American History Cultures Middle School 
Active History Teacher
DECEMBER 22, 2022
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.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation. As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold.
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ASHP CML
MARCH 5, 2024
ASHP/CML conducts professional development programs for middle and high school teachers and college faculty focused on new historical scholarship and active-learning pedagogy. The Assistant Director will report to the Executive Director. ASHP/CML also leads other programs at the Graduate Center such as the New Media Lab.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. I couldn’t articulate it this succinctly at ten years old, but the depictions of the characters weighed on me.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. The recent Census data only tracked five racial groups, without exploring home-school participation by religion. You’re stronger minded. You learn better.”.
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. And in high school I wasn't taught those things.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Middle school students were asked to read a passage about a half inning of baseball and then reenact the action using wooden figures on a model field. Before digging into the Fordham Institute’s quantitative analysis, I want to explain why cognitive scientists think that background knowledge is so important in reading comprehension.
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