“The best teachers are the ones who care about me.”
Social Sundays: Earth Day is for Social Studies
Earth day (April 22) is coming up, and I make sure to include it in our social science courses. Depending on what I'm teaching at the time, we do different projects. Here are some of my favorites:
Social Sundays: A modern day project for teaching Civil Rights
The Civil Rights movement is an interesting era. My students argue that we are in a new period of the movement or that the movement never ended. For the purpose of this post, I’m referring to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. I’ve written about this era here and here. It is one of my favorite eras to explore with students in part because of its relevancy.
Social Sundays: 3 Unit Plans for teaching the Renaissance
The Renaissance could be a whole course. I even was lucky enough to teach a 10 week course, once. Ten weeks is a luxury. Sometimes, you have just one or two weeks. With that in mind, I have put together some of my best ways to teach the Renaissance in one week, two weeks, or three to four weeks.
Social Sundays: 5 resources for Feudal Japan
I’ve taught Feudal Japan as its own unit or as part of our Middle Ages unit. The choice is largely dictated by our timeline and the scope of the course. After teaching it a few times there some sources that I’ve found that are a nice addition to our study, and as a bonus are free (except 1)!