Category: Lesson Plans & Resources
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Using Poster Making as a tool for teaching Social Studies content
I just uploaded a student led lesson on the causes of WWI that incorporates students creating a poster. I also have another lesson from my years as an 8th grade teacher over the California Gold Rush that has students creating a poster. Poster-making was one of those lesson tools that I thought I should avoid…
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Delicious History Lesson: Mexico Buns in Hong Kong
Recently, our family went on our first international family vacation with a small child. Our daughter is 10 months old and while, yes, we have traveled home to America (with a 15 hr long haul flight!) already, I don’t really count that as an international vacation. Traveling by plane was certainly a challenge but my…
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Dissect a Lesson: California Gold Rush
Disclaimer: this lesson is available for purchase over on TPT but this blog post goes into enough detail that you could build this lesson on your own if you wanted to put the work in to make it. I’ve been out of the classroom and into the playroom for 10 months now (my baby was…