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Project-Based Learning Ideas for Elementary Soc...

Young students love learning about the world through hands-on experiences. Project-based learning supports student engagement by helping them to see how the lessons you teach impact the world around them....

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Planning a Full Social Studies Unit Using Trade Books Instead of Textbooks

Planning a Full Social Studies Unit Using Trade...

Trade books often resonate with students more than traditional textbooks. While the sheer size and scope of a textbook often feels overwhelming for children, trade books tend to feel just...

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Planning a Full Elementary or Middle School Science Unit Using Trade Books

Planning a Full Elementary or Middle School Sci...

Teaching elementary and middle school science is exciting. After all, watching as students perform successful experiments gives you immediate feedback that you can use to guide future lessons. Plus, you...

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Teaching Civics to Young Learners: Explaining Government Roles in Plain Language

Teaching Civics to Young Learners: Explaining Government Roles in Plain Language

Civics instruction should begin in the early elementary grades when students are eager to learn more about the world around them. Discussing government roles now helps your students to develop...

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Teaching Civics to Young Learners: Explaining Government Roles in Plain Language

Civics instruction should begin in the early elementary grades when students are eager to learn more about the world around them. Discussing government roles now helps your students to develop...

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Making Life Science Understandable: Teaching Plants and Animals in Elementary Grades

Making Life Science Understandable: Teaching Plants and Animals in Elementary Grades

Introducing life science to elementary grade students helps kids catch a glimpse of life in the real world. The key is to introduce it in a way that is easy...

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Making Life Science Understandable: Teaching Plants and Animals in Elementary Grades

Introducing life science to elementary grade students helps kids catch a glimpse of life in the real world. The key is to introduce it in a way that is easy...

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Comparing Past and Present Societies in Grades 5–7 Using Age-Appropriate Examples

Comparing Past and Present Societies in Grades 5–7 Using Age-Appropriate Examples

Teaching comparison skills helps students in social studies and beyond as they begin to learn how to make deeper connections between the different concepts they are learning. Planning comparison studies...

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Comparing Past and Present Societies in Grades 5–7 Using Age-Appropriate Examples

Teaching comparison skills helps students in social studies and beyond as they begin to learn how to make deeper connections between the different concepts they are learning. Planning comparison studies...

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