Teaching American History

JULY 30, 2024

Little wonder that Dunn’s course in this year’s summer residential Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, “From Courthouse to Schoolhouse,” drew teachers from urban and rural areas across the country. West, “The Supreme Court as School Board Revisited.”

Education 97

Education Library American History Education Policy 97

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

Inclusive Curriculum 104

Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 104

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom. And so on… .

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. But he said tuition assistance isn’t enough to attract and retain Native American students.

Government 96

Government Cultures History Heritage 96

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Related: As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools. For decades, the two entities have collaborated on cultural and academic initiatives to improve education for students in the tribe, who make up much of the Native American enrollment in the 3,300-student district. Learning from Lockdown.

Tutoring 78

Tutoring American History Cultures Middle School 78

Civics U

JULY 18, 2022

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. The impacts are not only economic but are also cultural.

Civics 52

Civics Economics American History Cultures 52

Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This summer, the American Political Science Association partnered with Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) District’s Summer Rise Program to offer three high school students the opportunity to gain experience in political science knowledge production and higher education non-profits.

High School 43

High School Civic Engagement Civics Social Justice 43

Civics U

APRIL 21, 2022

Natural rights are rights that are considered to be universal human rights that are granted by nature or God, not granted by society or government and thus not to be revoked by society or government. They are believed to be “inalienable” because they are not (to be) dependent on laws or customs of a particular culture or government.

Civics 40

Civics Human Rights American History Government 40

C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

Many US teachers are familiar with teaching the tragic process of Native American removal under the Jackson administration in the first half of the 1800s. There are many ways to teach this topic and we now have so many rich resources to help students come to grips with this ugly period of American history.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Government History 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2020

In effect, these students are seeking to change not just the culture on their campus but to use their school to change society. In the mid-1980s, anti-apartheid activists at many American colleges and universities pushed their schools to stop investing in South Africa. Pushing to divest. In fall 2017, Harvard Ph.D.

American History 66

American History Cultures Government History 66

C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

Many US teachers are familiar with teaching the tragic process of Native American removal under the Jackson administration in the first half of the 1800s. There are many ways to teach this topic and we now have so many rich resources to help students come to grips with this ugly period of American history.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources American History Government History 40

Life and Landscapes

JUNE 6, 2024

Revolution in our culture. And 50,000-watt powered radio stations. “Clear Channels,” they were called, and licensed by the government to be so. Ed Sullivan showed us the Beatles, and the nightly news showed us the daily body counts of the dead in Vietnam. Civil Rights, and the Women’s Movement.

History 52

History Government Cultures American History 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The three countries share more than a common language: For several decades, their governments forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and relocated them to distant boarding schools. Children there regularly encountered humiliating, and sometimes violent, treatment as a means to suppress their Native American identity.

Teaching 144

Teaching K-12 Heritage Government 144

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

We are fighting over whether or not political parties that are in control of state government, in control of Congress, can control higher education,” Cantwell said. Related: Culture wars on campus start to affect students’ choices for college Certainly, it’s easy to spot worry on campuses. But then, it’s like, what is there to teach?

Sociology 126

Sociology Advocacy Anthropology Government 126

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. There’s just so much that’s been shaken up in our country, in our culture, in our education system. In the second year, you get a lot of time to do the governing. The students are adjusting.

Oral History 110

Oral History History High School Public School 110

Strange Maps

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

government.” The state just doesn’t have anything approaching the historical or cultural resonance of California, Texas, or even Kansas or Oklahoma. For most of American history, Wyoming was a not a destination in itself, but just so much more ground to cover on the long trek to more promising lands further west.

Government 52

Government American History Cultures History 52

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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. A careful reading of the Constitution reveals what American democracy “looks like structurally.”

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

This class will help students understand the complexities and nuances of a pivotal time in American history. Students will examine the writings of leading black intellectuals and activists about human equality, slavery, self-government, the rule of law, emancipation, colonization, and citizenship.

Professional Development 111

Professional Development American History Economics Social Studies 111

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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. appeared first on Teaching American History.

American History 52

American History Library History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

Indeed, the local Civic Learning Plans its supporters propose would just further fragment the history our students learn. And that in time will weaken any hope of having a shared cultural understanding of what it means to be American. Is American history education the problem? citizenship exam.

American History 97

American History History Teaching Civics 97

Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

He has contributed to many college-wide projects, including rewriting the colleges academic dishonesty policy, and has served in faculty governance as Chair of the Del Mar Faculty Council. Johnson is a tenured Instructor in Political Science, History, and Geography at Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Moorhead, MN.

Political Science 59

Political Science Geography Sociology Professional Development 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation “I knew that the public school system would not benefit my child without the important and critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

government since the 2017 budget year. universities are getting new scrutiny as the government says it’s worried about foreign meddling, with the U.S. The department gave Harvard and Yale 60 days to produce a list of contributions they receive from foreign governments and other donors, an order U.S. Foreign gifts to U.S.

Government 88

Government American History Cultures History 88

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

Most of those gains were lost, however, in 1877 when the federal government pulled troops out of the South. Once the federal government left, a backlash began. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. history and social studies curriculums. history and its legacy today.”

Teaching 107

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 107

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Epstein gives me a sampling of some of the history department’s offerings, like ‘Birth of the Avant-Garde: Modern Poetry and Culture in France and Russia, 1870 to 1930.’ Jon: Sarah Igo chairs the American History Department at Vanderbilt and is an intellectual historian. Kirk: As we flip through the 2016 catalog.

Humanities 84

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 84

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin of Virginia flagrantly tailored his campaign to self-professed “mama bears,” conservative women who rallied around the candidate’s opposition to vaccine mandates, critical race theory (as he defined it) and other cultural flashpoints. government created these policies. government created these policies.

Education 145

Education History American History Government 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2023

King understood that our rights are not given to us by the government, but are ours by the grace of God,” the governor said. This suppression of Black history is going to become a national thing if DeSantis and people who support him gain control of the federal government and the White House.”

K-12 125

K-12 History American History Psychology 125

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

And as we extend that definition to larger groups of people, as we introduce power, we begin to understand that who gets to decide what those rules are and what those norms are becomes much more complicated, and often an expression of political, economic, and cultural power. Her solution was not to denigrate the cultures of these people.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

ASHP CML

MARCH 3, 2025

The film also highlights the federal governments reliance on African American jazz musicians as tools of cultural diplomacy in Africa during the same period. But at home African Americans were not treated as equal citizens, and the country they represented actively resisted desegregation. It recounts the U.S.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Archiving American History Government 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There are objective and subjective truths that we must uphold in spite of a federal government that disavows or ignores them. We should embrace a democratic culture of informed debate and the democratic values of diversity, inclusion and equity, even when others seem willing to cast these aside in exchange for power.

American History 122

American History Cultures Social Studies Economics 122

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Orientation video: Though it may not seem like it at first, making an effort to talk and listen to those who you disagree with can have a lasting impact on your campus culture. Kirk: Especially for a generation of students that lived through the isolation of Covid-19 and has never seen a national government that wasn’t deeply divided.

Civics 83

Civics Cultures Political Science Advocacy 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Giving students the opportunity to practice this important American cultural norm gives our students the edge in college and in life. Coupled with a steady state of 3 percent homeschooling, for the first time in American history, a majority of school-aged children are not enrolled in traditional public schools.

Charter School 112

Charter School Private School Tradition Public School 112

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 139

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

They led a letter-writing campaign requesting Pennsylvania government officials investigate “school board overreach in Pennridge.” Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the CRT movement But the opportunities to fight back aren’t limited to school board elections, said Foster.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Formally, he was the director of a place that we hold very dear, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The most important thing they did is they redefined their crime, not as crimes of nationality, of an innate culture. Her solution was not to denigrate the cultures of these people. Thanks, T.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Vance, meanwhile, made education culture war issues central to his 2022 run for Senate. On his campaign website, he pledged to cut funding for state universities in Ohio that teach critical race theory and “to force our schools to give an honest, patriotic account of American history.” — C.P.

K-12 127

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 127

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

During his time as governor, Walz signed legislation last year to make college tuition-free for Native American students in Minnesota and required K-12 teachers to complete training on Native American history. The shortfall is “immoral,” Harris told members of the National Education Association at a 2019 candidates forum.

K-12 134

K-12 Education History Public School 134