Remove Advocacy Remove History Remove Magazine
article thumbnail

Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. Image credit: [link] While voice and choice are more aligned with ownership of learning in the classroom, advocacy aligns with improving the school or district culture. There is no point in student advocacy if no action results.

Advocacy 244
article thumbnail

4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

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.

Museum 52
educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

APSA Member Spotlight: Dr. Timothy Lewis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Political Science Now

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the historic Tuskegee University. BHM Black History Month Political Science Black Sociopolitical Lecture Series. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the historic Tuskegee University.

article thumbnail

What Asian American Educator Stories Reveal About Racial Nuances Within ‘People of Color’

ED Surge

People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. describes in her 2015 book “The Making of Asian America: A History”[iii] that the model minority stereotype has roots in World War II and the Cold War, then was proliferated in the 1980s in newspapers and magazines. and in its schools.

Heritage 101
article thumbnail

Is There Something Fishy about the Polygraph?

Anthropology News

However, the thefts continued after the woman identified as the culprit left the sorority, and she would later recant her confession, attributing her suspicious physiological reactions during the test to a repressed history of sexual abuse. In later life, Larson would turn against his invention, calling it a “ Frankenstein’s monster.”

article thumbnail

John Muir Founds the Sierra Club

Teaching American History

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. Muir in fact had been pressed into service by Robert Underwood Johnson , associate editor of the influential New York magazine The Century.

article thumbnail

Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

No doubt, there is a long history of violence in the region — including the Oct. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. Students need to examine how the current crisis is shaped in large part by settler colonial history, and the role played by world powers. context and shared cultural history.