with Sarah Miller
Reteaching in the middle school social studies classroom doesn’t have to be complicated. I know most of us want to reteach skills or concepts our students haven’t quite mastered yet, but it can be difficult to find the time. I’ve got 3 strategies that you can use to reteach, even if you don’t have a […]
It’s inevitable. There will be a time in your teaching career when you will realize that you’re running out of time in a unit. You’ll realize that your assessment is fast-approaching, and your students are not ready. What do you do? There are so many perspectives on what to do when you’re running out of […]
A common expectation for middle school teachers is to reteach when students are not mastering the standards. But what does that really mean? Here’s my take on reteaching: Teaching is an ongoing cycle, and needing to reteach is NOT a sign that you’re an ineffective teacher. Let’s simplify reteaching in a way that allows you […]
Teaching the Articles of Confederation can be tricky. First, the Articles are very difficult to read and understand – even for us, teachers! Additionally, we want our middle schoolers to be somewhat engaged and challenged. I’ve got a primary source activity that I think your middle school students will like, and I’m giving it to […]
Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD Spend Constitution Day with this Constitution Escape Room! Your upper elementary students will love this escape room! Give them a break from packets and computer work with this engaging, low-prep escape […]
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Teaching with primary sources is one of those tricky things. I feel like we’re always told to include them, and it seems like a simple request. But are we making the best of them? Can we push past observation and push towards historical thinking and analysis? That’s where the tricky part comes in: getting past […]
Get my FREE Guide Learn tips and strategies for teaching Social Studies when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD I have several test review games that are NO prep (or very, very little prep) and super simple. My middle school students need a review game because we all know that “silent study” time is not often […]
Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD We are almost always trying to incorporate literacy skills into our classrooms – no matter which subjects we teach. Sometimes, this can be tricky. From my experience, there are two literacy […]
Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD Start off your Cold War unit with a digital interactive notebook. Digital interactive notebooks are great to use in your social studies classroom! Don’t spend your time creating one for the […]
