Welcome to Teach Social Studies with WeVideo, where you'll learn how to enhance learning and help students achieve standards-based learning outcomes in History and Social Studies using WeVideo. To complete your course, work through the playlist below and answer any questions at the end of each video. When you finish the playlist, complete the assignment at the end. Once you've successfully completed this course, you'll earn a badge and a certificate for two hours of professional development.
Teach Social Studies with WeVideo
Course length: 30 minutes
Assignment
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To complete this course and earn the badge, create and submit a short video or gif reflecting on your learning using the "quick exit ticket" template. To find the template, open WeVideo, navigate to templates, click "WeVideo" (templates), and filter for education. If you found this course valuable, please share your gif or video to social with the hashtag #WeVideoCreative and tag @WeVideo to encourage others to take the course.
If you facilitate the history documentary project (or another relevant multimedia project or activity) with students, you can submit a screenshot of the turned-in page showing completed student projects, along with a link to one piece of student created media, to earn the certified educator badge.
History Biographies
Create a short video about an important historical figure.
Dream Vacation
Create a short travel video based on history or geography.
Collaborative Research
Work in teams to create a video on a research topic of interest.
Animated Vocab Cards
Create video vocab cards — a quick activity for any day of the week.