Teaching Social Studies Skills – A Guide for 5th Grade Teachers
I’m happy to share everything I do to teach my 5th graders critical social studies skills. Directly teaching and reviewing social studies skills will pay…
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All About Social Studies End-of-the-Year Awards
Your students (and you) have worked hard all year… Now it’s time to think about your Social Studies End-of-the-Year Awards! For years and years, I…
How to Teach Social Studies in 30 Minutes or Less
If you need help teaching social studies in 30 minutes or less daily, you’ve come to the right place. Of course, having such limited time…
5 Activities for Early Finishers in Social Studies Class
It’s a fact of life, when you assign work or projects in social studies class, you’ll have early finishers. What should you do with them?…
3 Quick Start Ideas for Social Studies Class
We all love “quick starts” when it comes to setting up electronics or learning a new program, so I thought, “Why not share three quick…