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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). About the Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) The Teaching with Primary Sources program has been the Library of Congresss premier educational outreach program.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. Washington State has been the leader in that area, Spikes said, having passed legislation in 2019 that set aside funds for media literacy education.

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The present moment

ASHP CML

The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

Fellowship of Reconciliation Continuing to Break the Silence: Learning and Reflection on Vietnam, Palestine, and Beyond A side-by-side reading of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech and Michelle Alexander’s 2019 op-ed “Time to Break the Silence on Palestine.”