Teaching American History

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This summer we asked five teachers attending the residential program of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) how they convey to students what self-government requires. Does this author, in your view, actually understand typical human behavior?” They realize our Constitution is not self-enforcing.

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Government Teaching Civics American History 98

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This summer we asked five teachers attending the residential program of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) how they convey to students what self-government requires. Does this author, in your view, actually understand typical human behavior?” They realize our Constitution is not self-enforcing.

Government 98

Government Teaching Civics American History 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Meanwhile, at one of the tables in the hallway set up for kids working together, a girl named Silver Anderson said that doing three courses in Jaguar Academy (physical science, English and American history) gave her the schedule flexibility to meet with the band teacher on Friday mornings for an informal class in music theory and composition.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

Related: Can we trace the roots of Charlottesville to school segregation? The National Endowment for the Humanities is sponsoring “American Reconstruction: The Untold Story,” a summer institute for teachers in grades K-12 in July 2018, at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. history and its legacy today.”

Teaching 108

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

Jaden Huynh, then 16 and a sophomore at Arvada West High School in a suburb northwest of Denver, circled the dinner table plating goi — a Vietnamese salad — and spring rolls for her family’s Easter dinner and silently counted all the empty seats for cousins and extended relatives. Credit: Jake Holschuh for The Hechinger Report. You got in?’

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Charter School High School Social Justice Tradition 128

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Its “ 1776 Curriculum ” for grades K-12 has been criticized for revisionist history, including whitewashed accounts of US slavery and depictions of Jamestown as a failed communist colony. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

People who know American history, specifically black history, don’t ask if we need HBCUs. They know that as soon as the Civil War commenced and enslaved blacks left plantations, they looked for new places to live and new schools to attend. We are still segregated because school leaders are not fighting it.

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Charter School History American History Library 109