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I'm in the middle of my 17th year teaching Social Studies to 8th graders. I've been in it long enough that I started teaching US History, it changed to Middle Ages and now has returned to US. I couldn't be happier for my students at this point in their lives to be learning about their own country's historical start and now asking them to become active members in it. Greatest challenge is they have little to no prior knowledge. So the state wants us to discuss documents when they have no prior connection. I end up backing up, and moving forward at a snail's pace. Great resource I use as an anchor is iCivics.
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