Social Studies
Supporting your school or district's implementation of best-practice social studies instruction.
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Consultations
Content Area: Consultation
We support our clients with meeting district and campus academic goals through our educational consulting services. We partner with stakeholders to analyze quantitative and qualitative data to determine a focus for services, and we collaborate to create a plan with action steps and support.
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Professional Development
Content Areas: Custom PD
Our content area teams can provide customized teacher professional development workshops for your staff. We partner with our districts to analyze student data and determine a focus for learning and support.
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Consultations
Content Area Facilitated Planning
Our coaches partner with individual teachers or teams to provide coherent guidance while planning for instruction and formative assessment.
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History Lab: US Immigration Policy
Explore the US immigration policy throughout the ages with your students and uncover the legislative responses to various immigration acts in this downloadable social studies history lab.
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History Lab: US Mexican War
Explore the US Mexican War with your students and analyze the different reasons the US declared war on Mexico in 1846 in this downloadable social studies history lab
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History Lab: Auxiliary Personnel of the First World War
Explore the auxiliary personnel of the first world war with your students and uncover the unsung contributions made by them in this downloadable social studies history lab.
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History Lab: Rise of New Right Conservatism
The Rise of New Right Conservatism History Lab is designed for students in US History who are studying the 1970s - 1980s. During the lab, students examine eight sources to understand the conservative movement.
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History Lab: Andrew Carnegie
Explore the legacy of Andrew Carnegie with your students and debate what describes him best: philanthropist or Robber Baron in this downloadable social studies history lab.
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Workshop
Words That Stick: Effective Vocabulary Instruction in Social Studies
Helps 6–12 social studies teachers and instructional leaders elevate student thinking through strategic vocabulary instruction.
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Workshop
Building Literacy in the Social Studies
Equips social studies educators with practical strategies to integrate purposeful writing that supports the Social Studies TEKS, promotes historical thinking, and helps students connect personally and cognitively with complex content through both low-stakes and extended writing tasks.
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Workshop
Building Literacy in the Social Studies
Equips social studies educators with practical strategies to integrate purposeful writing that supports the Social Studies TEKS, promotes historical thinking, and helps students connect personally and cognitively with complex content through both low-stakes and extended writing tasks.
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A Powerful Partnership: Elementary RLA and Social Studies
Social Studies equips educators to integrate elementary Social Studies content with RLA instruction by aligning skills-based TEKS, reinforcing key literacy skills, and planning purposeful, efficient lessons that boost student success in both subjects.
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Social Studies for ALL
This session helps 6–12 social studies educators use research-based strategies to scaffold and differentiate instruction, ensuring Emergent Bilingual and Special Education students access rigorous, inclusive, and TEKS-aligned learning.
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Article
Uncovering the Link Between Literacy and Social Studies
Elementary teachers lay the foundation for instilling a lifelong love of learning and a deep understanding of foundational skills about the world around us. The task is huge and comes with substantial pressure to ensure test scores are up and everyone is demonstrating proficiency in reading and math. This pressure, understandably, can sometimes result in reduced […]
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Steps to Creating a History Lab
A history lab is an inquiry based instructional approach which models the work of historians. Historical inquiry, whether done by historians or students in a history class, is propelled by a compelling historical question. History labs can be created by anyone by using a variety of free resources and primary materials you already include in […]
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What is a History Lab?
A history lab is an inquiry based instructional approach which models the work of historians. During a history lab students do a lot of things. They investigate a compelling focus question with possible multiple answers. Then, they utilize their literacy skills to interpret a variety of sources. Finally, they work together to develop, present, and […]
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4 Types of Supplemental Aids For Social Studies
We’ve previously written about supplemental aids in relationship to the STAAR test, but only generally. In this post, we’ll be offering you 4 types of aids you can use specifically for the 8th Grade Social Studies and U.S. History tests: Blank Graphic Organizers Mnemonic Devices Blank Maps Timelines with Dates 1. Blank Graphic Organizer Graphic […]
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Social Studies professional development and support
Our social studies professional development for teachers provides quality learning that is reflective of campus, district and regional needs. We are data-informed and values-driven. We create powerful learning experiences for teachers that are active, learner-centered, and responsive to student needs. Most importantly, we support teachers to create inquiry-driven, literate historians of tomorrow.
Additionally, our Social Studies professional development for teachers supports our clients with the implementation of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS), and the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS).
Need to get in touch?
Contact a member of our team for more information.
Melissa Solis, 512-919-5454 Amber Laroche, 512-919-5358