During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here.
Today鈥檚 theme is Teaching Social Studies.
You can see the list following this excerpt from one of the posts:
1. Teaching About Slavery in the United States? Start With Honesty
Strategies have to include teachers acknowledging what they don鈥檛 know and recognizing they have to convey some ugly truths. Read more.
2. Strategies for Using Art in Math, English, Science, and History
Employing art to explore geometric patterns and to scaffold essay writing are among the ways educators can use art in their classes. Read more.
3. Introducing Primary Sources to Students
Five educators share strategies for introducing primary sources to students, including English-language learners. Read more.
4. Eight Ways to Teach With Primary Sources
Four educators share ways they use primary sources with students, including a strategy called 鈥淶oom,鈥� and I don鈥檛 mean the meeting platform. Read more.
5. 鈥楽tanding Up for What Is Right': Teaching in the Aftermath of the Presidential Election
Four teachers explain how they are handling this year鈥檚鈥�2020鈥攑residential election in their classrooms. Read more.
6. Post-Election Teaching Strategies
Four teachers share suggestions for lessons following the 2020 election, including focusing on local issues and practicing media literacy. Read more.
7. Readers Respond: Should Politics Be Kept Out of the Classroom?
Many readers share their responses to the question of politics in the classroom, ranging from the importance of separating it from 鈥減artisanship鈥� to stating that 鈥渢eaching is political.鈥� Read more.
8. 鈥楰eeping Politics Out of the Classroom Is Like Keeping the Water Out of Rain鈥�
Four educators consider how to explore politics in the classroom, including by incorporating multiple perspectives and ensuring all student voices are heard. Read more.
9. Politics Belongs in the Classroom
Four educators discuss the importance of bringing politics into the classroom, including to help students develop skills in discourse and information literacy. Read more.
10. 鈥楥lassrooms Are Political鈥�
Four educators push back against the admonition to 鈥渒eep politics out of the classroom鈥� by, among other things, explaining that schools are part of a broader political system. Read more.
More Q&A posts about teaching social studies:
- Ways to 鈥楤reak Down Walls Between Classroom & Community鈥�
- Three Ways to Bring the Classroom to the Community
- Adapting Social Studies for Remote Teaching
- Social Studies Instruction in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Making Current-Events Connections to Lessons
- Seven Ways to Bring Current Events Into the Classroom
- The Best Social Studies Lesson Is When History Comes 鈥楢live鈥�
- It鈥檚 a Great Lesson When Students 鈥榃ant to Continue Their Own Learning鈥�
- Ways to Strengthen Students鈥� Information-Literacy Skills
- We Need to Teach Our Students to Be Smart Consumers of Information鈥�
- 鈥楽tudents Need to DO History, Not Just Listen to it鈥�
- Ways to Use Tech in Social Studies Classes
- 鈥榃e Should Embrace Writing in Social Studies鈥�
- Ways to Integrate Writing in Social Studies Classes
- Helping Students 鈥楪et Into History鈥�
- Social Studies Is 鈥楢bout Creating Skilled Inquirers鈥�
- Common Core Moves Social Studies From 鈥楳emorization鈥� to a 鈥楳eaningful Place鈥�
- Common Core in Social Studies Looks Like 鈥榯he Work of Historians鈥�
- Teachers Lose 鈥楥redibility鈥� If We Don鈥檛 Address 鈥楥ontroversial鈥� Topics
- Fear鈥� Should Not Stop Us From Exploring 鈥楥ontroversial鈥� Topics in School
- Teachers Should Examine 鈥楤iases鈥� When Discussing 鈥楽ensitive鈥� Topics
- 鈥楧on鈥檛 Avoid Controversial Topics鈥� in School
- It鈥檚 鈥榁ital鈥� for Teachers to 鈥業ntegrate Controversial Topics Into Lessons鈥�
- Ways Principals Can Assist Social Studies Teachers
- 鈥楧oing鈥� Geography Instead of 鈥楽tudying鈥� It
- Engaging With Class & Race in the Classroom
- Ways to Teach Globalization
- Teaching History by Encouraging Curiosity
- Teaching History by Not Giving 鈥榯he Answers鈥�
- Ways to Deal With 鈥楬istory Myths鈥� in the Classroom
- EdWeek Readers鈥� Ideas on How We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively
- Additional Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively鈥擯art Two
- Several Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively鈥擯art One
Explore other thematic posts:
- It Was Another Busy School Year. What Resonated for You?
- How to Best Address Race and Racism in the Classroom
- Schools Just Let Out, But What Are the Best Ways to Begin the Coming Year?
- Classroom Management Starts With Student Engagement
- Teacher Takeaways From the Pandemic: What鈥檚 Worked? What Hasn鈥檛?
- The School Year Has Ended. What Are Some Lessons to Close Out Next Year?
- Student Motivation and Social-Emotional Learning Present Challenges. Here鈥檚 How to Help
- How to Challenge Normative Gender Culture to Support All Students
- What Students Like (and Don鈥檛 Like) About School
- Technology Is the Tool, Not the Teacher
- How to Make Parent Engagement Meaningful
