Glenn Wiebe

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We all love SHEG. Now their Civic Online Reasoning tools make it easier to love them even more

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Did they just add tour creation to web-based Google Earth? Yes. Yes, they did.

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Google finally added the ability to generate tours with some pretty sweet features.

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Historypalooza 2019 – Inquiry Design Models for the Elementary

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Designed to support NCSS’s Inquiry Arc in their C3 Framework, an IDM has basically three parts: questions, resources, and tasks.

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TPS Inquiry Kits Just Became My New Fave for Primary Sources

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Old or New, Maps are Cool

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I love the ability of digitized maps to allow access to all sorts of data in all sorts of very visual ways.

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Yup. You’re gonna have to talk about it. 22 impeachment resources that can help

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If you’re not having classroom conversations about both current events and political issues focused on impeachment, you’re probably doing it wrong.

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Focus on the Doing of Social Studies, Not Just the Model

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Is it possible to take the best parts of Madeline’s model and adapt it to a world that needs our students to be engaged, informed, and knowledgable citizens?

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Emojis. Cause they’re good for kids and fun to use. What’s not to like?

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One of my fave conversations centered on the idea of using emojis as a way to help kids make sense of social studies and incorporating them as part of a quality lesson that can help improve student thinking and literacy skills.

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Yes . . . Your Class Does Need a 12 x 8 foot Map (And Online Interactives)

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Be sure to make a stop at the Nat Geo Mapping Resources page to find the MapMaker Interactive and other handy tools.

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Holy Artwork, Batman! Teachers Should be Using #SeeingAmerica and SmartHistory!

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There are tons of things to explore at Smarthistory.

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Racism, Intolerance, and Teaching the Holocaust as a Current Event

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There are lots of resources available that can help.

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Fake News: 3 Things We Can Learn From Finland (And 3 Cool Tools From Right Here In The US Of A)

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In 2014 Finland began noticing intentional misinformation campaigns focused around issues like immigration, the European Union, or whether Finland should become a full member of NATO.

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Tip of the Week: Six Super Sweet Social Studies Strategies for Back to School

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To help energize your first awesome week with kids, here are six great ways to kick off the school year.

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Calculating your Social Studies ROI. Cause it’s #RefreshFriday

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The world of school is different now. We’re not following the traditional model of kids in rows and teacher centered instruction.

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RealClearHistory. Hiding there in plain sight. (With maps. Lots of maps.)

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4 Things I Learned During My #civilwarsupertour

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What better way to spend part of May tramping around places like Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Harpers Ferry, and Corydon, Indiana?

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My 10 fave historical movies that every social studies teacher needs to see

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Some would be good for instructional purposes. Some are more historically accurate than others.

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The World Is Complex. Our Kids Need To Understand That. World Savvy Can Help

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These six questions were part of a larger survey given to 1200 people between the ages of 18 – 26 by National Geographic and the Council for Foreign Relations.

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Clark Griswold would have loved Google My Maps. So will your kids

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Tenae Alfaro, Slate Creek principal, is planning a summer trip and so she asked fourth grade kids to do some in-depth research and plan a trip for her.

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The Week. It’s the 2019 version of our favorite Weekly Reader that your kids need

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Students access articles, editorials, and resources covering a variety of topics on a regular basis.

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Race to Ratify is latest awesome iCivics game that you should be playing right now.

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Your students pick a character from 1787 and spend their time trying to get the Constitution ratified by the different states.

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9 Social Studies Resources for the End of School

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It doesn’t have to be painful. These resources can help.

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A Framework for Teaching American Slavery – from Teaching Tolerance

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If we are to understand the United State and the world today, we must understand slavery’s history and continuing impact.

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Advise the President. Cause You’re Just That Smart.

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So You Need a Compelling Question? How About a Couple Hundred?

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If we’re going to help our kids become knowledgable, engaged, and active citizens, they need to be solving problems and addressing questions.

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