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Grade 5, TEK 18.B
Citizenship: Identify leadership qualities of national leaders, past and present.
Because some of our leaders are "grifters"!
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Listen to Whoopi and on this first day of Black History Month, grab yourself a copy of @claycane’s #TheGrift “that should be required reading” and is also No. 1 United States History book on Amazon!!! 🔥🔥🔥
#ClayNation @UrbanViewRadio
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Who benefits from banning books in schools? Who misses out? #UTSASSITN #SSITN #criticalliteracy
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In Florida’s K–12 classrooms, books must be approved by “media specialists” before children can read them. Veteran social studies teacher Michael Andoscia writes for #AHAPerspectives with his view from the ground. historians.org/research-and-…
How are teachers prepared to design a culturally responsive, inclusive, and nurturing classroom space? What's on your classroom ecology checklist for a new school year? #UTSATeacherEd
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Pre-service, new, and practicing teacher: bookmark this bag-o-pedagogical-tricks: edutopia.org/60-second-strat…
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Let's GOOOOO San Anto high school grads! Have you considered a career as a teacher? #UTSATeacherEd
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How many times did you consider leaving teaching within the first five years? What about those with over five years in the classroom; easier or harder to stay with time? #UTSATeacherEd
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What is teacher education in Texas missing if we have to close libraries to open "discipline centers"? Muy triste #UTSATeacherEd
HISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers at NES schools abc13.com/hisd-libraries-lib…
When / where / how do pre-service teachers learn organizational and class-keeping skills to teach their students? #UTSATeacherEd
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2023 STAAR results feature few to no gains by Texas students tpr.org/education/2023-07-02…
Social studies showed some gains, tho!! YAY social studies Texas educators and teacher educators! Social studies is EVERYTHING. #UTSATeacherEd
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Today, we honor the life, resolve, and leadership of the late #JohnLewis. His legacy of practicing #Nonviolence as a means to dismantle injustice continues to fuel our commitment to, and belief in, the #BelovedCommunity.
Pre-service / practicing educators: What's on your wishlist for the House Education Committee? #UTSATeacherEd
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Talk about public education. The GOP has been in charge of the House Education Committee for 8 months. What does that mean? Check this out!! xitter.gq/RepJoeNeguse/status/16… #resisters #resistance #bluewave2024
Do these films perpetuate the "white savior" notion of Caucasian educators working with marginalized students of Color? What do you think, pre-service and practicing educators, and why do you think it? #UTSATeacherEd
So much for separation of church and state in the civic minds of Texas youth. txite.today/
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LESSON TOOL: Contemporary connection article to include the lived experiences of native peoples across eras of US history; from pre-colonial to present day. What essential question could students seek to answer?
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On the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe are trying to restore land to the way it looked, smelled and sounded pre-colonialism. From @WCAI_NPR: n.pr/3yuD6Zg
A wonderful archive of award-winning, recent, relevant, and multiculturally feminist literature to transform social studies education. Has anyone used any of the titles for instruction? What was the product? #UTSATeachersTweet #multiculturaleducation #socialstudes #ELAR
ICYMI: The latest Social Education includes the 2021-2022 Carter G. Woodson and Septima Clark Book Award Recipients! Read about the award-winning books:
▶️ Carter G. Woodson Book Awards: hubs.li/Q01fVgTR0
▶️ Septima Clark Book Awards: hubs.li/Q01fVpLS0
Guess the dinosaurs , west African black rhino and dodo birds were all straight too. 🦕🦏🦤🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
#UTSASSITN #whatadumbass #voteherout
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling for an end to Pride Month, claiming straight people will become extinct. trib.al/5Np7SOL