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Five Things Historians and Teachers Need to Do to Make History Fun by Tim Grove, Chief of Museum Learning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. and author of A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History. May 2014
 * Interesting Articles/Reading**

Social Studies close reading vs. ELA close reading. It’s both/and not either/or by Glenn Weibe, from the History Tech blog. June 9, 2014

Lost in the Past by Timothy Egan, New York Times OpEd, May 22 2014 Byline: It’s not just students who don’t know history. Opinion leaders, corporate titans, politicians, media personalities and educators — dunce caps for all.

Top 10 Tips for Close Reading Activities The Cool Cat Teacher blog, written by Heidi Morgan. April 29, 2014

Chopped - Social Studies Edition by Paul Bogush, February 2014 A creative way to use objects as well as primary source documents in small group to help students write document based questions. Sample lesson on the Louisiana Purchase

Using QR Codes to Differentiate Instruction Edutopia, September 2013

Using Smartphones in the Classroom from the National Education Association's website. August 2013. Written about Ken Halla, who runs several social studies blogs for teachers

Using Voice Comments with Google Docs from the website TeacherCast, by Caitlin Tucker, June 2013

Tip of the Week: Fact Pyramid, Because Box Blog post from the History Tech Files, June 2013 Article on how to use a graphic organizer. Description from his blog: "Called // Fact Pyramid Because Box //, the activity asks kids to not just read but to evaluate and rank information and then justify their decisions. Seems like a perfect fit to encourage close reading and summarizing of primary source documents, textbook selections, fiction/non-fiction, and short articles. I’ve even used it to help kids focus on short video clips and images. It’s a great way to start focusing on Common Core literacy skills."

NCSS - March 2013 edition Highlights:
 * Professional development opportunities for summer 2013
 * Many resources for K-12 Social Studies
 * Article on integrating SS into the elementary classroom

Few States Test Students on Civics Education Week; October 22, 2012

What Citizenship Means for the 21st Century Philly.com (Philadelphia) September 17, 2012 The demands of citizenship have changed in the 225 years since the U.S. Constitution was signed, write National Council for the Social Studies Vice President Michelle Herczog and Lillian Kellogg, vice president of Education Networks of America. Herczog and Kellogg write in this opinion article that the four C's of 21st-century competencies -- communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity -- are necessary to be an effective citizen today, as well as a successful student.

Learning from the Flipped Classroom Infographic from Technapex, September 17, 2012

Back to School Night with Primary Sources Ideas for engaging parents with primary source activities, from the //Teaching with the Library of Congress// blog, August 28th, 2012

Does Teaching Social Studies Matter? by Mark Aronson, published in the //School Library Journal//, July 31, 2012

Geography Ed for a Flat World Published in District Administration, June 2012

Restoring Civic Purpose in Schools Published by Education Week, March 7, 2012


 * What is Most Important To Know About Vocabulary?**

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Will the Common Core Really Lead to Colege-and Career-Readiness?======

Learning Forward, February 8, 2012
Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, Eight Edition, by Richard T. Vacca and Jo Anne L. Vacca. Published by Allyn and Vacon.copright 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Mooresville's Shining Example (It's Not Just About the Laptops) New York Times, Feb. 13, 2012 - Article on one school district seeing some very positive results from 1:1 laptop program

[|The Social Studies Professional] November/December 2011

[|Spotlight on Personalized Learning] Education Week, February 1, 2012

[|Education Week, "Teaching History though Inquiry"] November 1, 2011

[|Are you a 21st Century Teacher???]

New Teacher Boot Camp: Using Wordle July 5th, 2011

New Teacher Boot Camp: Using VoiceThread July 12th, 2011

Teaching Social Studies in the 21st Century Article ASCD article where the Malden Social Studies Department gets national recognition January 31st, 2011

[|Report: Students Don't Know Much About US History] According to the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (the Nation's Report Card) Just 13 percent of high school seniors who took the 2010 showed a solid grasp of U.S. History. ". . .Education experts say a heavy focus on reading and math under the federal No Child Left Behind law in the last decade has led to lagging performance in other subjects such as history and science. . ." says author's CHRISTINE ARMARIO and DORIE TURNER, AP June 14th, 2011

__**The end of history in America's classrooms?**__ From the Weekly Standard - October 12, 2010

[|Top 10 Web Tools for Teachers, DAVE SALTMAN, March/April 2011]

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By // [|Anne OBrien] //
October 22, 2010

[|In STEM era, humanities get new attention] October 26th, 2011

Excitement about Technology in classrooms New York Times article from teachers on ways to use technology in the classroom, with video instructions November 21st, 2010

Is there enough time for history in schools? Subject Matters: why students fall behind in social studies, from CNN.com. January 18th, 2011

eVoc Strategies: 10 Ways to Use Technology to Build Vocabulary

[|Social Studies Article - Malden Observer January 2011]

No More Printing! Teachers Using Dropbox
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How ignorant are we? NEWSWEEK gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test--38 percent failed. The country's future is imperiled by our ignorance.