Teaching social studies middle school

Use these fun history activities for middle school in your Grade 7 History and Grade 8 History classes as well as your Grade 6 Social Studies program. These engaging history activities are also useful for your middle school history classroom. Try these ideas with your 6th grade social studies, 7th grade social studies and 8th grade social studies students. Read about 13 ways to make middle school history class engaging for your students.

These ideas are all great for increasing student engagement and learning in my classroom for 2023!

Easy-to-use tips for planning an engaging and memorable first lesson of the year for your Middle School Social Studies class whether you are teaching digitally or in-person, plus an awesome lesson idea for your first day teaching 6th grade, 7th grade, or 8th grade. #socialstudies #middleschool #socialstudieslesson #distancelearning #backtoschool

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When I was in middle school, I had many teachers who killed this subject for me. But it can be truly engaging and fun! Some ideas: ➡️Interactive slideshow lessons ➡️Incorporating music into your lessons ➡️Center activities ➡️Boom™ cards Want to know more? Read my blog post, "Engage Your Students: Fun Social Studies Activities for Middle School".

An overview of six easy ways to make the best use of interactive notebook activities in your classroom. Includes activities like stations, webquests, textbook readings, and more!

If you teach social studies, current events are a great way to engage kids and help them see your subject is relevant to their lives. Here's 5 ways to do that in your classroom

Do you need warm up ideas? I want to share 3 warm up ideas for social studies classes with you. These are engaging and easy to implement!

As Social Studies teachers, we understand the significance of a robust vocabulary in enhancing students' comprehension and critical thin...

It’s easy to “save” maps and graphs for your geography units, but maps and graphs can and should be tied into other concepts of social studies. The first step in teaching map skills is to know your standards. This sounds obvious, however, in Georgia map and globe skills are intended to be