Subject: Social Studies

  • Learning in the Making: Paper Box Motion Story

    Learning in the Making: Paper Box Motion Story

    The Paper Box Motion Story is like a tiny, manual movie theatre! It can be used to summarize information, share learned facts, and even create and tell fictional stories. Follow […]

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    Maker Ed
  • Learning in the Making: Revolutionary Screenprinting

    Learning in the Making: Revolutionary Screenprinting

    Learn about the revolutionary applications of screenprinting in the Black Panther Party and try out screenprinting yourself with this activity video and project guide.

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    Maker Ed
  • Learning in the Making: Everyone Loves Puppets!

    Learning in the Making: Everyone Loves Puppets!

    Puppets are a widespread form of theater and storytelling with varieties and styles across the world. Learn how to make a moving puppet by following along with this activity video […]

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    Maker Ed
  • Approaches to Curriculum Integration

    Approaches to Curriculum Integration

    This online learning module will lead you through four different possibilities – “approaches” – for integrating maker-centered learning into your classroom or learning space.

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    Maker Ed
  • Planting Your Own Garden

    Planting Your Own Garden

    Building a planter box is a simple way to start gardening. This lesson will help students build their own planter box using a few simple items they can get at […]

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    The Edible Schoolyard Project
  • Strawberries and Labor

    Strawberries and Labor

    In this lesson, students examine an infographic on strawberries and labor that shows the connections between strawberry growing, production, and immigration policies.

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    The Edible Schoolyard Project
  • Indigenous STEAM Learning Activities

    Indigenous STEAM Learning Activities

    The Indigenous STEAM Collaborative co-designs, implements, and shares land based educational materials developed in collaboration with families, communities, and educators and research.

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    Indigenous STEAM
  • Water Mapping

    Water Mapping

    This activity plan draws on Indigenous observation practices to explore and map all the places water lives around you, where it comes from, where it travels to, and what other […]

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    Indigenous STEAM
  • Implementing Meaningful STEM Education with Indigenous Students & Families

    Implementing Meaningful STEM Education with Indigenous Students & Families

    This “practice brief” supports educators with strategies to intentionally incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into STEM learning environments.

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    STEM Teaching Tools
  • Teaching STEM in Ways that Respect and Build Upon Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

    Teaching STEM in Ways that Respect and Build Upon Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

    This “practice brief” aids educators in reflecting on and discovering how Indigenous ways of knowing support STEM learning.

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    STEM Teaching Tools