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OPINION: The College Board is sanitizing African American studies just as it has American history

The Hechinger Report

Students are once again in the crosshairs of our nation’s political culture, following the College Board’s decision to buckle under political pressure and strip their Advanced Placement African-American studies course of essential topics for what is supposed to be a rigorous, college-level course.

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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. — not only to foster more understanding and tolerance, but also to show the beauty and complexity of cultures often neglected.

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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

Some of those articles are written for mass-market publications, while others focus on specific topics and outlets ranging from nursing to Black culture to material artifacts. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

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Class Competition Games Your Students Will Love

Active History Teacher

I often use class competition games in my US History classroom – you could say it is part of my classroom culture. It’s important as a teacher to build that classroom culture before you add the competition. I created done-for-you envelope races for Early American History and Modern American History.

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‘Hamilton,’ cultural relevance and the quest to personalize learning

The Hechinger Report

The vast majority of Saridis’s students are Latino, and at the Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston, a dual-language high school in Boston Public Schools, connecting the curriculum to their culture is a top priority. Tapping into students’ cultures in the curriculum fits, logically, into efforts to personalize learning.

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The Sand Creek Massacre

Teaching American History

The story of the Sand Creek massacre is a tragic but familiar one of broken promises, cultural misunderstanding, political ambitions, rumors, racial hatred, poor communication, and greed. Ray Tyler The post The Sand Creek Massacre appeared first on Teaching American History. It is a story of attack, retaliation, and revenge.

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Call for Applications: Penn State Special Collections Library Research Grants

Society for Classical Studies

Franklin African American History Research Award Thanks to a generous gift from Dr. V.P. Franklin, Penn State alumnus (‘69) and esteemed scholar of African American history, we are offering a new award this year This award is focused on supporting research in our growing Black History and Visual Culture collections.

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