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The Social Studies Teacher Podcast Kirsten Hammond, The Southern Teach
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Are you an upper elementary teacher looking for simple strategies that will help make teaching social studies easy and fun? This podcast is perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers who want to maximize their time and bring social studies to life in their classrooms!
Your host, Kirsten of The Southern Teach, is a mom and educator with over a decade of experience teaching in the classroom. She is all about simple and actionable strategies that result in wins, big or small.
Each week, she'll share a variety of tips on integrating social studies with other subjects, teaching accurate and culturally-relevant social studies topics, lesson and resource ideas, and more! Listen in for ways to make teaching social studies manageable, fun, and best of all - rewarding for both you and your students!
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7 Easy Ways to Prep for a Substitute Teacher
Whether you're planning for a day off soon, or you know you need a better solution for next school year, you'll love these realistic tips on preparing for a substitute teacher.
Episode Highlights
My 7 best tips on getting ready for a subLow prep activities to fill your sub tub
Resources and Links
Blog Post - Episode 48
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Social Studies Guided Curriculum
Easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!
Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum!
Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership Waitlist
Take Social Studies off the back burner with time-saving, easy-to-prep, and engaging resources at your fingertips!
Be the first to know when the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership opens this summer!
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Using Novel Studies to Teach Social Studies
Today you get a sneak peek into one of the trainings from the video vault of the Smart and Simple Social Studies membership. Listen for ways you can use novel studies to teach social studies!
Episode Highlights
What is a novel study?Why you may want to use novel studies in your classroom.My favorite books to use for novel studies
Resources and Links
Get access to more trainings like this one inside my social studies teacher membership
Blog Post - Episode 47
Let's Connect!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Social Studies Guided Curriculum
Easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!
Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum!
Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership Waitlist
Take Social Studies off the back burner with time-saving, easy-to-prep, and engaging resources at your fingertips!
Be the first to know when the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership opens this summer!
Join the Membership Waitlist! -
End of the Year Activity Ideas
Summer break might be just around the corner, but that does not mean classic classroom activities are forgotten.
Grab some school supplies, get creative and enjoy the memories made over this past year!
Episode Highlights
Poetry scavenger huntsTexts to compareThe Year in Review poemWriting a letter to the teacher / studentTexts to reflect on
Resources and Links
Blog Post - Episode 46
Let's Connect!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Social Studies Guided Curriculum
Easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!
Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum!
Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership Waitlist
Take Social Studies off the back burner with time-saving, easy-to-prep, and engaging resources at your fingertips!
Be the first to know when the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership opens this summer!
Join the Membership Waitlist! -
Using Journal Prompts in Social Studies
Journal prompts can really help students gain a deeper understanding of a topic. If you are looking for new ways to develop critical thinking and foster academic discussion then you'll love today's episode.
Episode Highlights
5 steps to using journal prompts in social studies10 journal prompt examples that can be used for virtually any social studies topicWalkthrough the 5 steps with one of the examples
Blog Post - Episode 45
Let's Connect!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership Waitlist
Take Social Studies off the back burner with time-saving, easy-to-prep, and engaging resources at your fingertips!
Be the first to know when the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership opens this summer!
Join the Membership Waitlist!
Social Studies Guided Curriculum
Easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!
Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum! -
4 Big Mistakes I've Made as a Classroom Teacher
Have you ever felt that you’re just not up to par with all those teachers on social media? They seem to always be doing everything right and are picture-perfect.
Can you relate?
Today I’m sharing with you 4 big mistakes I’ve made as a teacher, and what I’ve learned from these mistakes. I always strive to be my best and these are some mistakes that I’ve grown from as an educator and have shaped how I teach today.
Episode Highlights
Why working smarter and not harder is the best course of action as a teacherHow to not worry about (or fight) the little things with your studentsNot to take things too personally (and what to do instead)Ways to put yourself first as a teacher
Blog Post - Episode 44
Let's Connect!
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Social Studies Guided Curriculum
Easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!
Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum!
Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership Waitlist
Take Social Studies off the back burner with time-saving, easy-to-prep, and engaging resources at your fingertips!
Be the first to know when the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership opens this summer!
Join the Membership Waitlist! -
Teaching About the 20th Century
While the 20th century is a fascinating topic to cover, it can be a challenge to find resources that include the correct level of depth for the upper elementary classroom. Let's dive in to unpack this puzzle together.
Episode Highlights
Introduction to the 20th and 21st CenturiesThe 1900s and 1910sWorld War IThe Roaring TwentiesThe Great DepressionWorld War IIThe Cold WarThe Civil Rights MovementThe 1960sThe 1970sThe 1980sThe 1990s
Resources and Links
Blog Post - Episode 43
The United States in the 20th and 21st Century SS Unit
First Website
Check out Episode 22 to learn more about Primary Sources
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Mentioned in this episode:
Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership Waitlist
Take Social Studies off the back burner with time-saving, easy-to-prep, and engaging resources at your fingertips!
Be the first to know when the Smart and Simple Social Studies Membership opens this summer!
Join the Membership Waitlist!
Social Studies Guided Curriculum
Easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for social studies - just print and teach! The growing bundle for Communities, Texas History, and U.S. History is now available. Click the link to learn more!
Learn more about the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum!