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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

K-12

K-12 Primary Sources American History Archiving

Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

We just had a consultant come to my school to do a review of our social studies program. That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. In other words, that’s what they expected to see in a high-functioning social studies class. I noticed something strange, however.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Artifacts Archiving Social Studies

Social Studies Network

How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

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