The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the last few years, the American education system has been bludgeoned by changes that have upended decades of progress toward better academic, economic and social outcomes for all. I taught my students to respect the power of civic engagement and social activism. Teaching is inherently activist. It must be resisted.

Civic Engagement 104

Civic Engagement Civics Education K-12 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Only a third of American students are reading proficiently at grade level, according to national benchmark tests. A September 2020 study from the Thomas B.

Social Studies 144

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The ban was recently reversed in response to widespread criticism, but it is emblematic of an ongoing campaign by state and local officials around the country to dictate how K-12 and college and university educators and students address race, history and social justice. David Wippman is the president of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

Social Justice 83

Social Justice American History Education K-12 83

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. The American Historical Association offers over one thousand Civil War newspaper editorials , for example. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

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. Image from iCivics Race to Ratify game.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Archiving Civics Government 52

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!

History 52

History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. Several findings in the report have direct implications for Asian American safety.

American History 91

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 91

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

She was director of exhibitions at the New York Public Library, and previously a senior content developer and interpretive planner in the New York office of the museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates, where she worked on the development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, along with other international projects.

Museum 40

Museum American History History Library 40

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So my big concern for what's happening to the teaching of literature has to do with the people that I call my ‘thinking partners’ all over the country — secondary teachers, middle school teachers, even elementary school teachers, who are really under threat. They might have been in AP African American history.

K-12 93

K-12 History American History Pedagogy 93

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2018

But even back when every school taught civics and American history, very few students attained adult literacy. We must provide access to diverse, authentic texts that we ourselves find meaningful while teaching students advanced reading skills to comprehend them. Young people smell condescension and pandering a mile away.

Civics 97

Civics American History Elementary School Humanities 97

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Amy Livingston never expected to find a vocation in teaching America’s story. She never expected to teach at all. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major. When a position teaching geography to ninth graders at a private high school opened, she took it.

Teaching 52

Teaching Geography Ancestry Primary Sources 52

Teaching American History

APRIL 16, 2024

Schmeichel finds the well-curated primary documents he needs for his teaching in Teaching American History’s Core Document volumes , which excerpt key documents of American history, preface them with a scholar’s summary of their historical context, and suggest questions for discussion.

Primary Sources 96

Primary Sources American History History Government 96

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. Students must be held accountable for learning the truth about American history and racism in this country. Biden’s $1.9

Civics 84

Civics K-12 American History History 84

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

A group of more than 300 historians and education experts published their answer — a “ Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy.” Requiring every school district to develop its own “Civic Learning Plan” would be both a bureaucratic nightmare and a recipe for educational disaster. Is American history education the problem?

American History 83

American History History Teaching Civics 83

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. A careful reading of the Constitution reveals what American democracy “looks like structurally.” She also pursues her own research. I was raring to go! “I

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Diane Ravitch

JUNE 1, 2024

My partner—a retired history teacher— thinks he should be required to spend 1,000 hours studying the Constitution, civics, and American history. Since neither has 500 hours to spare, their teaching could be supplemented by noted scholars and high school teachers.

Civics 91

Civics American History History High School 91

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

These are facts I observed and wrote about in my book “Remembering Freedom Summer,” but in 2021 many states have outlawed teaching such facts in their public schools and in trainings for educational staff. I am a primary resource when it comes to American History and civil rights, particularly in education.

American History 76

American History K-12 Civics History 76

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. If you teach 90-minute blocks, it could be good though.

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan Social Studies High School Civics 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 12, 2023

At Teaching American History, we know teachers are hungry for resources that help their students understand the nuances of American civic behavior. Justice Kagan has argued eloquently for the importance of opposing official endorsements of religion in civic practices and memorials such as public architecture.

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics American History Library 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

She says she is deeply committed to computer-assisted teaching because it gives students with limited tech experience exposure to digital tools. It also allows her to teach students who arrive in her classroom with vastly different skill levels. District teachers such as Mallory Mattivi agree. But computers are expensive.

K-12 81

K-12 Library High School Elementary School 81

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

Teaching American History

AUGUST 20, 2024

Volunteers who came to Mississippi after the initial June wave often assisted the ongoing civic and practical education taking place in “Freedom Schools.” Malik Ali teaching. The post 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer appeared first on Teaching American History. SNCC Legacy Project.

American History 93

American History Archiving History Museum 93

Diane Ravitch

MAY 22, 2023

Two subjects where I felt confident as a reviewer, in addition to reading, were history and civics. I was momentarily dismayed, but not surprised, to learn that the NAEP scores in history and civics had declined, as they had in reading and math, after the disruptions and closings caused by the pandemic.

Civics 40

Civics History American History Government 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

I kind of scoffed at it,” said Davis, who also teaches journalism, oversees the school newspaper and advises the Gay-Straight Alliance. Whitney Urmann, who attended schools in West Bonner County School District and taught fourth grade last year, packed up her classroom to teach in California. They don’t know what we’re doing.

Elementary School 94

Elementary School Civics High School American History 94

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

history, I have had a growing unease in recent years about the relevance of my vocation. history teachers spend a lot of time and teaching energy focusing on the nation’s shortcomings — and for good reasons. Jim Cullen teaches history in the newly established upper division at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut.

History 104

History Civics American History Library 104

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 133

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 133

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

One hope is that rather than balkanizing into red state and blue state education policy agendas , that we can have sensible, civic-minded reforms that large majorities of people can support.” The largest division was on whether “teaching children the importance of embracing differences” was important.

Education 133

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 133

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Voting data gives us insight into how people put into practice the information, facts and teaching they’ve received. Teaching civics is not only supposed to give people the basic skills to participate in a democracy, it should instill an appreciation of the fact that ignorance can be scaled up through policy.

Civics 124

Civics American History Leadership History 124

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When she started at the school in August, she was told not to say anything “political” in class — a difficult mandate for an educator whose job it is to teach about politics. Yet experts say that it’s impossible to remove politics from the classroom because teaching itself is a political act. Duane Moore teaches U.S.

Controversial Topics 110

Controversial Topics Social Studies American History Government 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. and African American history. Americans have been arguing over what to teach children about U.S. Credit: Chris Tims.

Social Studies 111

Social Studies Civics History American History 111