The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

They want to see themselves and their cultures reflected in the books we read, and they don’t want token representation. As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

In 2023, he returned the encouragement Messick had given him. By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. MAHGs required history courses gave me the context I need for teaching government, Messick added.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Youngbear and her colleagues work to connect with families in a way that acknowledges the history and needs of Native communities. Youngbear and her colleagues work to connect with families in a way that acknowledges the history and needs of Native communities. 2, 2024, in Watonga, Okla. government boarding schools.

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Becoming a History Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2024

But how should we approach this in the history classroom? As history teachers we often problematise controversial issues to ‘see both sides of an issue’. As always it is helpful to come back to the discipline of history and what it means to teach sensitive histories well. Grosvenor (2000, p.157),

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Perhaps it’s no surprise that EdSurge’s most popular podcast episode of 2023 focused on ChatGPT. A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. The incorporation doctrine authorized the Supreme Court for the first time in its history to review state laws that potentially infringed upon the First Amendment. Elenis , 2023 Study Questions 25.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Footprints That Rewrite History In the shifting gypsum sands of White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a series of fossilized human footprints have surfaced, casting a striking new light on the ingenuity of Ice Age inhabitants. Historically, it was used by Plains peoples to haul loads across the land, often drawn by horses or dogs.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 2, 2025

The approach allows archaeologists to pinpoint events within the span of a single human life—offering a more intimate view of history. For much of the 20th century, archaeologists often removed human remains and cultural artifacts without consultation or consent. But this precision comes at a cost. Related Research Manning, S.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching. which are becoming increasingly user-friendly and flexible (Apostolidou, 2023).

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ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2024

In a 2023 interview , professional basketball player Caitlin Clark shared about where her confidence stems from. Postman explained the importance of memory in a culture without writing, but how in a culture with writing, memory is considered a waste of time. The television person values immediacy, not history.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Right now, millions of students around the country are comfortably in their seats for the 2023-24 school year. As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. To reach every student in the U.S.,

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Reflection on the 2023 Ivan Karp Workshop in Museum Anthropology, organized by the Council for Museum Anthropology Spot-lit sweeping ceramic vases made by the artist Dame Magdalene Odundo were the centerpieces of the exhibition Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects presented at the Gardiner Museum from October 2023 to April 2024.

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ACRE

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Her economic history research expands 200 years to provide an account of women’s participation in labor markets over time and describe the history of women’s continuing economic liberation. History: H.5.USH.8 18 Analyze causes and effects of cultural changes on society in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s Civics: C.3.CIV.1

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2024

Schoolwide, the share of students who were chronically absent declined from 35 percent in March 2023 to 23 percent in March 2024 — one of the steepest declines among Massachusetts high schools. A grant-funded program launched in spring 2023 paid 45 students $50 weekly for perfect attendance. Money, the students replied, and a mentor.

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ASHP CML

JANUARY 12, 2023

Making Queer History Public Episode 1: LGBTQ+ Archives with Steven G. Fullwood Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 10:50 In the first episode of Making Queer History Public, we talk with archivist, writer, and documentarian, Steven G. Follow Making Queer History Public on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, or Google Play.

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Society for Classical Studies

AUGUST 12, 2024

Carolyn Gage lives in Southwest Harbor and is the author of eighty-five plays, including “In McClintock’s Corn”, which was the National Runner up for the 2023 Jane Chambers Award, the top feminist play award in the US. He also investigates the history of Classical scholars in America. He summers in a cottage in Deer Isle, Maine.

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NCHE

MARCH 7, 2023

It seems appropriate to recognize women who were teachers at a challenging time in our history. Photograph: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. Accessed March 7, 2023. “Lottie Grimke.” ” New York Public Library Digital Collections.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

For the purpose of standardized tests, this principle serves as a reminder that efforts around assessment are not separate from the necessary work of culturally responsive teaching , equity, trauma-informed practices , and research-based pedagogy. Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. & Gerene, A. Hutt, E. &

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Writing with ChatGPT (Christopher Lowman) In fall 2023, I taught an anthropological writing course playfully titled Writing a Time-Traveler’s Travel Guide. College writing in 2023 means reckoning with students’ use of ChatGPT.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Thankfully, we have records of past Afro-descendant entrepreneurs through both written and oral histories. It is “an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyze personal experience in order to understand cultural experience ”. Turning one’s gaze south, the works of historian Michael L.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Through an audio essay, inspired by John Akomfrah’s documentary “The Last Angel of History,” attention is drawn to South Africa’s evolving visual scene and its engagement with cultural nuances within the NFT AI space. Kagiso Mnisi: Is anything ever really new? Again, is anything ever really new? Third point.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

By recruiting and then mentoring new teachers of color, listening to these teachers’ requests, supporting the development of culturally responsive curricula and promoting educators of color into administrative and district leadership positions, Phoenix Union is getting steadily closer to aligning its teacher and student populations.

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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. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Principal Faculty Joshua Brown is professor of history emeritus and former executive director of the American Social History Project and professor of history at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is a noted scholar of visual culture in U.S. Halls Professor of the History of Art (emerita) at Indiana University.

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Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

Bunche Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism. For his scholarship, he was the recipient of the 2023 James W.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado. Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Motivated to address the localized effects of climate change, we formed a collective called Yāmāl in the summer of 2023. This ancient city, with a history spanning over 2,000 years, is still inhabited and preserves traditional structures such as windcatchers. Credit: Mohsen Mehdipour A mountainous landscape near Laft, Qeshm Island.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Related: Culture wars on campus start to affect students’ choices for college About a fifth of Americans live in rural areas , according to the U.S. “I’d love to talk to you more about what we can do,” he said, after fielding questions about budgets, tuition hikes and whether he was a Taylor Swift fan. Census Bureau.

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding schools in an Indigenous Studies class. At least 30 colleges closed in 2023, according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Cook breakfast for a classmate celebrating a birthday.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Dianne Pinderhughes As part of an ongoing series examining contributions of Scholars of Color, the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Department conducted a series of oral history interviews during the 2023 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia. Hear Dr. Dianne M. Joyce, C.S.C.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

​​​ “Å falle mellom to stoler”: Africans in Norway In February 2023, I joined a Zoom call organized by my friend, Jelsen Lee Innocent. Credit: ‘å falle mellom to stoler’ (2023) Jelsen Lee Innocent. How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence?

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I’ll start with a confession: I am not a cultural anthropologist. This work entangles power structures with disciplinary histories that work to enforce and reinforce particular narratives about whose bodies are to be studied , whose bodies are to be cared for , and what care looks like for community members. I received my Ph.D.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

13, 2024 • By Studies Weekly History would not be the same without the inspiring lives of Black humanitarians. For Black History Month, we honor four heroes who advocated for civil rights, fought for the underserved, and spoke out for the welfare of others. 4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians Feb.

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Living Geography

AUGUST 24, 2024

A cross posting from my GCSE Natural History Blog. It also points out quite rightly that other cultures have similar words or expressions, and that they probably predate ours given the various despoilation of the world by colonisation. pic.twitter.com/T9wXXMdNpR — James Gilbert (@jamesgilbertmr) September 25, 2023

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, and workshops/roundtables on any aspect of the Greco-Roman world, including but not limited to poetry (from epic, lyric, and pastoral to elegy, satire, and the epigram), drama, history, philosophy, archaeology, religion, and social life (from family and gender roles to slavery and prostitution).

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

1935-2023 David C. Grove, 1935-2023 David C. Grove, Jubilee Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Courtesy Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida, passed away on May 24, 2023, at the age of 87 after a long illness.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Researchers delve into the earliest chapters of European settlement by investigating ancient skull fragments from Crimea, shedding light on the crucial role played by the first modern humans in shaping the continent's history. These findings, part of a recent study 1 , are paramount in understanding the roots of early European civilizations.

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