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1st Grade Social Studies Teaching Guide: Activities & Best Practices
From mapping the classroom to exploring community helpers, learn how to make 1st-grade social studies...
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Kindergarten Social Studies Teaching Guide: Activities & Best Practices
Explore our comprehensive guide to kindergarten social studies, featuring 5 interactive classroom activities—from...
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K-12 Social Studies Guide
What is social studies? Learn how social studies helps students understand the world and see the difference...
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Why Social Studies Is the Secret Engine of Literacy Development 
Discover how social studies builds background knowledge, vocabulary, and critical thinking—helping students...
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Developing Disciplinary Literacy Across Core Subjects
If we want students to learn biology, why not teach them to think, read and write like biologists? If...
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Connecting Students with Native Stories
Lesson planning involves many steps—reviewing and matching standards to content, selecting strategies,...
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Accessing New Content Through Active Learning 
Imagine you’re putting together a puzzle. Where do you start? With the corners and edges to create a...
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#CelebrateWithDE: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Celebrate the extraordinary impact of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and share the importance of civil...
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