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

ED Surge

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me.

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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

She presented her “witness testimony” as a Chinese war victim, accusing her classmate, who played Genghis Khan , of crimes against humanity. For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S. The students were asked to role-play during class.

History 110
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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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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

In 2021, a Bucks County venture capitalist and longtime Republican funder concerned about COVID closures donated half a million dollars to school board races around the state. Also in 2021 came Pennridge’s first serious battles over diversity programs. Then there was the curriculum.

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Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

The Hechinger Report

Liberals say it should grapple with the racism at the root of the country and tell its history from a diversity of perspectives. The roadmap, which was financed by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the U.S. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. The insurrection has led to increased support for history and civics education.