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Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies Classroom

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Engage your class in a lesson that is concerned with the development of skills in the realm of teaching strategies needed for Social Studies. They will participate in delivering content using several strategies that are demonstrated by the teacher. There are many fabulous strategies that can be used with other lessons.

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Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr

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