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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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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

They want to see themselves and their cultures reflected in the books we read, and they don’t want token representation. As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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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. Timeline Races One of my absolute favorite classroom competitions for US History is timeline races.

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OPINION: Florida’s governor and the College Board do not get to decide how we learn Black history

The Hechinger Report

Ron DeSantis or the College Board to curate and disburse Black history to us. As despicable and harmful as the Florida governor’s recent rejection of the pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course was, DeSantis does not get to decide when and how we learn Black history. DeSantis’ playbook is plagiarized.

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The History of Black Music — A Love Supreme

Zinn Education Project

A widely-published writer, he’s the author, co-author, or editor of four music history books and many essays and articles. The post The History of Black Music — A Love Supreme appeared first on Zinn Education Project. Ramsey, Jr. Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present (2022) is his latest book.

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