Teaching Students About Vietnam War Veterans Day
Teaching Students About Vietnam War Veterans DayUpdated March 11, 2025 • Studies Weekly Some of today’s students have grandparents who served in the Vietnam War or lived during that era…
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Teaching Social Studies with Primary Sources | Studies Weekly
Teaching with Primary Sources in Social StudiesFeb. 25, 2025 • Studies Weekly It’s often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real…
Studies Weekly | Primary Sources in Your Family
You Have Primary Sources in Your FamilyMay 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. They help students understand what real people of the past saw,…
Teaching Soft Skills in Elementary School
How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary SchoolMay 6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly In elementary school, students learn and refine an immeasurable number of skills. They develop math, reading,…
Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
How to Teach Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in Your ClassroomApril 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching…
Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social Studies
Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social StudiesJan. 30, 2024 • by Debbie Bagley Some of the best teaching advice I received from my mother, a teacher of…
What Makes a Good Social Studies Curriculum?
What Makes a Good Social Studies Curriculum?Feb. 2, 2022 • Studies Weekly A lot changes over the course of a school year. But you know what doesn’t? Your desire to…
12 Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
12 Hispanic Heritage Month Activities for Elementary StudentsUpdated Sep 21, 2022 • by Studies Weekly It is time to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month! What is Hispanic Heritage Month? National…
Studies Weekly: Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month
Celebrating Jewish American Heritage MonthMay 04, 2022 • By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER Did you know May is Jewish American Heritage Month? In 2006, President George W. Bush declared May as…