History class- get to know the teacher by analyzing some primary sources with your questioning skills and a #WickedHydra #EduProtocols ##middleschoolsocialstudies

Not only an amazing week of PD and a field experience to Philadelphia, but here's how we celebrate the end of our week at @foundingforward #letfreedomring #teacherpd

Excited to play with our still familiar but with fun new features gamified reviews!! My shirt never came, so graphics instead! @quizizz @waygroundai

Thanks @CivicsGOAT - we tried Review Stew today after finishing our review egg hunt! (Or when the rain chased us in) #civicsrules #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies

SOL Review game #1- Brain Dump! How many terms/definitions/etc can your group add to a poster in 2 minutes per round? PS- teaches the kids how to use scratch paper on content tests!!

Virginia grades 4-8 teachers! Apply for Civics Empowers All Students 5-day Institute (June 23–27) at James Madison’s Montpelier, staying on-site: 52 hours of PD A class set of textbooks A $800 stipend upon completion of the program 🔗 apply: vacivics.org/work-we-do/2...

If you're willing - I've been nominated for a Crystal Apple award for classroom funds, but they notified me with 2 days left that the votes were live!!! I just have to beat 5 teachers - please click the heart under Erin Merrill each day www.schoolspecialty.com/crystal-apple

History made!

Love a book that uses ignominy in the first paragraph 😉 - reading Love, Theoretically

A non-teacher post!! Important to know that I am a musical theatre FANATIC, so tonight I'm at the World Premiere preview of #SCHMIGADOON @kennedycenter.bsky.social so thrilled to be here and they have done the show so much love and justice 🎶 🌽

Day 31!! A whole month of sharing, I'm so proud of myself! Why don't you guts try Feb? Tag me 🌟 My final roll your own adventure, the kids haven't even played it yet!! Dust Bowl with some inspiration from Mission-US #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 30! Let’s jump ahead to WWI. Space issues have made it hard to truly simulate trenches, so enter another roll your own adventure! This was a ton of fun to research 🧐 pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 29- now we turn our Roll Your Own Adventure to History! I teach USII so we’re jumping in to Ellis Island! Start by setting up your character and see if you successfully immigrate into Gilded Age America #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

1/28- 🧶🧵 wrapping up my month of lesson sharing with the favorite things I’ve ever made!! While helping my best friend develop a rotating station activity for the rock cycle I brainstormed ‘Roll Your Own Adventure’ to simulate historic events with a random result #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies

Day 27- propaganda is a huge part of 20th century US History. Have students analyze examples for primary sources... then make some of their own! pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Day 26- today’s unit hyperdoc takes students all the way through economic vocab CE.11a and 12b with a little monopoly gamification #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Day 25- 🧵 Hyperdocs are 🔥 with their versatility from single concept digital worksheets to digital guides that help organize and lead students through a whole unit. Add in critical thinking, debate, videos, and more! Good riddance to huge packets! #sschat #Iteachsicialstudies

Day 24- another fun way to do a choice board is the menu version. Assign points based on level of rigor and/or research and let students mix and match their learning path! Here is one based on the founding documents CE.2 #sschat #Iteachsocualstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 23- choice boards are a great way to offer multiple project options and student choice! This Bingo board for WWII offers a variety of products and topics for a full review of unit #sschat #IteachSocialStudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 22- a last judicial activity; don’t leave the unit without letting the kids decide some justice! You Be The Judge quickly reviews civil vs criminal but also has students decide what justice would be. #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 21- 🧵 everyone needs a good March Madness bracket, and mine happens to fall during Judicial unit! Step 1- pick 16 items to research and choose criteria for the bracketing. Mine was most impact (either positive or negative) pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Day 20- a Presidential Project in time for President's Day! Students pick a President snd create a parade float, coin, or virtual museum slide of their best executive role through Presidential actions. #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 19- creative application leads to deeper understanding. Always! Don’t just memorize historic facts like New Deal agencies, have students use research for something fun! Alphabet Soup cans pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Day 18- 🧵 have you tried a History Bento? Amazing adaptation of the #BookBento project, can be adapted to any topic or unit, and has students find artifacts or pictures and explain their connection to the topic. Thanks @historysandoval.bsky.social for template #sschat #historyeducation

Day 17- have students try out some yellow journalism of their own during the American Imperialism unit! #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies #historyeducation pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 16- another favorite #Eduprotocol. Want something more engaging than lecture and notes for a content list? Meet thick slides!! Shared PowerPoint- each student does a deconstructed paragraph on one of the topics with brief presentation. #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies

Day 15- quick checks for understanding can still be creative and deeper thinking. Have students take what they learned and adapt it into an emoji! Or a color or a picture. But still give them the space to explain their thinking #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies

Day 14- a final election resource. It’s never too early to teach informed voting! My middle schoolers research candidates stance on issues and create info posters before our mock election. #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Day 13 - most govt teachers have a version of a party project. What I like is that we also test the students understanding of media literacy and campaigning as they create a print or video ad to go with the platform. #sschat #Iteachsicialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 12- make sure students understand basic party platforms before they create their own! Have them pick a fictional fandom and identify which character would be which party! Thx to teacher who shared her Sesame Street example! #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Day 11- the Frayer Square! Made popular by Marzano, my students used to hate these because they never used the work afterwards. Eduprotocols showed me to think what other info could be organized. I’m also very grateful to the educator who showed me how to jigsaw the Frayers for group work!!

Day 10- last source hook- Masterpiece Matchup! Made by @historysandoval.bsky.social I do this activity over 2 days. Day 1 students are given a text-based source and create a summary painting. I choose 1 painting for each source used and create a gallery walk. #Iteachsocialstudies #sschat

Day 9- a 3rd primary source hook modifies yesterdays activity into a digital activity perfect for sub plans or scaffolding classes who struggle forming connections between pictures. Version 1 I give the students the categories with empty places for them to sort photos. #sschat #iteachsocialstudies

Day 8- (thread) another great primary source hook activity comes from @libraryofcongress.bsky.social - spread pictures around the room and do a gallery walk. Have each student take a pic and analyze….then find a partner whose pic has a common theme. #sschat #iteachsocialstudies

Day 7- primary sources are invaluable, but how to make them engaging? I love to use them as hooks!! Option 1- Wicked Hydra EduProtocol. Give student groups a resource/photo with no context and write as many questions as they can. youtu.be/Psg9qCYJg4U?... #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies

Day 6- another creative way to apply knowledge- superheroes!! Create a superhero based on a concept, a historic person, or part of govt with superpowers and more! Add a skit if they work in groups #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #historyeducation pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 5- Build an Amusement Park! Can be done on paper or digitally (Minecraft edu works too), ind or group. Just take a concept and turn it into a theme park with rides/store/food/game.. great for creative application #sschat #iteachsocialstudies pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Day 4- another classic! Turn the DoI into blackout poetry! I often differentiate either by rolling dice for max number of words or assigning a PoV to make poem from. Bonus points if they integrate a picture like example #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies #historyeducation

Day 3- great back from break activity and it can also help prep the kids for this as a content exit slip asking for a #oneword answer to a unit or a person in content. Ex- one word from Roaring 20s or WWII from Axis vs Allies perspective #sschat #iteachsocialstudies www.canva.com/design/DAFWn...

Day 2- Not an original resource, but still super engaging. Having students operate on the failing Articles and then write out an epitaph for it. #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #civicsrules #historyrocks pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

#sschat #Historyeducation

Happy 2025 - sharing some favorite social studies lessons this month! Please use, lose, or abuse! Day 1- digital museums are a great way to step up from a single PowerPoint and also shares peer feedback. Used for Presidents Day and famous figures of 20s pwcps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/person...

Less books this year… gotta get more reading buddies!