The Importance of Teaching Timelines Across Civilizations You’re in the middle of your ancient civilizations unit, and everything seems to be going well… until you ask a simple question like, “Did ancient Read More »
The Benefits of Using a Social Studies Curriculum Have you ever looked up to find your planning time quickly slipping away, while you are 12 tabs deep into Google, Pinterest and TPT trying Read More »
Why You Should Teach the Geography of Ancient Civilizations First When diving into a new ancient civilization, it can be tempting to jump straight to kings, inventions, and famous battles. I’ve found that starting with Read More »
Interactive Maps: Bring U.S. Geography to Life in the Classroom In many of our classrooms, we have pull-down maps on the wall. Let’s be honest about how they rarely see much action. Maybe they get Read More »
Effectively Using Response Cards for Formative Assessment Formative assessment is one of the most valuable tools we have as teachers because it gives us real-time insight into how our students are doing. Read More »