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A Treasure Trove of Online Education Resources From the National Museum of African American History and Culture Spans Art, Culture, History and Science

Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education

Hundreds of PreK-12 teaching and learning resources that support developmentally appropriate skill-building and leverage both well-known and lesser-known stories in American history are freely available online for use in the classroom and at home

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Mississippi’s darkest days on display in new museums

The Hechinger Report

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. What happened to Emmett Till was brutal, but the tragedy has been sanitized in Mississippi textbooks and in discussions of this state’s violent, racist history. The museums are vast, engaging and traumatizing. An exhibit at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

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APSA Oral History Project: Contributions by Scholars of Color Interview Series

Political Science Now

Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Ollie Johnson, Wayne State University Dr. Ollie Johnson is Professor and former department chair in the department of African American studies at Wayne State University.

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Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

Zinn Education Project

African American History Monument by Ed Dwight, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina. This drive and requirement for self-emancipation has been consistent through the story of Black American history. Source: Alamy.In That’s another one of many examples. The Brown v.

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. EdSurge spent a morning with the teachers as they toured Smithsonian museums in small groups. Photo by Rebeccca Koenig. gathered on the National Mall at the end of April.

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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

The Hechinger Report

High-income children are more likely to travel, go to museums and attend live performances. Proponents of teaching kids more content are now wondering if it would be easier and more effective to improve reading by encouraging schools to teach a little more history, geography and civics. who started kindergarten in 2011.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. For many of today’s students, the new program’s ideas and approaches to rethinking history and how it is taught are not radical. A student at the N.Y.C.

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