Do you teach US History to kids? Do you have a hard time getting the history standards covered? Is planning taking you forever? The struggle is real!
Over the next decade of my career, I envisioned a better way. I knew I could create something for me that would also help other teachers. I decided to dive in and find a solution to my problem. I have spent nearly three years writing and creating my line of interactive social studies notebooks. Today, thousands of teachers are using them from all over the country. They have shared with me that they love them and their students do too. Teachers say they enjoy teaching history using my passages.
I struggled for years to get the Georgia standards covered in the time frame I was given. I spent hours trying to find the perfect passages and activities to teach the U.S. history topics. Textbooks included so many details that many of my students had trouble retaining the information. I needed something that was concise but still covered the content I was required to teach. I couldn't find a system that worked for me, so I decided to create one. The passages cover U.S. history topics that are usually taught in 4th and 5th grades. Often times the same topics are covered later in the high school years (in greater detail).