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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. 2021) Dillard’s “Spirit of Our Work” is transformative.

History 101
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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. Now, they say, it’s time for their history classes, educators and textbooks to catch up. KELLEN ZENG.

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New MY World 360° Playlist Premiering at Global Festival of Action

Digital Promise

From a female perspective on migration, to the aftermath of the effects of climate change on the island of Mauritius, to the effects of constant connectivity on mental health, this new selection of MY World 360 ° immersive experiences takes viewers on a journey across the many sides of a turning point in world history.

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STUDENT VOICE: Young Afghan girls are finding ways to keep learning

The Hechinger Report

After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, tens of thousands of girls were banned from attending school beyond sixth grade. As a group of girls in Kabul have been grappling with all this, they’ve formed a connection with some other teens half a world away in California. Little did I know that class would change my life.

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The First 20th Century Genocide

World History Teachers Blog

In May 2021, the German government acknowledged what happened in Namibia was genocide and agreed to pay the Namibian government 1.1 In a fascinating essay for Al Jazeera, Hamilton Wende, author and journalist based in Johannesburg, outlines this first holocaust in an essay called "Our Auschwitz, our Dachau."

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Kids Don’t Learn What They Aren’t Taught

4QM Teaching

Test scores fell after the year of interrupted schooling in 2020-21, and anyone who was in the classroom during the 2021-22 school year can testify to the fact that students who were not in school the year before missed a lot of learning about positive school habits and behaviors. I suppose it’s good news, in a way.

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Waiting for the traveling teacher: Remote rural schools need more hands-on help

The Hechinger Report

In Colorado, for instance, there were about 380 open positions for educators in rural schools at the start of the 2021-2022 school year; by the end of the year more than half remained open, according to statistics from the state’s education department. It’s not something he would have considered before he started studying with Mitchell.