Thoughtful Social Studies

Y’all know I love me some deals, right?   Well here is the deal for you! I have seen these dry-erase cubes at Dollar Tree ( no, I’m ...

I still remember doing a WHOLE lesson on the difference between slavery and indentured servitude. And then, the long-answer question on th...

So, It’s that time of year...  Time for review games! A reminder -- none of our kids (NOT A SINGLE ONE!!) are going to take a low-level...

I spend a lot of time teaching/working with middle school US History and Civics. In case you haven’t looked at those benchmarks in a while,...

Despite my love of history and civics, I really dislike election season. I love to vote, of course, but I hate all the anger and trash-talk...