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.” She also pursues her own research.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year.

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

The center worked with the National Indian Child Care Association to analyze 184 tribal child care plans submitted to HHS for the 2019-2022 fiscal year. These baked-in challenges all but guarantee that child care in tribal areas is and will remain severely underfunded, experts say.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The study, Online Tutoring by College Volunteers: Experimental Evidence from a Pilot Program , is slated to be published in a forthcoming issue of the American Economic Review, and was recently made public at the end of January 2022. “We But we haven’t gotten evidence to say this is really going to tank. Paying tutors might help too. “In

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

The 2022 Stanford National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that math and science reading test scores dropped significantly between 2019 and 2022. Now, with schools back in-person, many teachers are seeing the toll the pandemic took on students’ reading abilities.

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Heritage Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan 52

ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

Revenue and Subsidies Gale’s primary source of revenue is what she collects from the families who use her center, with some additional funding from the state for families who qualify for a subsidy. But the child care subsidies for essential workers ended in October 2022. More than 2.5 million kids in the U.S.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 sparked panic among instructors who realized it can answer homework questions, analyze data, and generate whole essays in seconds (although its facts and citations may not always be trustworthy). Ultimately, students wrote reflections on their use of ChatGPT, including both creative and practical aspects.

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

How can primary sources help us to understand the rise of the nation-state in Germany under Otto von Bismarck? How can primary sources help us to understand the rise of the nation-state in Japan during the Meiji Restoration? How did imperialism shape the way Africa developed?

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Creating Connections Because Studies Weekly’s print publications are consumable, students can create artifacts to demonstrate their learning by cutting the primary sources and other information out of their publications. 2022, February). Words onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. Oxford University Press.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

It encourages students to answer even the most challenging questions about our country’s past and present by engaging with primary sources to learn a more complete history of the United States and its constitutional democracy from multiple perspectives. The roadmap is now being put into practice in school districts across the country.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

This included 4,000 hardback copies in 2022 and 2023 — and 10,000 copies of the 2024 paperback edition. pic.twitter.com/0ADtH573Jf — Don Dumas (@don_dumas) December 5, 2022 I received Matthew Delmont’s book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad , from the Zinn Education Project.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

7, 2022 By Studies Weekly World history is full of remarkable women who changed the way we live today. 15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference Mar. During Women’s History Month or any time of the year, their stories can inspire your students to dream big and make the difference they want to see in the world.

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