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Resources for 6th grade common core social studies I am the mentor for a new 6th grade social studies teacher and she is having trouble finding text resources for the early civilization curr… Started by Shane Freeman	0	Nov 26, 2012
Teaching with Timelines in the Elementary CCSS Classroom Recently I created a timeline for the third grade students at my school that helped illustrate the time span in history of the first settle… Started by Mary Floro	0	Nov 25, 2012
Health Care Case Who's teaching about the health care reform Supreme Court case? Here's an interactive module I created for C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations.… Started by Ben Bohmfalk	0	Mar 22, 2012
Take students on your own virtual tours Google Earth's Tour feature allows anyone to create virtual tours and share them. One can guide the tour using the software or export them… Started by Ricardo	3	Feb 16, 2012 Reply by Elizabeth Zimmer
Should students support or oppose the Occupy movement? That's this month's question on C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations Students can watch brief videos and read articles (on three different readi… Started by Ben Bohmfalk	0	Nov 14, 2011
Moving Away from Textbooks This year, BCSC will be moving away from adopting the new social studies textbooks in Indiana. Several reasons exist for this: 1. teaching… Started by IndyEduktr	37	Jul 23, 2011 Reply by Nina Kuhn
How could Google + influence 21st Century textbooks? Today's textbooks are dinosaurs. They reflect an age gone by. Imagine a textbook where students can help create content, where the learni… Started by Brian Mannix	0	Jul 2, 2011
Cold War Peace Summit Project - Need help and advice I am working on creating a project for 7th grade social studies where the students final project is to hold a peace summit/conference. Duri… Started by Aaron Maurer	0	Mar 24, 2011
Ipads in High School Social Studies Classrooms Just recieved an ipad for my classroom and I am looking for suggestions on how to incorporate this piece of technology into my lessons. … Started by C Dunlap	3	Oct 27, 2010 Reply by blank
Are there any online quizzes out there that help students identify themselves (or others) as being prejudiced? I apologize for the long question. I am about to start teaching my ELLs about the Civil Rights Movement. Though none of them see themselv… Started by Denise Stewart	11	Sep 9, 2010 Reply by Jane Krauss