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.
History Teachers Club
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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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Recent Episodes
December 14, 2023
All Things NCSS!
<p>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!<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Dan presented on "History Labs: Bridging Historical Thinking with 21st Century Literacy Skills" and spoke about the importance of elevating skill development in our classrooms so that students are able to navigate today's ever challenging media landscape. Participants got to experience a mini-history lab on "What happened to Rosie after the war?"<br/><br/>Caitlin presented on "Symbol Slam: A Revolutionary Spiraling Activity" and how this foundational strategy helps her students both master the content knowledge in her classroom and how it helps them develop skills as well. Partipants got to experience how Symbol Slam uses note-taking, call and response, time-lines, mapping, writing, and games to spiral knowledge and skills all year long!<br/><br/>Dan & Caitlin also shared how the NCSS conference can introduce educators to so many organizations, networks, and other teachers in order to build an inspiring community that can elevate your career and life!<br/><br/>If you have any questions or want to book Dan and/or Caitlin to lead professional development at your school or for your district, you can go to our site, www.historyteachersclub.com or email us at historyteachersclub@gmail.com <br/><br/>Keep making magic,<br/>Dan & Caitlin</p>
October 13, 2023
Repost: Spooky, Scary, Slimy Social Studies: Halloween Activities & Haunting Lessons!
<p>We are relaunching one of our favorite episodes jam packed with creative and fun activities you can try out this Halloween season!<br/><br/>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 and engaging but still content rich activities you could do for Halloween.<br/><br/>Also check out our fall fashion line on our <a href='https://www.historyteachersclub.com/'>site</a>. We got new t-shirts you are going to want to rock out with all Autumn long! <br/><br/>To get the "History of Halloween" video lesson go to our <a href='https://www.historyteachersclub.com/products/haunted-history-of-halloween-video-lesson'>History Teachers Club </a>site. <br/><br/>Have fun and happy haunted teaching!<br/>-dan and caitlin<br/><br/></p>
September 30, 2023
Best Bellwork Activities Part II
<p>Get ready for many more great ways to start class, no matter what course you teach! <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>We also share some grading hacks for bellwork so you don't have to spend your precious time grading bellwork while still giving students credit for their efforts and keeping them accountable! <br/><br/>Make sure to check out our website <a href='https://www.historyteachersclub.com/'>www.historyteachersclub.com</a> for resources including Caitlin's "Skill-Building Bellworks" for US history, great graphic organizers for social studies, Presidential Decision Simulations, Dan's US History video curriculum, and much more!<br/><br/>And please, if you enjoyed this episode, leave us a quick review! It really helps!</p>
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