Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

According to the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, he was in great demand to give visiting lectures at mathematical societies, colleges, and universities across the world. Soon after, he accepted a position as a mathematics instructor at the University of Michigan. His own records document visits to 87 countries.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources American History Heritage 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment!

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

The nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves is offering “The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy,” described on its website as an “archive of lessons, videos, and primary sources to teach about one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S. history and its legacy today.” The materials can be downloaded free.

Teaching 108

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

So Ron DeSantis, in his innovative efforts to destroy the ability of Florida educators to teach an honest and accurate American history, started to experiment around the ability to control not just speech and learning, coming on the hills of pushing back against gains made against voter suppression in that state.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52