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The Power of Video

A Principal's Reflections

Students in Mrs. Tambuscio’s World History class culminated a unit on the Holocaust by applying their historical knowledge to the viewing of survivor testimonies. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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Book Review: Lovely War

HistoryRewriter

I thought it would be too slow and boring for my 10th-grade World History students. The author also recommends some movies for students to add to their Netflix queue such as Testament of Youth (2014). I was wrong. The book has a slow burn. I hope it is well-stocked in school libraries.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. and World History teacher at Art in Motion School in Chicago. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. Gariecia Rose: a current World History and Government/American Law teacher at Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

One time, a teacher gave his special education world history class all of the answers to their final exam. Bartlett High School principal Sean Prince said he can’t speak to the details of Michael’s experience because he did not become the school’s principal until 2014, a year after Michael graduated. He graduated in 2013.

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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. When I get students for civics, I’ve already had them for world history in 10th grade,” Wregglesworth says. Ashbrook Publishing, 2014. Record for Monday, September 17.

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