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Katherine Thrailkill’s Mentor Led Her to MAHG

Teaching American History

This inspired Lindblom to design an elective sophomore course on the same three periods, using many of the primary documents she’d studied in the TAH seminar. The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. The game illuminated the primary documents Thrailkill read to prepare for it.

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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

Young citizens need civics education to understand their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The best civics teachers also help students learn the skills they need to protect their rights. Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan.

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Sean Brennan Leads Bipartisan Reading of the Declaration

Teaching American History

Sean Brennan Brennan, a frequent participant in Teaching American History seminars , has long promoted civic education and civil cooperation at the local and state level. As a teacher, he appreciated Teaching American History’s free seminars featuring scholar-led discussion of primary documents.

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Civics U: Progress

Civics U

THE DRIVE FOR PROGRESS In American history early colonists’ and settlers’ desire and drive for progress was necessitated by the need to organize ways to survive, and fed by the opportunity to use the new territory that they took and occupied. Bodley, in his book Victims of Progress, 2 nd Ed.,

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‘We’re being attacked’: Florida teachers speak out

The Hechinger Report

Originally designed as an academic conference to share research, the event brought together Florida K-12 and college teachers and students, national journalists and professionals from libraries and museums whose work focuses on history and civics. Florida Gov.

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Civics U: Natural Rights

Civics U

The idea of natural law and natural rights appeared in ancient Greek philosophy and was addressed by philosophers in various periods of Western history.

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Classroom Based Assessments – Where to start

Doing Social Studies

Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. Nathan’s past students have created and led several civic and historical preservation projects. CitationTip: at the bottom of each Pdf document is the necessary citation for the source.