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| Best Past President
Ms. Kast and her students plan a mock election and debate over who was the best past U.S. president. Learn how she leads her class through the election process and teaches her students the steps to selecting the best President. | (by 0 users) |
| Cemetery Studies
Plan a day-long field trip to a local cemetery. Find out Ms. Prather uses this fun Halloween outing to teach about local history and community. | (by 0 users) |
| Class History Book
I bring in the newspaper from home everyday until I have six days worth. I divide my class into groups and ask them to find an article with an international dateline, another state's dateline and a da... | (by 0 users) |
| Current Events
In order to keep my 'current events' current in my classroom, I assign the student of the week the job of clipping local, state, national and world news articles for our news bulletin board. When they... | (by 0 users) |
| Dinosaurs in Language Arts
Spring into the world of dinosaurs! Ms. Loomis weaves together her social studies and language arts curriculum with unique activities based on a book about dinosaurs. | (by 0 users) |
| Floor Maps
Our social studies curriculum requires us to reach a unit on Africa so that our children become aware of the needs of people throughout the world. To assist with geography skills... | (by 0 users) |
| Keeping Kids Current
I do several things in my classroom to expose students to current events and broaden their view of the world. | (by users) |
| Students Prepare a Thanksgiving Feast for Their Parents
When I taught in a self-contained classroom, my students prepared and served a Thanksgiving lunch for their parents. | (by 0 users) |
| Studying State Symbols
In social studies, my students study our state's symbols. The students are given minimal information on the symbols, so in order to expand our knowledge... | (by 0 users) |
| Three-Dimensional Figurines
For my seventh grade social studies class, I developed an interactive game to help my students understand ancient civilizations. I made three-dimensional villagers out of wooden spoons, decorating the... | (by 0 users) |



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