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Best Practice use of Media When Teaching Civics
Educators share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching civics.
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Best Practice use of Media When Teaching History
Renee Shaw hears from Educators who share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching history.
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Enhancing Social Studies Classes Using Podcasts
Educators, learn how and why you should use podcasts in your social studies classrooms. Learn how to evaluate podcasts for classroom use and how to use them to motivate and engage those you teach.
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Bringing Social Studies to Life With Social Media
Educators, discover how and why you should incorporate social media into your social studies classes. Learn how it’s an effective tool, how to safely implement it in classes and how to use social media sites to enhance curriculum and...
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Creating Videos in Social Studies Classes
Educators, discover how and why you should incorporate the production of video into social studies classes, and how your students can make a real impact in the world around them by using these skills to become citizen journalists.
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Best Practice use of Media When Teaching Geography
Renee Shaw introduces educators who share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching geography.
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Inquiry Based Learning with Digital Media
Educators, learn how to plan and facilitate inquiry based learning approaches with digital media & technologies in the social studies classroom.
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Questioning Techniques for Talking About Media
In this video educators will learn how to develop questioning skills in their students by learning how to effectively ask questions of sources.
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Using Media to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
In this video educators will learn about how to develop critical thinking skills in their social studies classes using media, such as: compare claims, assess credibility and reflect on one’s own process of reasoning.
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Media Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom
Educators, discover how media literacy can be taught/learned within all social studies classes.
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Robotics and Agriculture
“Robots and Agriculture” discusses the field of robotics and how it applies to medicine, industry, and, specifically, agriculture.
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic Fracturing explains what hydraulic fracturing is and why it is a highly controversial process by explaining the advantages and disadvantages of fracking.
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Space-Time Compression
Space-Time Compression examines how the speed of transportation and communication brings places closer together.
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Sahara Desert and Berber Culture
Sahara Desert and Berber Culture explains how the Sahara Desert affects the culture of the Berber people by exploring what life is like for the people who live there.
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Determine Fact and Opinion
Determine Fact and Opinion defines fact and opinion, explains the difference between the two, and gives examples of statements that are facts and opinions.
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Costs and Benefits
“Costs and Benefits” defines and gives examples of costs and benefits, including external costs and benefits.
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Interest Rates
Interest Rates discusses interest, defines interest rate, and shares examples of how to calculate simple interest.
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The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam discusses the history, construction, and physical features of the Hoover Dam.
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Deforestation
Deforestation explains how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence the environment and daily lives of people by analyzing the causes and effects of and solutions for deforestation.
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Voting Matters
Voting Matters explains how voting in a democracy helps change rules and laws.
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Forms of Advertising
Forms of Advertising defines advertising and discusses the forms and purposes of advertising.
Hip Hughes History
Triangular Trade Explained
What was Colonial Mercantilism when you boil it down to its basics? Perfect for students, life long learners and the cray cray on the internets.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise Explained: US History Review
Ready to get nauseous over some ugly US History? The Constitutional Convention's 3/5ths Compromise broken down so you can understand it for school, for a test or for life.
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The Seneca Falls Convention Explained: US History Review
Uploaded on the 167th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, we take a look at the big idea of women's rights in the 19th century as well as some interesting facts about the convention.