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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.
Episodes
26 episodes
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 &a...
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34:32
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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 Hallowee...
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34:58
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 kic...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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43:58
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-sta...
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30:32
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 passionat...
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45:57
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,...
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49:59
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 g...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:26
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 confiden...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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39:16
"Engaging & Energizing End of Year Review Strategies That Work!"
Reviews can be fun, helpful, and even energizing for students and for us teachers if done correctly. And in this episode, we are talking all about review strategies and a framework for approaching reviews that will ensure students get a lot out...
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39:44
Teaching Black Joy During Black History Month & All Year Long!
Get ready to be inspired to not just teach or highlight Black culture and Black leaders, but to really celebrate it! We were so luck to be joined by Deana Forbs, @socialstudiesscholar, who shared so many inspirational ideas and activities you a...
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47:42
Using EduProtocols in History Class
In this episode, the PLC is joined by the EduProtocols 'Dream Team' to discuss how EduProtocols can save teachers time and energy in prepping and planning while engaging students in active learning.Jon Corippo (co-developer of Eduprotoc...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:03:14
How To Get "Moochers" Engaged in Class
How do you get those students who just rely on their peers to do their work and feed them the answers instead of actually working and engaged in class? Well, thats what we jump into in this episode!Dan and Caitlin share many strategies ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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39:04
How to Make Gallery Walks Unforgettable In History Class
Gallery walks can be great activities to use in history class and once and with some secret sauce they can be unforgettable!In this episode, we are joined by Matt Barry to walk us through (get it!) his outstanding Lewis and Clark ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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41:06
Project Based Learning & Maker Spaces in History Class
John Spencer is something of a project based learning guru and an expert in delivering empowering student-centered projects. In this episode, we get all into how to manage and how to incorporate PBL in history and social studies classrooms.
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54:39
How to use History Labs with Bruce Lesh
In this episode we are joined by Bruce Lesh, author of "Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer? Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12", to talk all about how to use history labs in the classroom.Bruce shares form his years of exper...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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57:55
Spooky, Scary, Slimy Social Studies: Halloween Activities & Haunting Lessons!
Its everyones favorite time of the year- Halloween season (its not just a day!). And we got you covered with lots of great activities and lessons for Halloween.In this episode Dan and Caitlin share some fun things they have done for US ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:58
Costumes in the Classroom! Great Ideas for Dressing Up
In this comical episode, Dan and Caitlin are joined with the one and only, Gaspare Randazzo, @standuprandazzo, to talk about costumes in the classroom. Caitlin couldn’t be happier!With Dan being a reluctant costume wearer, Cait...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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52:28
Awesome CSI Activities and Inquiry in History Class
Getting students to think critically, carefully analyze primary and secondary sources, and gather evidence to answer a prompt can sometimes be like pulling teeth, but CSI activities get students doing all these with enthusiasm!In this e...
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41:32
Build Historical Knowledge with SYMBOL SLAM!
In this episode, Caitlin breaks down how she uses "Symbol Slam" to engage students while building historical knowledge for her students. Its more than notes, its more than a call-and-response- its more than a review of key terms - its an active...
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38:28
17 Great Tips and Tricks for Teachers
17 unique and great tips and tricks we wish we knew when we were entering the profession! In this episode, Dan and Caitlin share many actionable tips, strategies, procedures, and routines that will help all teachers - not just hist...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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43:36
Building COMMUNITY in and Outside the Classroom | MAGIC part V
Building a community in the classroom where students feel connected, supported, and confident they can be successful is essential for teachers. However, fostering a community of other passionate and supportive educators to for us to lean on is ...
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57:37
Ignite Magic: Make History Class Interesting, Exciting, and Engaging!
How do you get students excited about learning history? How do you make lessons on the silk road, Stamp Act, or WWI come alive and get students interested and engaged in academic rigor? Thats the focus on this episode!We're so glad you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:17
Genuine MAGIC - Being Open, Honest, and Authentic with Students
Dan and Caitlin, with a super special guest, Jon Chiarmonte, aka the @YouMatterGuy, discuss the importance of being genuine, authentic, and honest with our students and creating a learning environment where all students feel welcome and appreci...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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40:28
Lights. Camera. ACTION! - Make History Class Magical!
Buckle up! This one gets a bit crazy as Caitlin and Dan share some over the top and some easily implementable actions you can take to transform your classroom into a space of excitement, wonder, and engagement! Teaching is such a creative profe...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:14
M is for Manifestos - MAGIC in the Classroom I
Do you need more MAGIC in the classroom to make history come alive and make learning a history a blast? Thats the focus of our club meeting today!Dan and Caitlin share the first part of a five part series on bringing MAGIC to the classr...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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