social studies
Weekend humor from Celia Rivenbark: Are you smarter than an 8th grader? Not if you’re MTG
Quit picking on U.S. eighth graders for having the lowest scores in history and civics ever. Give ‘em a break. Heck, some of them are working late nights at McDonald’s in Kentucky WITH THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS. The recent handwringing about how little eighth graders know about history and civics is understandable, but the kids still […]
NC Social Studies teacher Rodney Pierce on the need to teach a broad, full history of America
Pierce is a social studies teacher at Red Oak Middle School in Battleboro, North Carolina and was social studies teacher of the year in 2019.