Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. The American Historical Association offers over one thousand Civil War newspaper editorials , for example.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. Question Two) — is most appropriately addressed by interpreting primary sources. This mistake — the narrowing of history pedagogy to “document analysis” — reflects another mistake: confusing novices for experts.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Artifacts Archiving Social Studies 40

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

At the beginning of our unit on the WWII, I talked to the students about how the war, like many events in American history, impacted people in different ways and our goal was to see the war with new eyes through specific groups of people who lived it. I will definitely present this unit again.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

I think that’s the best way to start the conversation, because what it is predicated on is some agreed upon definition of a violation. You are often limited in your ability to teach certain topics by the dependence upon primary sources rather than secondary sources.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I think that’s the best way to start the conversation, because what it is predicated on is some agreed upon definition of a violation. Whitaker: if I could pick up where you left off, Dr. Muhammed, connecting your definition of crime to statistics.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52