Getting Started with Studies Weekly So you’ve received your Studies Weekly blue box and you’re thinking, “Now what?” Starting a whole new curriculum can be intimidating at first, but there’s no need to fear! Getting started with Studies Weekly is easy. First things first, let’s open the boxes. Your boxes will contain the Students Editions,…
Award-Winning Teacher Empowers Students in Two Language Marco Graniel has made a significant impact in the lives of Houston Independent School District students. Graniel, a Teacher of the Year finalist in 2017, is a dual-language teacher of social studies and Spanish at Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School. As a dual-language teacher, his social…
A California 4th grade class is making a difference for California’s social studies curriculum. Tiffany Vandehoven’s class at Bishop Elementary in California recently collaborated with members of the Studies Weekly curriculum team to strengthen and amplify the voices of California’s indigenous tribes in Studies Weekly Social Studies. Vandehoven reached out to Studies Weekly in March…
As Dorcas Kimutia looks around at the tin walls, glass-less windows, and open doors of Lolongbei Primary School, she sees much that still needs to be done. But she also sees the strength, courage, and perseverance of the 250 students that she teaches. “Our kids are very, very, very hard workers. They perform very well…
“Inquiry is training for life,” Dr. John Lee explained at the 2021 Studies Weekly Educator Summit in October. Lee continued with a quote from John Dewey in his 1916 book, Democracy and Education. “No thought, no idea, can possibly be conveyed as an idea from one person to another. When it is told, it is,…
As a social studies teacher, it’s often difficult to instill an appreciation for historical events in young students. While most people over 25 can remember what happened on Sep 11, 2001, current elementary students were not even born yet. That was less than a generation ago, and just one of many important events that have…
Finding and Sharing Diverse Voices in Children’s Books The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that by 2027, 55% of elementary and secondary students will be minorities. Students of color already total a little more than 50% of school enrollment across the nation. As our student population evolves, our education resources must evolve as well.…
Are your teachers happy? That is a tough question to answer lately. But part of an administrator’s job is looking after teacher well-being, and ensuring teachers are motivated and feel appreciated. These efforts don’t have to be big. Small efforts to improve teachers’ happiness and job satisfaction helps them be stronger where it counts —…
As a subject, Science can be one of the most equitable topics taught in the elementary classroom. Race, culture, and socio-economic status can affect how prepared a student is to gain literacy or math skills, but phenomena-based instruction that pulls directly from the observable world around students puts all students on equal footing. “Centering science…
“Life is integrated. Why isn’t learning?” —Tom Vander Ark Charlie Perryman, Director of Professional Development with Studies Weekly, posed this question in a recent webinar with curriculum coaches and district personnel. “Can you think of a single job in the world today our students are going to enter, that doesn’t require integrated knowledge and thinking?”…