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Category Archives: Social Studies
Maximizing Literacy Skills with the OUT
At the Northern Nevada Council for Social Studies, I presented on using the 4th grade OUTs to maximize literacy skills with intermediate students. The 4th grade OUTs—Opening Up the Textbook—is a curricular resource matched to Nevada’s state history. Developed by … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th grade, curriculum, Hoover Dam, Nevada, OUT, Social Studies
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NNCCS 2015 Juicy Sentences Session
The instructional move Juicy Sentences was shared at the Northern Nevada Council for Social Studies 2015 Conference. Juicy Sentences, created by academic Lily Wong Fillmore, has student diving into syntax to make, as Fillmore describes, “the invisible, visible.” You can … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged examples, juicy sentence, Lily Wong Fillmore, notetaker, PowerPoint, Social Studies
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Early Elementary Document Based Questions
2nd grade teacher Chris Hayes and Washoe’s Social Studies Coordinator Angela Orr have been working on creating Document Based Questions (DBQs) for the primary grades with connections to the Core Knowledge Domains. Their first efforts are linked below and Angela and … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged 2nd Grade, DBQ, Document Based Questions, Greek Myths
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Document Based Questions—Support and Materials
Many of you may already be using Document Based Questions in your 6th grade classroom but if you are not, it is an excellent resource to consider. DBQs reinforce important Common Core outcomes including building content knowledge with rich non-fiction; … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged 6th, CCSS, Common Core, DBQ, Document Based Questions, History, Social Studies, video, world history
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Promoting Civic Education through Open Discussions
A big part of doing Common Core well involves kids engaged in rich and rigorous conversations. The positive benefits of this have been documented in several posts on this blog including this one from Dr. Lauren Resnick and this one … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged CCSS, civic education, Civics, Common Core, david campbell, open discussions, Social Studies
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Common Core Aligned Discussion Lessons
Teachers in the Northern Nevada Teaching American History Project have developed a number of Common Core aligned Discussion Lessons. The lessons can be downloaded by visiting http://www.projecttahoe.org and clicking on the Teacher Resource link. Each lesson posted on the page implements … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged 19th Century America, Civil Rights, Civil War (Prewar- Reconstruction), Colonial America, Common Core State Standards, Depression Era, Early Constitutional Issues, Federalism, Individual Rights vs. The Common Good, Modern Issues, Post WWII- Cold War, The 1920s, Vietnam, WWII
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Social Studies Close Read Exemplars Get a New Link!
Periodically, Edmodo switches things up and the links to the social studies close reading exemplars change. If you have been struggling accessing, a) it’s not our fault –at least we don’t think it is and b) you can now use … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged CCSS, civil war, Close Reading, colonization, Common Core, Exemplar, government, History, reconstruction, Social Studies, world history, World War II
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Teaching American History Newsletter
The Northern Nevada Teaching American History Project has shared its most recent edition of Project Tahoe, a newsletter to support Social Studies teachers in their implementation of the Common Core. The newsletter includes teachers describing their use of close reading, … Continue reading
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Tagged Basal Alignment Project, CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, History, Social Studies, SS, Tahoe
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Pondiscio’s Challenge 2026
Although he doesn’t know it, Robert Pondiscio has been a huge part of Washoe’s efforts to implement the Common Core. As part of the district’s professional development launch on August 8th, Pondiscio, via Youtube content, made the case for why … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Civics, Common Core State Standards, History, Robert Pondscio, Social Studies
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More Social Studies Close Reading Examples Added
Our Social Studies Coordinators have added an additional 6th Grade Close Reading Folder to Edmodo. Presently, it includes Close Readings on Hammurabi’s Code, Spartan Families, and the Iliad. Teachers will be adding close readings to this folder throughout the school … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th, 11th, 12th, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, Exemplars, Nevada history, Social Studies, units
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Core Task Project 