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Are We Teaching Enough Civics in Schools?

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History in 2021 grades every state on their civics and history standards that guide teaching and learning in these content areas. Read on… For more websites that teach civics for MS and HS, check out these: Argument Wars. Primary Source Documents. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Autumn Websites

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A Tree’s True Color Fall Bucket List For Families Printable Fall Crafts, Decorations, and Printouts Fall Books & Short Stories For Kids about Autumn Primary Games’ Fall Fun Science Made Simple: Why Do Leaves Change Color in Fall?

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10 Tips for Teaching Remotely

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Vacations, conferences, PD–all these take us away from our primary job functions and the environment where we are most comfortable delivering our best work. Here’s what I currently use to teach from home or can easily arrange: Have necessary apps on iPads and smartphones. Teaching Online During #COVID19. More on #CoronaVirus.

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How to Find Reliable Internet Sources

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You want: primary sources unbiased sources sources with the background and training to understand the topic Young students have difficulty understanding these rules. They have barely learned about ‘primary sources’ and have no idea how to select unbiased ones.

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Memorial Day Websites

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link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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21st Century Lesson Plan Updated

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When I first wrote this article seven years ago, remote teaching was something done on snow days, teaching from home short-changed student learning, and parents were too busy to get involved in their child’s education. Digital and media literacy: Teaching how to evaluate information and navigate the digital landscape responsibly.

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7 President’s Day Activities

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Games and online activities From Primary Games , popular home of a wide variety of edutainment for kids, this link includes a President’s Day Wordsearch, games, coloring pages, worksheets, jokes, stationary, and mobile games. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.