Almost all of us can access a map of our town, our country, and our world with just a few clicks on our smartphones. So why do we need to teach geography? At its most basic, geography is the study of places, according to GeogSpace, an initiative of the Australian Geography Teachers Association. Geography looks…
How can we build a safe community within the classroom so students will take academic risks? Education in the 21st Century is becoming more about skills than content knowledge. Students are not empty buckets to fill with facts and figures, but real individuals who need to learn compassion, empathy, strength, a sense of self, collaboration,…
As this school year gets underway, teachers who want a consistently good year institute straightforward, steady classroom management. Too many new teachers assume children instinctively know how to behave — that they’ve learned the way a classroom runs in prior grades, or are so used to school they inherently know what to do. But kids…
We want to be the strongest standards-based social studies and science curriculum out there, so we’re upping our game. Let us introduce you to a few of our recent powerhouse hires. Kelly Jeffery Kelly Jeffery is our new director of curriculum over ELA. She comes to Studies Weekly with 20 years of teaching experience, both…
Studies Weekly’s new product manager, John Nabors, believes social studies and literacy go hand in hand. “Content is the center of literacy. And literacy isn’t just fiction. It’s also nonfiction and informational text. If we want to turn the dial on students mastering informational text, we need social studies,” he said. Every student needs to…
Organizers of the 13th annual Back 2 School BBQ at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City spent the afternoon of Aug. 17 preparing kids to head back to school, running a blood drive, feeding and entertaining families and connecting Utah community members with local resources. The event was hosted by members of the Iota…
The way we teach history is changing, and Studies Weekly is working diligently to rise to the challenge. Many teachers leading their own classrooms today grew up learning history as taught through a “heritage approach.” This pedagogy, according to Valerie Strauss in a 2013 Washington Post article, uses “facts from the past to recreate a…
Studies Weekly materials are some of the most affordable out there. From our printing processes to editorial calendaring, we do everything to keep our production costs low. We want teachers and schools to have standards-based social studies and science curriculum materials at as low a price possible. That said, many educators don’t get as much…
Studies Weekly is dedicated to educating today’s youth through rigorous, relevant and insightful curriculum materials. To reach the nation’s students, though, we connect with educators in a variety of ways and places. Because schools and districts have a variety of purchasing processes, our sales methods follow suit. Principals and School or District Curriculum Directors You…
Did you know you can preview Studies Weekly with a free print sample? When you use our Request a Sample form at studiesweekly.com, you will get grade-level samples of our award-winning K-6 social studies curriculum and sample publications from our new 7th and 8th grade United States History and World History curricula we are prototyping.…