “It’s too hard for the students.”

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. I would like to thank Catlin for creating the materials to help me survive and thrive as a blended teacher and for the opportunity to share my experiences with you.

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2021

Using Mote makes providing quality feedback to my French students fast and personalized,” said French and social studies teacher Lisa Goodenough. “It More than 10,000 schools in 170 countries and across all 50 U.S. states have implemented Mote’s technology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2020

In this vein, as a high school social studies educator, I have devised strategies to ensure that collaboration is incorporated into the classroom with an emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, and inquiry.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

Social studies. There’s no shortage of important topics the U.S. education system imparts on our youth. And yet, there is a set of skills that’s not given enough attention in the classroom: Executive functioning. .

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This can be expanded into a social studies or literary experience later. Show them the statistics and data on how the 1918 pandemic was tragically worse. Stage this in a game format, such as a trivia game. Think of fun online activities that show high student interest like Kahoot!

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2025

Exposure to the vocational programs ensures students learn more than English, math, science, and social studies–theyll be able to explore what they might want to do after they return to their community schools. Theyll get to explore if they want to be an auto mechanic, Howard said.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school. The state is now calling that track the Option A diploma.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Social studies Social studies classrooms are vocabulary-heavy and context-dependent, which can pose a challenge for ELLs. These approaches vary by subject area but are essential for integrating ELLs into the academic learning process. Effective scaffolds for ELLs by content area 1.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Poptential , a family of award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an array of engaging content to illustrate the culture, traditions, and history of Native Americans for National American Indian Heritage Month. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The app makes complex concepts in algebra, social studies, and ELA more tangible through powerful, interactive visuals. McGraw Hill AR is always expanding – five more social studies activities will be released by December 2023, science activities will arrive in the fall, and Spanish versions are live now.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This innovative application allows learners to display their knowledge of history, civics, and social studies, while offering educators and parents a new way to improve student engagement, increase lesson retention, and introduce an exciting alternative to textbooks and Zoom lectures.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

I’ve written Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology to support English, history/social studies, and science teachers as they shift to the new Standards using technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

During a social studies unit on the U.S. For example, I used Connections to review math and social studies vocabulary. The variety keeps students engaged because each game offers a different experience. Government, I used a Blooket set with 30 review questions about the branches of government and elected positions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this week’s episode of Getting There: Innovations in Education , host Kevin Hogan explores: 3 ideas to center educator wellness How to use critical thinking in ELA and social studies The future of assessment using project-based learning (PBL).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The app makes complex concepts in algebra, social studies, and ELA more tangible through powerful, interactive visuals. McGraw Hill AR is always expanding – five more social studies activities will be released by December 2023, science activities will arrive in the fall, and Spanish versions are live now.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

EDSITEment offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K-12 humanities education materials in the subject areas of history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

10 great apps for coding, VR chemistry, social studies, and more. Common Sense Education helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Grasshopper: Learn to Code.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It was with great trepidation — knowing that I could not live up to this model but wanting to do my best — that I took my job teaching social studies at a small public high school in the Bronx. Watching “To Sir, With Love” was even a course requirement in my teacher residency program.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The app makes complex concepts in algebra, social studies, and ELA more tangible through powerful, interactive visuals. McGraw Hill AR is always expanding – five more social studies activities will be released by December 2023, science activities will arrive in the fall, and Spanish versions are live now.

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