Tag: Social studies resource
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Historical African Landmarks for World History Classes
Unless you have actually taken time to learn African history, you probably have a difficult time expanding the regular course work in your world history class. There are historic towns that textbooks will mention but they usually don’t expand on these locations. But we should strive to add more details to our African history units…
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History of Valentine’s Day: A TpT Freebie
If you high school students were anything like mine, they loved celebrating Valentine’s Day with their friends. For many, it is a special day and what student doesn’t love to have a special lesson that gives them a short break from the regular class work? Indulge your class and spend some time on a Valentine’s…
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Election Resources for Your Classroom
It doesn’t matter how old your students are. A strong, healthy democracy depends on an informed population and that begins by talking about and teaching about elections in school. Here are a few resources to help you support elections. My elementary school did this when I was a student and I still remember it. Every…
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5 Reasons African Queens Need to be Included in Your History Class This Year
I’d love to see history classes reworked to include many more women throughout an entire academic year. Since we don’t live in that world yet, here are five reasons why you should consider spending time this Women’s History Month studying African queens in your history class. 1.Africa had numerous female regnants not just regents. Female…
Integrated Social Studies 