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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). As of February 2025, NCHE serves as the director of one of the Librarys newest regional granting entities, the Great Plains Region. The Great Plains region is one of six across the country whose role is to provide subgrants to organizations seeking to include Library resources in their educational programming.

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Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’

ED Surge

The state of early care and education today is, in a word, unsustainable. Thats what a recent survey of 10,000 early childhood educators found, and its what providers continue to share anecdotally. With the pandemic in the rearview and the accompanying funding it brought the field now a fading memory many early education providers find that they cannot keep up with rising costs, staff shortages and low morale.

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Decolonization in Ghan & Kenya: Two Short Documentaries

World History Teachers Blog

Studying decolonization? Here are two terrific short (25 to 30 minutes) documentaries about two independence movements in Africa--in Ghana and Kenya. Both are from CCTV News, a 24-hour English news channel, of China Central Television, based in Beijing. You can find questions for both videos in the New Visions Global Curriculum for 10th grade. Look for the unit on decolonization and nationalism.

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Early Copper Crafting Among Anatolia's Last Hunter-Gatherers

Anthropology.net

The narrative of human technological advancement has long positioned metallurgy as a hallmark of settled agricultural societies. However, recent findings from the Gre Fılla site in southeastern Turkey suggest that the roots of metalworking may extend deeper into our hunter-gatherer past than previously understood.​ a) Location of early metallurgical activities in Anatolia and Gre Fılla archaeological site. b) The context where the vitrified material (GRE-VRF) was found. c-d) Stru

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The world’s largest PDF is bigger than the Universe

Strange Maps

The size of your standard PDF matches the paper in your printer: A4 in most of the world, letter-sized in the U.S. and Canada. But standards are not limits. The biggest possible size for a PDF, it has long been said, is a square with sides 237.7 miles (381 km) long, for a total area of 56,047 square miles (145,161 km 2 ). Bigger than Greece If that PDF were a country, it would be the 94 th -largest in the world, considerably bigger than Greece.

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Cementing the Past

Sapiens

An anthropologist investigates the ongoing impacts of the U.S.-based United Fruit Companys fraught 1940s preservation of an ancient Maya site in Guatemala. The United Fruit Company was a U.S. multinational corporation and at one time, the largest landholder in Central America. To maintain authority in this part of the world, the company stamped out labor reform, collaborated with U.S.

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The Case of Hostile Terrain ’94 at the University of Oregon 

Anthropology News

At the University of Oregon, we built a collaborative team of faculty and museum staff to bring students, campus, and community stakeholders together in planning and implementing an exhibition of an installation of the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition. The HT94 installation aims to do several things, including to raise awareness during a presidential election season about the realities of the U.S.

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Children's Role in Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

Anthropology.net

Deep within the shadowy recesses of Upper Paleolithic caves, ancient artists left behind a legacy of mesmerizing paintings and engravings. Amidst these artworks, evidence suggests the participation of an unexpected group: young children. Handprints, footprints, and finger flutings attributed to individuals as young as two years old adorn the walls of these subterranean galleries.

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The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

This week was all about variety, structure, and student voiceanchored by a solid lineup of EduProtocols. I leaned on Fast & Curious for foundational vocab, layered in Annotate & Tell to break down complex readings, used Number Mania to push students toward using evidence, and wrapped lessons with Short Answer and Nacho Paragraphs to bring writing and thinking together.

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A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive

Sapiens

A Tanzanian historian and poet conjures alternative engagements with Black African women who were marginalized by violent colonial histories and imprisoned in the archives. As the 2024 poet-in-resident at the magazine, she imaginatively reaches for new possibilities. As a historian, poet, writer , and experimental sound practitioner based in Tanzania, I meddle in different tonguestesting which one has the least bitter aftertaste.

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Do-it-yourself mental health efforts by community college students

The Hechinger Report

Elijah Gregory had overcome a lot by the time he arrived at North Central Texas College in Flower Mound as a freshman at 19. He had contended with physical health issues, depression and anxiety. He had lost a parent to addiction. And hed struggled to finish high school. So he was proud to achieve the next step, enrolling in community college. But when Gregory got there, he felt lost and lonely.

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5th Anniversary: Black History Freedom School

Zinn Education Project

The Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online classes launched in March of 2020. Conceptualized by Dr. Jeanne Theoharis, these sessions bring together committed scholars with hundreds of educators to learn illuminating history and discuss its relevance for our time and for our classrooms. The sessions are a gift reciprocated. For K12 educators, the classes offer compelling alternatives to the standard narrative found in most textbooks.

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The Evolutionary Roots of the Human Brain: How Two Genes Shaped Our Cognitive Landscape

Anthropology.net

The human brain stands apart in the animal kingdom, not just in sheer size but in its remarkable cognitive abilities. For decades, researchers have sought to understand what genetic changes fueled the expansion of our neocortex, the region responsible for higher-order thinking, reasoning, and language. A recent study published in Science Advances 1 by Nesil Eşiyok and colleagues sheds light on this question, identifying a crucial genetic duo— NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB —that orchestra

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Some Childcare Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can't They Get Relief Money?

ED Surge

Do you remember the last time you were on endless hold with customer service? Or in line at the DMV with no end in sight? Take those experiences and multiply them together and it might begin to explain what life's been like for Felisa Wright since January. She lost her Altadena home, where she also ran a childcare business, in the Eaton Fire. That was just the beginning.

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Parents, Flappers and Women’s History Month

Teaching American History

In honor of womens history month, we bring you a reading selection that highlights the upheaval American society experienced in the 1920s as regards gender roles. The media popularized the term flapper to describe rebellious young women who rejected conventional notions of proper female behavior, and it became a common descriptor for young women who shortened their skirts, bobbed their hair, danced to jazz music, smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol illegally, embraced their sexuality, or disobeyed

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OPINION: Stop labeling kids and start revealing their strengths

The Hechinger Report

Disengaged, unmotivated, fragile, behind. These are just a few of the negative labels applied to young people today. We read stories about how theyre suffering from pandemic learning loss and an adolescent mental health crisis. Kids are addicted to their phones is a common complaint. It all adds up to an even less helpful label: the anxious generation.

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Bits and Bytes Don’t Leave Bones

Anthropology News

Migration is always more than just a transferit is a point of tension where preservation, power, and priorities intersect. Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. Digital artifacts follow the same patterns. When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value.

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A Stone Age Puzzle: How Did Quina Tools Reach Ancient China?

Anthropology.net

For decades, archaeologists believed that technological development in Paleolithic East Asia followed a slow, relatively stagnant trajectory compared to the dynamic shifts seen in Europe and Africa. The discovery of a sophisticated stone tool tradition in southern China is now forcing a major reassessment of that assumption. Recent excavations at the Longtan site in southwest China have uncovered a complete Quina lithic toolkit—previously thought to be exclusive to European Neanderthals

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Remembering What It’s Like To Be A Student

The Effortful Educator

Okay. Watch the video below. My son is going to teach you how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. Ready. Set. Go. In a little less than five minutes, my son provided a step-by-step tutorial and now you know how to solve a Rubik’s Cube…right? You listened to him. You watched him. If I gave you a Rubik’s Cube right now and assessed your ability to solve this puzzle, could you do so successfully?

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How Open Standards Are Breaking Down Data Barriers

ED Surge

Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet harnessing it to drive meaningful change remains a challenge. A 2022 UCLA-MIT Press study found that higher education struggles to capture and leverage data for impact. This digital disconnect isnt just a result of outdated systems; its about the complex web of cultural, organizational and infrastructural barriers that leave many institutions data-rich

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The Importance of Place-Based Learning in Digital Spaces

Digital Promise

The post The Importance of Place-Based Learning in Digital Spaces appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Spatial Labor Controls of Contemporary Plantations: A Supervised Ethnography in Campo Los Soles

Anthropology News

At 10 a.m., I arrived at Campo Los Soles, a 2000-acre field of grapes with temperatures up to 122 Fahrenheit and 20 miles from Hermosillo City, northwestern Mexico. The 2000 acres are completely fenced with barbed wires, and private security employees are watching the limits of the property day and night. Its main entrance is a 35-foot-high arch with the words Los Soles above two closed gates, a security checkpoint cabin, and corporate advertisements with Mexican and US agribusiness brand logos.

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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara Reveals a Lost North African Lineage

Anthropology.net

Once a fertile expanse teeming with lakes, grasslands, and abundant wildlife, the Sahara was a starkly different landscape than the inhospitable desert known today. During the African Humid Period (14,500–5,000 years ago), this region supported thriving human populations. Now, an international team of researchers 1 has uncovered the first ancient genomes from this long-lost ecosystem, shedding new light on an ancient North African lineage that has all but disappeared.

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The Railroad Tunnel through Pine Mountain, Kentucky

Life and Landscapes

On Thursday, January 29, 1948, the Mountain Eagle newspaper of Whitesburg , Kentucky, reported that, on the following Tuesday, the first train would travel through the 3, 600 feet of tunnel bored through the the 3/4 mile high, linear-straight razor of a Mountain called Pine. It would travel from Jenkins, Kentucky, to the coal fields around Pound, Virginia, where coal seams were reputed to be 15 feet in thickness!

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Careers in Geography

Living Geography

A new set of videos from Time for Geography explores geographical careers. These were mentioned in my presentation at an RGS Teachmeet earlier in the week and will be added to my growing list of careers related resources. There are some interesting contexts here for teaching about the value of geography to future career prospects. Here's another video: this time from a set of Careers Videos from the Geography Teachers Assocation of Victoria called 'I am a Geographer'.

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Spring 2025 Higher Education Media Fellows

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars announces its seventh class of journalists named to theHigher Education Media Fellowship, supported by ECMC Foundation.

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Off Track: Undoing Migrant Routes across Western Europe

Anthropology News

The elevator doors opened to the smell of coffee, olive oil, and cumin. Salam! Ayoub called out. Salam, I answered, barely awake. I had brought bread and oranges. Ayoub was busy frying eggs. Dawn, as I was to find out, was his favorite time of day: awake while everybody else was asleep, it was as if the shelters kitchen was his own. Ayoub and I had first met months earlier, in the same kitchen, in the basement of an emergency shelter for migrants, on the outskirts of a small town in the French A

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Rethinking the Dawn of Agriculture: Human Agency in the Neolithic Transition

Anthropology.net

The shift from a hunter-gatherer existence to an agrarian lifestyle stands as one of the most profound transformations in human history. Traditionally, scholars have attributed this Neolithic transition to external factors like climatic shifts or the allure of fertile lands. However, recent research challenges this narrative, emphasizing the pivotal role of human interactions and demographic dynamics in this monumental change.​ Credit: Barnabas Davoti from Pexels Human Dynamics Over Enviro

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Classroom Behavior Management Ideas to Try

Studies Weekly

Classroom Behavior Management Ideas to Try Mar 28, 2025 By Debbie Bagley NEWSLETTER Teaching children to manage their emotions is essential in the 21st century. A unique and effective way teachers can do this is by giving opportunities for regulating emotions through proprioceptive input activities. Proprioceptive input, the body’s sense of position and movement, relies on sensory input from joints and muscles.

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RGS Careers Webinar - 18th of September

Living Geography

Up on the RGS-IBG website already although it's only March and it's not until September are details of a webinar I'm leading on the 18th of September. You can book a place (it's free to attend) on this link. Details: There has never been a better or more important time to embed geographical careers education into your curriculum. Studying geography provides students with knowledge and transferable skills that will reward them personally and advance them professionally.

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APSA Statement on the Rights of International Scholars

Political Science Now

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply disturbed by recent violations of the basic rights of international scholars in the United States. Over the past few weeks, there have been several reported instances of international students and scholars, legally residing and studying in the U.S., having their legal status threatened or rescinded by U.S. immigration officials.

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A Griefbot’s Tale: A Ghost Story in the Digital Age

Anthropology News

The dead no longer rest. They linger in pixels and algorithms, in messages that should have gone unanswered. In the age of AI, ghosts are not wisps of mist or flickering candlelightthey are code. The uncanny has seeped into grief itself, turning memory into conversation, mourning into interaction. Griefbots, two-way chat systems that simulate the voices of the lost, promise comfort and connection.

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Tracing Ancestral Journeys: A Dynamic View of Human Migration

Anthropology.net

Traditional ancestry reports often provide a static snapshot, indicating, for example, that an individual is "50% Irish." While informative, this perspective oversimplifies the intricate tapestry of human ancestry, which is more akin to a dynamic film than a still photograph. Recognizing this complexity, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a statistical method 1 that offers a more comprehensive view of our ancestral origins and migrations over time.​ Credit: Science

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Unscripted Campus Conversations: An Interactive Map

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Across the nation, college presidents, faculty, staff, and students are engaging in meaningful discussions about the critical issues affecting our communities and country. From classrooms to auditoriums to residence halls and beyond, these campus voices ask questions, share ideas, and challenge conventional wisdom. This vibrant exchange not only enriches campus life but also establishes the foundation for a future where civic engagement inspires change across the nation.

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Large earthquake in Myanmar

Living Geography

Home to hear news of a major earthquake (7.7) in Myanmar which caused buildings to collapse in Thailand's capital, including a high-rise building which was being built which is being shown on all the news reports - with a rescue attempt underway to find people trapped in the rubble. It remains to be seen what the final impacts will be but it is not looking good.

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APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Now Accepting Applications | Deadline: June 1, 2025

Political Science Now

The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant project provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program intends to award between twenty and twenty-five yearly of between $10,000 and $15,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citiz

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Call for Pitches: Invisibility

Anthropology News

Submit Posted: 3/31/25 Deadline: 5/1/25 Anthropology News invites submissions on the theme of invisibility. We are looking for stories about the concealed, the ethereal, the ghostlythe things unnoticed (or obscured) that shape our lives. Think unseen labor, subtle evolutionary forces, hidden architectures of mobility, or ciphers illegible to outsiders.