Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Katherine Thrailkill considered careers in drama, law, and hi-tech sales before realizing all her interests and experiences pointed her toward teaching social studies. 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.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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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Doing Social Studies

JULY 23, 2020

Mark Nickel, Secondary Social Studies & World Languages director in the Wichita, Kansas school district, passed on some details about what sounds like an amazing learning experience. Today, that sliver appeared to me.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our American History worksheets all can be downloaded as easy-to-use PDF files for easy printing and all include editable Google Docs versions which can be shared online with students through Google Classroom. Plus there's the digital Google pages, PowerPoints, and everything else you need to make teaching social studies a breeze!

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Joining social studies teacher groups on Facebook, she built her own professional learning community (PLC). “I The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History. Taking on MAHG Studies Livingston applied for the fellowship.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As we have argued elsewhere , at the heart of the current efforts is deep-seated disagreement “over whether and to what extent racism is embedded in American history and institutions, how racism should be acknowledged and combatted, and who bears responsibility for ongoing racial discrimination and injustice.”.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As we reboot Doing Social Studies, we’d love to introduce you to this month’s author, Nathan McAlister. Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. So, you need to design a CBA?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

I teach history and social studies at New York University. The largest student protests in American history were in May of 1970, following the Cambodian invasion and the tragic shootings of student protesters at Kent State and Jackson State. If you’re a student or a parent, it can be confusing. They do this.

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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. However, ignoring this tragic day does a disservice to our students and to what we do as social studies teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Related: Rewrite the history textbooks, or the white supremacist violence will continue. Students must be held accountable for learning the truth about American history and racism in this country. Last year was a hard lesson in what happens when the public lacks an understanding of science and social studies.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the Civil Rights Movement, American history teachers are used to venturing into emotionally charged subjects. Conditions havent improved for social studies teachers since. We feel so polarized right now.

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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. Related: Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies? It’s a great question. citizenship exam.

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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. There were no headlines about the dismal state of teaching and learning American history and civics in 2018.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Political neutrality “is really difficult to navigate, because it seems like as a country, we can’t even agree on some of the basic facts,” said Isabel Morales, a high school social studies teacher in Los Angeles. government and African American history in Hamilton, Ohio. Duane Moore teaches U.S.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

and African American history. Chris Tims, a social studies teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, says he won’t stop teaching the 1619 Project, despite political pressure. Americans have been arguing over what to teach children about U.S. Related: OPINION — The wrong roadmap for teaching American history.

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