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Building Community through Inquiry & Collaboration in the Secondary History and Civics Classroom
Students need to know each other to learn from each other. As students return to the classroom and face to face learning, many educators are seeing the need to rebuild a classroom community. This workshop will focus on tips for building community, ways to increase student engagement, collaborative learning strategies and practical strategies to gather …
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Just Blend It! Inquiry and Blended Learning in the History and Social Science Classroom
Through a sampling of practical, hands-on, collaborative activities, we will explore blended learning pedagogy and technology options to use in your classes. These strategies, for teachers in grades 7-12, will be geared to support inquiry and critical thinking in history and the social sciences. Learn some new tools and strategies to engage your students in …
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Civic Conversations: Assessment For and As Learning in the Civics Classroom
Due to the open nature of the course, Civics requires means of assessment that appeal to and are achievable by a wide variety of students. This webinar offers participants opportunities to learn, share, and practice methods of assessment for, as, and of learning that focus on dialogue. Methods of assessment include use of protocols, debates, …