Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. Bryan Little, the 2022 James Madison Foundation Fellow for Kansas completed his MAHG degree in 2024.

Humanities 52

Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Oregon joined this list, beginning with the 2022-23 school year, when then-Gov.

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Government History Cultures Heritage 94

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. Faculty member Dan Monroe at a One-Day seminar in Spring 2022 Although One-Days are designed to fit around a teacher’s busy schedule, it is important to spend some time preparing for the day.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

Civics U

JULY 18, 2022

THE DRIVE FOR PROGRESS In American history early colonists’ and settlers’ desire and drive for progress was necessitated by the need to organize ways to survive, and fed by the opportunity to use the new territory that they took and occupied.

Civics 52

Civics American History Economics Cultures 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont , the Zinn Education Project sent 14,000 copies of Delmont’s book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. In the second year, you get a lot of time to do the governing. Watlington joins the district as it tries to help students cope with Philadelphia’s high rates of gun violence and more than two years of disrupted pandemic learning.

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Oral History History High School Public School 117

Strange Maps

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

government.” In 2022, Wyoming had a population of just over 581,000, ranking dead last among all states. For most of American history, Wyoming was a not a destination in itself, but just so much more ground to cover on the long trek to more promising lands further west. We’re a government conspiracy. per sq km).

Government 52

Government American History Cultures History 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

Kristi Noem, a Republican, signed an executive order in April 2022 restricting how race and equity can be taught in the classroom, Tilsen-Brave Heart decided to enroll her daughter at Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, a newly opened private school in Rapid City. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. South Dakota Gov.

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. After sending the essay to the Chronicles of Oklahoma in late 2022, she forgot about it. You need to see how historical narratives are made.” I had a blast.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. appeared first on Teaching American History.

American History 52

American History Library History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

What we heard was that January 2022 proved to be one of the most challenging months of the pandemic yet in many school districts as they were forced to close schools that could not operate safely due to stunningly high staff absence rates. Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School.

Oral History 114

Oral History History High School Public School 114

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene at MAHG 2021 Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. For Europeans, World War I was devastating.

Archiving 66

Archiving American History Library History 66

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The administrator had been working to hire more staff with $4,000 Giggles & Wiggles had been receiving monthly since 2022. Combined with a tuition increase, the funds helped raise wages by $2 to about $14 an hour on average in the fall of 2022, but it still wasn’t nearly enough to attract job candidates to the center.

K-12 113

K-12 American History Advocacy Library 113

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As of early 2022, it had the highest number of January 6 arrestees of any locality, according to local media. The new DEI committee was disbanded in early 2022, as students continued to report racial hostility. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy History 143

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2024

Small business owners told Goldman Sachs they’d like to see government support for improving their options. Currently, the federal government allows businesses to get up to $150,000 back on their taxes for providing child care for their employees. As many as 77 percent would support an increase in federal funding for child care.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy Government Economics American History 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

His campaign website says he plans to reverse any gender-affirming care policies implemented by President Joe Biden, who signed an executive order in 2022 encouraging the Departments of Education and of Health and Human Services to expand access to health care and gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ students. The outcome of Kennedy v.

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K-12 Education Private School Charter School 122

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

During his time as governor, Walz signed legislation last year to make college tuition-free for Native American students in Minnesota and required K-12 teachers to complete training on Native American history. Following the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Christina A.

K-12 134

K-12 Education History Public School 134