NCHE

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2021, the National Council for History Education has partnered with the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program on a nationwide program, “The Rural Experience in America”. Read the blog post about The Source on the Library of Congress’ website here.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Local History Professional Development 130

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

My intent as an UGRR participant was to stretch my local history knowledge and to sharpen my historical-geographical thinking skills. A second teacher candidate described learning more about local history that he ever knew about.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Making connections between characters and historical/pop culture figures is challenging – only 15% answer these questions correctly on the AP exam according to 2021 data and my co-author Dr. Scott Petri. After this activity, I incorporated some local history for a second representative.

Local History 52

Local History History Cultures 52

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? African Europeans: An Untold History. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2021. Beyond the Door of No Return: Confronting Hidden Colonial Histories Through Contemporary Art. Milano, Italy: Skira, 2021.

Heritage 52

Heritage Cultures History Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Below are some ideas from the events in 2021 ( June and August ), 2022 , and 2023. events in 2021 and 2022. Or march to a local civic building. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Below are some ideas from the events in 2021 ( June and August ), 2022 , and 2023. events in 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. Or march to a local civic building. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. The group can be any size. Determine type of action. Students as Historians.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52