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October 2014

Five Tips to Teaching Difficult Parts of History

Teaching history can be tricky at times.  We want to teach African American history, but we don’t want to make our students feel guilty or bad about the history of slavery in our country. We want to teach about Native Americans, but it’s tricky to cover topics like the forced migration of Native Americans to reservations. We want to teach about World War II, but it’s tough to discuss the holocaust and the reasons behind it. So what should we…

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Social Studies
  • Two Stars and a Wish

    Today I am going to share two ideas that have worked well for me this school year. The first is an organizational idea I got off of Pinterest. It involved organizing…