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Are you looking for a new way to get your students out of their seats and engaged with your social studies content? Gallery Walks are a great inquiry-based activity that is easy to set up and implement. Check out some of my tips for holding an effective Gallery Walk in your social studies class.What is a Gallery Walk?A gallery walk is a classroom-based activity where students silently walk around the classroom to view images that are placed on the wall, just like an art gallery or museum...

Are you looking for a new way to get your students out of their seats and engaged with your social studies content? Gallery Walks are a great inquiry-based activity that is easy to set up and implement. Check out some of my tips for holding an effective Gallery Walk in your social studies class.What is a Gallery Walk?A gallery walk is a classroom-based activity where students silently walk around the classroom to view images that are placed on the wall, just like an art gallery or museum...

In middle school, building relationships is the key to classroom management. In this blog post, I share middle school resources for building relationships, and 5 other tips for classroom management in middle school. #classroommanagement #middleschoolteachers #teachingmiddleschool #middleschooltips

Picture Books in Middle School | Using picture books in your classroom can engage reluctant readers, help introduce a lesson, and build community. Check out tips & resources for using picture books in middle school from The Hanson Hallway at The Secondary English Coffee Shop.

Middle school students are still learning the art of conversation, so when we as educators decide to have our class conduct a Socratic Seminar, we need to offer some structure to make sure that the debate offers a positive learning experience.

If your high school English curriculum is missing much needed global literature and voices, here's a list of texts to get you started! This list of world literature is broken down by country and linked to summaries of the books on Amazon. Whether you're doing literature circles, book clubs, independent reading, or whole class novels, here are 50+ ideas to help you get started.

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Your students will have so much fun with this FREE Bill of Rights lesson! The activities, posters, and projects in this lesson are designed for kids in 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade! #5thGrade #MiddleSchool #Constitution

Teaching vocabulary to your gifted students is something you ay have pushed aside, but it is SO important for them! Read this second post in my series about how I teach vocabulary from start to finish!

Celebrate Women's History Month in March with this Research One-Pager Summary Project! This secondary education project is great for Social Studies or English Language Arts Class. Completed projects make beautiful hallway or classroom displays and awesome bulletin boards. Have your students study women like, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O’Connor, Madeleine Albright, Shirley Chisholm, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and many more!

“We just gloss over the Declaration of Independence at our school. The words are just too hard for my 5th graders to understand.” I’m sure you can imagine the look on my face. It was a mixture of shock and sadness. The Declaration of Independence is more than a dusty old document. It’s a time […]

Are you looking for a new way to get your students out of their seats and engaged with your social studies content? Gallery Walks are a great inquiry-based activity that is easy to set up and implement. Check out some of my tips for holding an effective Gallery Walk in your social studies class.What is a Gallery Walk?A gallery walk is a classroom-based activity where students silently walk around the classroom to view images that are placed on the wall, just like an art gallery or museum...

Are you looking for a new way to get your students out of their seats and engaged with your social studies content? Gallery Walks are a great inquiry-based activity that is easy to set up and implement. Check out some of my tips for holding an effective Gallery Walk in your social studies class.What is a Gallery Walk?A gallery walk is a classroom-based activity where students silently walk around the classroom to view images that are placed on the wall, just like an art gallery or museum...

Are you looking for a new way to get your students out of their seats and engaged with your social studies content? Gallery Walks are a great inquiry-based activity that is easy to set up and implement. Check out some of my tips for holding an effective Gallery Walk in your social studies class.What is a Gallery Walk?A gallery walk is a classroom-based activity where students silently walk around the classroom to view images that are placed on the wall, just like an art gallery or museum...