IUHS has recently opened several new social studies courses that will count as elective credits. They include: Indiana Studies Ethnic Studies Civics These are one-semester courses and you can find out more about them by visiting the IUHS course catalog: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/iuhs To see only the Social Studies courses in the catalog, go to: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/iuhs/socialstudies
Entries by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher
Screenside Chat: Transitioning to Online Teaching with Tools We Already Possess
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, discusses how teachers can use their existing experiences, expertise, and tools to transition from brick-and-mortar to online teaching.
Screenside Chat: Reflections and Peer Feedback
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares how she helps students think about what they know and how learning from their peers shaped their own thinking.
Screenside Chat: Asynchronous Peer-to-Peer Engagement
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares her strategies for facilitating opportunities for students to engage with peer work without having them all be online at the same time.
Screenside Chat: Structuring Lessons with Cues and Consistency
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, offers suggestions for using visual cues to give your course a feel of consistency and improve students’ experience in an online course.
Screenside Chat: 3 Purposes of Feedback in Online Learning
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, discusses three main purposes feedback can serve in online learning settings.
Screenside Chat: Building Relationships through Feedback
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares how she builds relationships through the feedback conversations she has with students in her online courses.
Screenside Chat: Strategies for Giving Feedback
In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares strategies for giving feedback – and getting students to respond to it – in online course settings.
World History Association student essay contest
In what way has the study of world history affected my understanding of the world in which I live? Can you answer the question posted above in 1,000 words by May 1, 2020? Can you express a clear thesis and support it with concrete, specific examples? If so, you should consider entering the World History Association… Read more »
Recent reads: Between Shades of Gray
If you like historical fiction and want to learn more about some of the less widely known events in World War II, you might like Ruta Sepetys’ Between Shades of Gray. It is 1941. Lina is 15 and lives a pretty comfortable life in Lithuania, though there are some tensions as the Soviet Union has… Read more »