#OnThisDay in 1955, #RosaParks was arrested for civil disobedience when she refused to surrender her seat on the bus to a white passenger. @JeanneTheoharis wrote "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." See the book chat here: https://t.co/jgMFijD0Uj
#sschat#civilrights
@maineteacher@Gilder_Lehrman Some of them, yes! But I also do special events at my school for all of the students. Like a Colonial Fair Day, or workshops during lunch where I teach the kids different skills or topics. Plus any lessons that I create I share with all of the social studies department.
"Until then, the League had a history but no historians." Think of how many facets of our history can be summed up this way. Thank you, @Gilder_Lehrman for helping to turn our students in to the historians we need. https://t.co/790VQvExwn
@Yoloteacher1@JohnFea1 You're going to love it!!! Oh! Apply now for your Firestone library reading room card!!! I held Common Sense and A Farmer Refuted!!!
My Google alert for "Philip Vickers Fithian" very rarely calls my attention to new content. That's why I was surprised to find this in my mailbox--a day before the start of the 2018 @princetonsemnr! https://t.co/uipXMuNIg1 #twoilhbook
Best compliment I could receive as a Civics teacher from another T, "You do too many projects." Wait, maybe not a compliment? Civic learning is more than lecture, test. It's engaged Ss INVOLVED in the learning, developing their civic identity. #pbl.
@historyhiott Gilder Lehrman seminar on the Colonial Era. @JohnFea1 taught the content and @NHTOYMc covered primary sources and lesson planning. Fantastic stuff.
Soc Studies teachers joining the Google Drive PBL/engaging activities folder https://t.co/DInYeV3BZO. Feel free to make new folders, add, copy what you want, etc. Let's make this a true collaborative effort @Mr_TubbsSS #socstudme#sschat
Dear social studies teachers. @Mr_TubbsSS and I started a Drive folder where we're starting to amass Soc. Studies PBL activities we've done (or plan to do). If you'd like to be a contributor or just want to view - let me know #sschat#PLN#socialstudies
Some chimp brains showed creases previously thought to have signaled a turn toward humanlike brain organization hundreds of thousands of years ago. https://t.co/8mmNYHoufb
Professor Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9) reflects on her childhood, studies in race and bias and technology design, and her teaching process. https://t.co/tQu8OkepRV