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I am now closing my classroom door for the 9th year in a row.  In many ways, this was one of my best and favorite years.  Most of the reason...

We made it! May. My 8th grade students have actually been waiting and looking forward to their Social Studies Final this year.  They kne...

Want a fun way to teach (or review) the different types of governments with your students? PS...if you're not using Pinterest yet to s...

WHAT?? What good could it possibly to do rewrite one of the greatest presidential speeches of all time? In an 8th grade classroom... A l...

I went to a Social Studies conference at the end of February. I have a love/hate relationship with professional development conferences.  ...

I have a new strategy I used today. I LOVE IT! I actually found it on Pinterest over the summer and saved the idea for a rainy day. We...

I teach Social Studies. I took history classes in college.  Many of which required me to write papers instead of take tests.  Most of my p...