Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

He was deeply engaged in public service and community advocacy, lending his voice and expertise to advance policies aimed at creating a more equitable society. Read more Related Articles: The HistoryMakers: Biography: Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr. In 2012, Holdens biography was entered into the U.S. Congressional Record.

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Teaching American History

MAY 28, 2024

Naturalist John Muir, whose popular magazine articles had done much to bring about the 1890 Congressional act creating Yosemite National Park , was unanimously named president of the new organization. Johnson began urging Muir to write a series of articles for the Century that would persuade Congress to designate the area as a national park.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Mattivi, whose eighth-grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online literacy programs that provide similar material at different reading levels. I could never go back to the old model,” says Ms. But computers are expensive.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the Civil Rights Movement, American history teachers are used to venturing into emotionally charged subjects. These are people who went into the profession because they love our country, they love our history, they love our founding ideals.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. Pennridge leaders declined to respond to questions for this article.) Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

They supported—and used—Truth in their advocacy. In 1863, when she profiled Truth for the New York Independent , Gage probably needed the commission her article earned. ” The post The Many Lives of Sojourner Truth appeared first on Teaching American History.

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