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John Trampush replied to Alaska Council for the Social Studies's discussion What are the Main Assets that We as Social Studies Teachers in Alaska Need to Remember and Use?

"You're right, Michele. Harvesting the insights gained from this year and building forward from these new strategies and procedures IS something we need to do. Maybe AK-CSS can make this one of our goals for 2021...
The question is what concrete…"

Michelle Daml replied to Alaska Council for the Social Studies's discussion What are the Primary Challenges that We Face Teaching Social Studies in Alaska?

"Distance and isolation has always been a challenge in Alaska. Also connectivity and devices. This year has defintely proven that. However, it has also produced ways for us to connect on different platforms, collobarate, and ease some of the…"

Michelle Daml replied to Alaska Council for the Social Studies's discussion What are the Main Assets that We as Social Studies Teachers in Alaska Need to Remember and Use?

"So much technology and tools are available now. Teachers and students have thought "outside the box" this last year and while it has been a struggle. There are so many strategies and procedures we need to keep doing and using. We need to use this…"

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John Trampush replied to Alaska Council for the Social Studies's discussion What are the Main Assets that We as Social Studies Teachers in Alaska Need to Remember and Use?

"I think the main asset that we need to take advantage of are the powerful set of organizing and collaborating tools now available for teaching and learning. For the first time in history, the traditional isolation that teachers have had to work in…"

John Trampush replied to John Trampush's discussion AK-CSS Executive Board Meeting Archive in AK-CSS Executive Board

"AK-CSS Monthly Steering Meeting-- Feb 18, 2021

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"AK-CSS Revitalization Meeting - Sep 24, 2020"

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Dennis M. Vecera replied to John Trampush's discussion Final Project Exhibition Hall in Encounters in AK Studies

"TITLE OF PROJECT: Mine Your Business
WHO: 3rd Grade Students
WHAT: In this lesson students will write a five paragraph essay listing three specific reasons for wanting to own a business of choice or why they would want to be a miner.
COLLABORATORS:…"

BC Kindred replied to John Trampush's discussion Final Project Exhibition Hall in Encounters in AK Studies

"TITLE OF PROJECT: Alaska Timeline
TARGET AUDIENCE: 3rd grade
LEARNING GOAL: This lesson is designed as the final unit of a year-long 3rd grade Social Studies study of Alaska’s land and people. Students have studied Physical Alaska (including…"

Mackenzie Callahan replied to John Trampush's discussion Final Project Exhibition Hall in Encounters in AK Studies

"Title: Interactions with the Environment
Target Audience: 9th - 12th grade students
Learning Goal: For students to draw connections across time periods and between subject matters to gain a deeper understanding of the world that they currently live…"

Jaimie Gleissner replied to John Trampush's discussion Final Project Exhibition Hall in Encounters in AK Studies

"Title: Sydney Huntington: Cultural Broker

Grade Range: 9-10 ELA

Time Required: 1 Lesson

Introduction/Lesson Overview: The purpose of this lesson is to allow students to connect to and analyze the multicultural background of Sydney Huntington…"