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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

The Hechinger Report

I taught my students to respect the power of civic engagement and social activism. Since then, states such as Arkansas and Texas have also opposed the true teaching of the history of Black people in this country by dropping African American history courses and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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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. This author recalls meeting Hopi tribal elders John and Mina Lanza in the 1960’s.

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How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms

ED Surge

Kathryn Kay Coquemont: I want to compare something that happened in my formal education with what I think is happening with our current traditional-age college students' education. They might have been in AP African American history. That's become harder to do. So it wasn't until I was a Ph.D.

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Do These Disappearing, 100-Year-Old Schools Hold a Vital Lesson for American Education?

ED Surge

I've been very involved in the civic life of my community — I've been very involved in the nonprofit world and the political world — and when I thought about my voice as a photographer, I found myself drawn to topics that were of interest in the course of my civic life. I've been a civic activist my entire life.

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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

Mattivi, whose eighth-grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online literacy programs that provide similar material at different reading levels. I could never go back to the old model,” says Ms. But computers are expensive.

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Teaching the Bill of Rights: Religious Liberty

Teaching American History

At Teaching American History, we know teachers are hungry for resources that help their students understand the nuances of American civic behavior. In 1879 the Court stood by the centuries-old understanding of marriage , ruling that religious freedom was bounded by basic legal traditions embodied in the common law.