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Where to Find Stuff on tah.org: Document Page

Teaching American History

When our site pops up in the search results, and they click on our site, they see that we have thousands of primary source documents, many accompanied by introductions and study questions. Most teachers discover our database when searching for a specific document. in the TAH bookstore.

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Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

Creating Connections Because Studies Weekly’s print publications are consumable, students can create artifacts to demonstrate their learning by cutting the primary sources and other information out of their publications. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2773–2777. 2021, May 9).

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. Start a 60 day FREE trial for Studies Weekly Online to gain access to K-6 social studies curriculum, primary source videos, and more. Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese American computer programmer who founded Yahoo!

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Making America whole again via civics education

The Hechinger Report

The 2016 election and the tumultuous start to Donald Trump’s presidency, which hits the 100-day mark next week, have presented civics teachers in red, blue and purple states alike with a double-edged sword. They go home and keep playing and playing, and it reinforces everything.”.

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In high-crime areas, education reform needs to expand outside the classroom

The Hechinger Report

In 2015 and 2016, it took two months longer to hit that dubious target. Schools aren’t going to teach French better than living in France — meaning, we shouldn’t look to schools as our only or even primary source of learning. As of May 31, there were 300 shooting victims in New Orleans.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report and Reveal asked the state for a list of the primary textbooks used by every public school in all 148 Mississippi districts during the 2016-17 school year. History when they reach high school. Data wasn’t available for every school and every district for all grades.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims.

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