Category: Social Studies

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Book Creator transforms Graphic Organizers with multimedia and accessibility

Book Creator now comes with over 100 teacher created, professionally designed graphic organizers and lesson planners. Enabling students to make use of all our multimedia and accessibility features.
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How investing in empathy can help your classroom thrive

The pandemic taught us that human connections are vital to our students working together effectively. Empathy should be at the heart of our curriculum. Here are some ideas for fostering a mindset of empathy with your students.
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Sixth-graders write children’s stories for a special audience

Bringing stories to life using Book Creator at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville.
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Increase classroom engagement with choice boards

Here are some ideas for creating choice boards for your students to help engage them in research and give them control over their learning.
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Empathy Project: Using Book Creator to facilitate cultural dialogue

How do we help students develop empathy and become productive global citizens? Michael Hernandez suggests creating books that focus on interviews and portraits to help connect students to other people and cultures.
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Why publishing for social good will help your students connect learning to the real world

Michael Hernandez has some ideas to share about creating assignments that give students a wider purpose for learning.
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Teach Digital Citizenship with Book Creator

Do you teach digital citizenship to your students? This new ebook can help you get to grips with promoting creative digital citizenship in your classroom.
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Teaching SEL with Book Creator

Here’s the latest addition to the Using Book Creator in the Classroom series. This book focuses on Social-Emotional Learning, and is written by Dr. Monica Burns.
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15 Social Studies projects – free ebook

Here’s the latest in our series of digital books written by teachers. This time, Dr. Monica Burns outlines lesson plans covering the social studies curriculum.
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A Book Creator book with a Hollywood twist

Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn school in Wales have a history of creating fantastic projects. James Williams, Enterprise Co-Ordinator, tells us about their latest project, the 11th book in their library.
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