ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E.

History 102

History Teaching Sociology Oral History 102

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We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. We’d examine historical images of Native American life from the Museum of Photographic Arts, other historical photos from the U.K.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

She’s a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and coauthor of the book Academically Adrift. A few years ago, I went out to Amherst College in western Massachusetts, where Catherine Epstein took me down to the school’s archives. Josipa Roksa: Students are not spending adequate time on academics and academic pursuits.

Humanities 78

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 78

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

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 heels of pushing back against gains made against voter suppression in that state.

Primary Sources 82

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 82

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