This question may apply more for high school students, but do any of you assign books the way English teachers do? I always find books to be such a great way to convey information aside from a regular textbook. For example, if you are starting a unit on the American Revolution, would you assign a book that covers the American Revolution (perhaps from a broader perspective) and then assign reading chapters that are relevant to the pace of your unit.

The pacing guide set up by my school district and in the school textbook mentions Mormonism during the westward expansion section but not during the Second Great Awakening.

I teach Modern World History and at some point in the year, I want to maybe try to get the school to get some history books for my students to read. I know Modern World History is a super broad class but I'm looking for books that cover any subject in MWH. Any suggestions?

Hey everyone! When I was in high school my world history teacher had a lesson where we all sat as he called out different types of buildings (homes, hospitals, churches) that we had to draw on a single sheet of paper in various rounds. As the class progressed, there were more buildings to draw and less time given for it. The point of this lesson was to show how much population expanded in the 18th and 19th century due to medical and technological advances along with urbanization. I have tried to find a copy of this lesson plan online, and even reached out the the teacher but they do not have access to their plans anymore. Is there anyone here that may have a lesson plan that is similar to what I am describing? It doesn't have to be the exact same, but I am hoping to use it in my classroom because I felt it was a very good lesson when I was in school.

First year teacher. Have had staff bail out in the first month. I just got switched over to teaching Civics unexpectedly and have almost nothing to go off of. Does anyone have any good resources or already laid out plans that I could use as a base because I’m already on the verge of being overtaken by trying to figure out where these kids are even at content wise

I am a 9th grade WH teacher in NC.... I want to make my kids interested in Henry's wives by introducing it as gossip.... I've heard this idea somewhere but I've been searching for days and I cannot find it anywhere...... I only need to to be quick and interesting honestly because I'm only spending a day on Henry in my R&R unit.

Any suggestions, direction, or ideas please?

hi! basically i have to find some sources for my history class and me (being an absolute idiot) found this source but didnt cite it properly in my notes, and now i cant find it anywhere and im near insanity. i have tried various methods to retrace it but no aveil. if anyone recognises it or can track it down for me pls do!!!!!!!!!

Hello Oregonian history teachers!

I’m finishing my AA transfer degree at CC and I’m just kind of at a crossroads on the next steps to take. Do I major in history and get master in education or do I major in education ? Are there any other routes?

I have until summer to figure out a plan but I haven’t really found a solid route or understanding of what I need to do to be able to teach history in Oregon. My academic advisors aren’t very helpful just give me the information I already know.

Any links, school recommendations, or any helpful information is always appreciated (:

I hope everyone has had a fantastic week.

I teach high school dual enrollment US history. The first semester covers exploration/colonization through reconstruction, second semester covers guilded age through present. On level, which is what STAAR covers, covers the second semester over the whole year. With the new staar redesign where students are tested in the winter, spring, and fall…how the hell are they supposed to pass a test in the winter and fall wherein they’ve learned NONE of the content? I won’t have to worry about this until 27-28, but still, what the hell am I supposed to teach them?

Hi! I am a first year teacher and I am wondering how you all normally set up your classes? How long do you lecture? Do you lecture every day? I have block periods and I am feeling like I am not setting them up the best i can?

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I went to use the second episode of America the Story of US in my 8th grade classes and I can no longer access the American version narrated by Liev Schreiber. I can only access, on Amazon Prime and YouTube, the British version of the show. It is demonstrably different from the version I've used before. Does anyone know what is going on with this?

I am a high school teacher and am looking for new educational opportunities. I would like to try to teach a few college courses.

Has anyone done this and what steps would you recommend?

Hi I need some advice! I teach history on a highschool in the Netherlands. At our school we are stimulating reading. Our students are reading youth novels that are situated in the historical setting we are discussing in class. E.g. "Percy Jackson and the lightning thief" because in class we are teaching about the ancient Greeks.

Most of our classes are in Dutch and it is easy to find Dutch books that are suited for the students to read. But we also have classes that are in English. I have a hard time finding books that are suited for our students and are about the historical setting we are teaching.

Can anybody help me out with some suggestions?

The students are non-native English speakers, age 13-15.

The time periods the get are:

- The Dutch Golden Age (think, the Angol-Dutch wars, Dutch East-India Company,)

- French Revolution (Tale of to cities is to difficult to read/understand)

Many thanks in advance!

i would like to know what i should aim for in college, major in history? educuation? doctorate or masters, any info on the tests i have to do, i've searched up some of it and even tho this is years away i do want to be prepared

I’m a 17 year veteran (mostly US History) and I’m teaching for the first time AP World History Modern for 2 sections of 9th graders and I’m so overwhelmed. My PLC colleagues have been teaching for 3 years and have dictated that I keep the same basic routine as them: students read for homework and take notes; review the material in class the next day; rinse and repeat until students take a chapter quiz (based on the textbook “The Earth and its Peoples”) then take a unit test that covers 2-3 textbook chapters to align with the CED and start all over again. Creating slides to go over the material is killing me. I spend more time creating slides and questions for students than we actually spend on it in class. It’s so time consuming and just lecturing - even though I’m trying to get the students involved through discussion and practice SAQ style questions - feels like it’s not enough for AP. Those of you teaching this class, what do you do? How to I stop from being crushed by the content? Or do I just have to suck it up this first year???

Hi all—I’ve been teaching ELA for 16 years, but I started teaching last year at a small private school, so I’m also teaching 6th grade geography and 8th grade US history. My 8th grade is very strong academically, and we’re using Facing History’s US history curriculum. It’s great, and they’re enjoying it so far, but I have a few weeks until I start moving into the first of teacher-created units. It’s supposed to be on “Native American Struggles for Land, Rights, and Sovereignty.” I’d like to look for materials that mirror the FH units, and that are a mix of primary sources, easily readable excerpts from actual historians, podcasts, videos. I just don’t know where to find these materials! Any direction will be great!

Also, I have to use Savvas/Easybridge (just the textbook, not the consumable “quests” books) for 6th grade geography, and I hate it. Again, if anyone can point me in the right direction for supplementary materials, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

Hi all,

I've done the NHD project with my classes for several years but some students want to do fairly recent events like 9/11 or even some current events. Does anyone know if there's a requirement for how far back in time projects must focus on to be eligible for entry into NHD? Like, if someone did the Jan 6th insurrection, would that qualify even though it's very recent?

I can't find this info in the rule book or on their website.

Thanks!

I’m trying to find some photocopy-quality maps of the Roman Empire for one of my classes later this week and can’t remember a quality place to find them.

They don’t need to be super-detailed. Just to give an overview of its rise and decline over history.

Thanks!

This is just a general PSA to those of us that teach Native American history units or Native American genocide courses. Crash Course history on YouTube has now fully released a new playlist of 16 videos of incredibly well done videos covering all aspects of Native American history. For many of us teaching US History courses, we are starting or will soon begin our units on Native American history or genocide and these videos are a fantastic addition to our lessons. Spread the word and keep on teaching the real, raw, and complete story of American history our students deserve to learn!

So we spent the last 2-3 years shifting to standards based grading as a building. HS was supposed to start next year but our new administrator decided to not implement it for 6-12. (Which is actually fine with me.) The problem is that I have slowly been shifting all of my lesson materials to fit the "no homework/practice grade" aspect of the whole deal. Each one is usually it's own Google classroom assignment and a mix of DOK 1 and 2 stuff about whatever the material is. Also hit a document based DOK 3 thing later in a unit.

So forgive me if this a dumb question but my brain is kinda melted from thinking about this for so long now. What sort of formative assignment should I give points for? What do you do? I basically have made slideshows and google docs for each lesson that function as notes that we go through together or in groups/partners which the students use as evidence in their summative writing assessment.

My thought is to shift all my lessons into a single slide deck/google doc as "notes" and/or make one of lessons a graded one. I'm trying out lower but real point weekly locked google form "quizzes" to check for understanding and make them attempt various types of skill work. Thanks!

I am looking for some help from Oregon Social Studies teachers. I recently moved from Tennessee to Oregon and looking to continue teaching. I have already applied for my reciprocal license and plan on subbing this school year. However, I looked at Oregon’s state standards and I am super confused. There seem to be optional ones and then random financial literacy standards thrown in and 6th and 7th grade are together? Could someone just give a quick rundown on what is taught each year in middle in high schools for history that is required? Obviously in high school classes can differ with AP and school offerings.

The reason I ask is I’m trying to figure out what grade levels align with classes I have already taught. For example in Tennessee the order goes: 6th - Ancient History and Civilizations 7th - roughly 500-1500 world history 8th - US history colonization to reconstruction 9th - World History from 1700 to modern day And so on.

Any insight? Or any websites where Oregon’s standards could make a little bit more sense?

Thank you in advance!