Here's  a quick and easy summary of everything you need to know about hands-on learning for social studies.

Many social studies K-12 teachers I’ve talked to want to introduce hands-on and experiential learning into their classrooms but are overwhelmed by where to start and how to implement it.

The journey to digital can feel like a long spaghetti western film at times, but it’s worth it. 

A few years ago, I got caught up in a controversy that changed the way I teach. 

 I have the privilege of working with teachers across the country and I often hear the refrain that too many students are just not reading on level. 

How to ditch the textbook and go with a non-traditional curriculum for social studies

History/social studies teachers know they have to cover, at some point, Africa in world history courses and the African American experience in U.S. history courses.

Inquiry is a term that has been bantered around frequently in the education world. For the sake of clarity, let’s keep the definition simple. Inquiry is seeking knowledge or information.

More and more often, history teachers are being asked to structure their curricula thematically as opposed to chronologically, in hopes of increasing student engagement and facilitating comparison among multiple perspectives.