History Teachers Club

dan and caitlin
History Teachers Club

Caitlin and Dan are history teachers with a burning passion for teaching, history, and engaging students and they are here to share that fire! Each week they discuss their favorite lessons, unique engagement strategies, Caitlin’s history costumes and room decor, inspiring figures and stories in history, and the wonderful madness from their students and classrooms.

  1. 12/14/2023

    All Things NCSS!

    This episode is all about NCSS, National Council for Social Studies, and how joining NCSS or your state organization can be so helpful in your growth as an educator by connecting you with other amazing educators and organizations!Dan & Caitlin were just back from the national NCSS conference in Nashville when they recorded this and spoke about their experiences there including both of their presentations.Dan presented on "History Labs: Bridging Historical Thinking with 21st Century Litera...

    35 min

  2. 10/13/2023

    Repost: Spooky, Scary, Slimy Social Studies: Halloween Activities & Haunting Lessons!

    We are relaunching one of our favorite episodes jam packed with creative and fun activities you can try out this Halloween season!In this episode Dan and Caitlin share some fun things they have done for US and world history for Halloween and even some local history things you could do as well. From learning about the history of Halloween, 'haunted geography', slimy sources (thats a winner!), and making tombstone epitaphs and graveyards for historical figures, we tried to include as many fun a...

    35 min

  3. 09/30/2023

    Best Bellwork Activities Part II

    Get ready for many more great ways to start class, no matter what course you teach! In this episode, we pick up right where we left off in the last episode and share fun activities to do with historical images like "Meme Mondays" to kick start curiosity, wall and desk graffiti, spiraling & skill building tasks to help students review previous lessons, and much more.We also share some grading hacks for bellwork so you don't have to spend your precious time grading bellwork while still givi...

    44 min

  4. 09/13/2023

    Best Bellwork Activities: Win the lesson in the first 3 minutes!

    The most important three minutes of class are those first three minutes!In this episode, Dan and Caitlin share their favorite ways to start class in order to transition students effectively, get them interested and excited, and kick-start their curiosity!Sharing very practical strategies on how to set up an effective 'start of class' routine, bellringers that will not just get students focused but also get them to 'lean into the lesson', and how to make sure 100% of students start with a win!...

    31 min

  5. 08/22/2023

    First Week Activities to Set Up an AMAZING School Year part 2

    100% or Nothing Quizzes, a historical thinking Get-to-Know-the-Teacher activity, gamifying routines and procedures and much more! 🤩This episode picks up right where we left off as we go over how we create a community of passionate learners in the first week or two of school! We talk about being your authentic self, how we carefully teach procedures & routines and how you can gamify it to help students master it, how to set high expectations for students so they know learning is serious bu...

    46 min

  6. 08/18/2023

    Best First Week Activities for an Amazing School Year!

    Building cardboard historical sites, being silly with Play-Doh, on day one, 'living' in a world without history, and many other crazy ideas for an amazing first couple of weeks of school are found in this episode!In this episode, Dan & Caitlin share many strategies, activities, and policies that help them set up an amazing school year. They discuss great ways to get students excited about class with unique first-day activities (yes, we ditch the syllabus and get into some cool stuff right...

    50 min

  7. 06/28/2023

    How to Have Your Best Teacher Summer Ever!

    Summer is hard earned, y'all! And we owe it to ourselves to make the most of it! In this episode, Dan and Caitlin share their best tips for really pouring back into yourself after a long school year! Because the best PD you can get this summer just might be rest, relaxation, and adventure!If you are doing some planning and prep for back to school make sure to check out our site for some great first week activities for history class: www.historyteachersclub.comAnd we would love it if you could...

    35 min

  8. 04/27/2023

    Helping Students With Test Anxiety!

    So many students have test anxiety and we have some ideas to help them!In this episode, Caitlin and Dan share a bunch of ways you can help students who suffer from test anxiety so they can perform at their best and develop more confidence in themselves. Caitlin shares from her own experience and what has helped her and her students- with great reviews, making 'brain dump' videos, and rituals and routines like her 'positive affirmations' right before taking the test. (Yes, theres confetti and ...

    39 min
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About

Caitlin and Dan are history teachers with a burning passion for teaching, history, and engaging students and they are here to share that fire! Each week they discuss their favorite lessons, unique engagement strategies, Caitlin’s history costumes and room decor, inspiring figures and stories in history, and the wonderful madness from their students and classrooms.

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  • Creator
    dan and caitlin
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 History Teachers Club
  • Show Website
    History Teachers Club

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