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I've been focusing a lot lately on informational texts as we move towards the Common Core adoption that is pretty much going into full s...

My 5th graders just finished Civil War History Webs. This little project only takes a few periods of work, and really involves creativity an...

As I always do when finishing a new unit, I will post the content here as a post within the main pages of my blog. Unit 5: The American Civi...

I sat down tonight to write a post with great materials for the unit we're currently doing in social studies. I got a few sentences in a...

As I discussed in my plans for Social Studies Unit 3: The American Revolutionary Period , the entire unit revolves around a video that stude...

Next up in a growing line of project based research and presentations that are based around social studies will be the schools 5th grade Soc...

5th grade Social Studies unit 2 is about the early American colonists and pilgrims. This unit focuses on the journey, hardships, and early s...

Recently, our students in 5th grade completed their first oral project presentation of the year, presenting their individual state posters, ...

If you teach in Las Cruces, hopefully you're aware of a fantastic historical opportunity right in our own backyard. I'm talking abou...

My class just finished their state projects, called State Strips. You can find the information on this great research project on two posts I...

I recently posted about our current project in social studies (as of September 10th) in a post titled 5th Grade State Research Project: Stat...

Like most teachers, I must adapt from year to year to the needs of my students. Although my 9 week plan for the year in Social Studies  stat...

My class just finished our major Unit 1 Social Studies project on Thursday, and have placed the posters out in the hallway. Unit 1 is on Pre...

I am currently working on a unit resources page about geography. In 5th grade I teach United States geography, states and capitals, and map ...

When I teach my 5th grade unit on the World Wars , we discuss World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. As with each unit I teach...

The Holocaust is one of the most difficult subjects to teach about with students who are in elementary or middle school. In fact, it could b...

I love to teach about Anne Frank every year during my unit on World War II. I just completed a list of teacher resources that I hand picked ...

The 2012 Presidential Elections are right around the corner. It seems like not long ago millions of Americans watched Barack Obama's his...

I was doing some browsing earlier, and came across a very simple website with a very awesome idea. At yourchildlearns.com , there is a page ...

In my subject pages , I have completed a page with resources for the unit I teach on The American Revolution. This unit includes informat...