The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

secretaries of Education and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is to “transform teaching of history and civics” in ways that (they hope) will diminish political polarization in this country. This is particularly true for learning our history. Is American history education the problem?

American History 98

American History History Teaching Civics 98

Students of History

JANUARY 6, 2022

The insurrection of January 6th, 2021 is something that will be taught in US History classrooms as long as American History is a part of high school. Of course, it can be difficult to maintain the right perspective when teaching events that are so recent. The embedded video is Jordan Klepper's piece from the Daily Show.

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan Social Studies High School Civics 52

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene at MAHG 2021 Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. For Europeans, World War I was devastating.

Archiving 66

Archiving American History Library History 66

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

history, I have had a growing unease in recent years about the relevance of my vocation. Events of the last year, heightened still further by those of the last week, have me worried about what termed a legitimacy crisis in our country, one that risks finally severing our confidence in the nation’s ideals. This seems hard to do.

History 126

History Civics American History Library 126

Diane Ravitch

MAY 5, 2023

Tim Slekar, Director of the Educator Preparation Program at Muskingum University in Ohio comments here on the recent report that NAEP scores in history and civics dropped during the pandemic. Where honest teaching about political events and history is considered divisive and may be criminalized? I wrote the above in 2018.

Civics 40

Civics History Social Studies American History 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Capitol and other seismic events with their students. Parents, meanwhile, are increasingly pushing back when they hear of teachers discussing current events with students. But I don’t place my dislike at the forefront of my discussion of the events of the day. government and African American history in Hamilton, Ohio.

Controversial Topics 111

Controversial Topics Social Studies American History Government 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

and African American history. Americans have been arguing over what to teach children about U.S. history and civics since at least Reconstruction, the turbulent period that followed the Civil War. Related: OPINION — The wrong roadmap for teaching American history. Credit: Chris Tims.

Social Studies 126

Social Studies Civics History American History 126