“What is creativity? The relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration.” Elizabeth Gilbert Have you heard of the book Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert? The premise is not…
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Update April 2025: As we are all aware, we can’t predict what the status of websites involving history may be. Some of these sites may no longer be active. I thought…
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Last Thursday was one of those days that made my teacher heart happy! It was Civil War Project day! All 3 of my 5th grade classes were abuzz with excitement! I…
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Question Your Questioning in Social Studies!
Creative Social Studies Ideas, Empowering Every Learner October 7, 2015I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and combine a blog post with an assignment for my Gifted Endorsement class (since it’s super late and we have class…
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Terrific Test Review Strategy for English Language Learners!
Creative Social Studies Ideas, Empowering Every Learner October 4, 2015Well, I put off ending The Civil War with my 5th graders as long as I could. I think we are supposed to be done with Reconstruction by now. Oops.…