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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. To connect students to important historical events that have shaped America and the world, we often must go to the source. The primary source. Connecting Kids to History Studies Weekly uses primary sources to share real accounts.

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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). About the Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) The Teaching with Primary Sources program has been the Library of Congresss premier educational outreach program.

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Social Studies Thick Slides

HistoryRewriter

The last time I wrote about Thick Slides, I used them for a Primary Source Scavenger Hunt. We hope you will join us on March 21, 2024, at 6 PT/9ET on The Social Studies Show when we talk about all things Thick Slides. They are a fun and engaging formative or summative assessment that gives students some structure for writing.

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Remembering Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)

ASHP CML

This week, researcher Carli Snyder shares a primary source. Stay tuned for more documents in the coming weeks both on our website and on our primary source database, Social History for Every Classroom. The record features Giovanni reciting some of her poems, laid over soul, gospel, and blues music.

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Studies Weekly

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. Primary sources are excellent tools to help students learn how to think like historians. Students should know that their family records are also primary sources!

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Introducing our Fall 2024 Webinar Series, American Political Rhetoric

Teaching American History

2024 marks the 60 th time that Americans have gone to the polls to elect a new president. To support our teacher audience through the election, we created our Fall 2024 Saturday webinar series: American Political Rhetoric. Our webinars meet monthly on select Saturday mornings from 10.45am – 12pm ET.

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Genetic Evidence Reveals Ancient Migration to Japan

Anthropology.net

The study was published in the Journal of Human Genetics 1 and offers a refined perspective on the genetic diversity and ancestral composition of modern Japanese populations, which have long been thought to derive from two primary sources: the indigenous Jomon people and continental Asian migrants. Matsushita, T., Matsushita, M.,