by tjohnston | Nov 8, 2024
The work we’ll do in this full day workshop is predicated on the idea that the more students know about the rich and fascinating environment, history, economy, and people of the Pioneer Valley, the more they’ll care about and become engaged in their communities....
by tjohnston | Sep 11, 2024
This professional learning community (PLC) is for anyone who is a Social Studies/Civics educator in a school setting in Massachusetts. This PLC will be a place for Social Studies/Civics educators to share in problems of practices, developing ideas, and learning...
by tjohnston | Sep 10, 2024
Few books about the Civil Rights Movement focus on examples from outside the South. Especially during January and February and in the spring, many teachers share books about Jim Crow and Civil Rights with their students, but they are almost exclusively Southern...
by tjohnston | Jul 14, 2023
Social Studies and Humanities pose distinct challenges for struggling learners, including extensive discipline-specific vocabulary, difficult informational texts – including complex primary sources – and a need for background knowledge. However, authentic sources,...
