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Audrey Meyersieck in This Is Social Studies

Oct 29, 2018

Homelessness: primary source set

The first source above includes recent images of what homelessness…

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Melissa Gibson in This Is Social Studies

Sep 5, 2018

Becoming a Social Studies Teacher

The other night, I had an anxiety dream. In it, I was conducting research at an international school…

Elie Ortiz in This Is Social Studies

Oct 29, 2018

Essential Questions of Critical Social Studies

What are essential questions?

Essential questions…

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Audrey Meyersieck in This Is Social Studies

Nov 28, 2018

A Brief History of Butter

While it seems insignificant in our daily lives, butter has a huge impact on…

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Elie Ortiz in This Is Social Studies

Sep 26, 2018

Guide to Discussion Strategies

Discussion — talking about something in order to reach a decision or exchange ideas.

Melissa Gibson in This Is Social Studies

Jan 8, 2019

More Than Dates & Names

Because Social Studies Doesn’t Have to Be Boring

Keanna Ross in This Is Social Studies

Nov 25, 2018

To My Teachers of the Past

Growing up, when my teachers or classmates found out my ethnicity, they treated me either as a foreign creature…

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Audrey Meyersieck in This Is Social Studies

Oct 26, 2018

What I Didn’t Learn about Poverty but Should Have

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Kelsie Lamb in This Is Social Studies

Oct 4, 2017

Exploring Perfect Immigration Reform

What would perfect immigration reform look like?

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Alyssa G in This Is Social Studies

Sep 26, 2018

Identity is Everything

A Picture Book List

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Learning to teach social studies in Milwaukee. Place-based, justice-oriented, theory-informed, and multimodal. Tools, reflections, ideas. An occasional digital publication written by teacher education students at Marquette University.

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