Teaching history

History is my passion; I love history! And yet, I really don't like textbooks. Here are 30+ ways to teach history without a textbook, from books to cooking, and more!

Students become stakeholders in the learning process WITHOUT having to dress up like Benjamin Franklin.

These engaging, science-backed activity ideas are a must for you high school social studies classroom. - Let's Cultivate Greatness

Teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Here are 5 key trends for 2023 to help your teaching be less stressful and more impactful for your students.

I love review games in my US History class! Who doesn't enjoy their students reviewing content? Here's how you can play Jenga in your history classroom.

Make your history class lesson plans engaging and fun with these top 10 ideas. Use these middle school and high school history class lessons today.

Teaching history doesn't have to just involve textbooks. Here is how you can teach history without textbooks or tests!

I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that…

Teaching History Through Movies is a great way to make history come alive. This landing page tells how we do this, where to get & what movies we are viewing

Finish out your history class with a bang with these creative end of the year games! They are a fun way to review history for kids, and many would work for a literature class as well. They are easily adapted for different age groups by requiring different levels of detail and complexity in their responses.…