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
To complete this course and earn the badge, facilitate the history documentary project with students. For credit, submit a screenshot of the turned-in page showing completed student projects, along with a link to one history documentary created by a student via this Google form. We'll review your submission and respond within two weeks. If you create your own video and want to share it to social media, use the hashtag #WeVideoCreative and tag @WeVideo.
More projects to try with students
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.