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Modern American History Word Wall: A How-To Guide

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

Modern American History Word Wall Have you ever used a Modern American History word wall before? In this previous blog post , we’ve briefly discussed word walls, however, we wanted to give a more thorough guide on how to use them in this post, as well as share examples that pertain to Modern United States history.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

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How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

It was definitely painted in the light that ‘these problems are in the past,’ and ‘America is the land of the free’ and ‘everyone is equal here.’ ”. Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

ED Surge

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. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

4QM Teaching

We just had a consultant come to my school to do a review of our social studies program. In other words, that’s what they expected to see in a high-functioning social studies class. The consultants were not social studies experts. Now confess: you didn’t learn about the American Revolution that way.

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OPINION: When books are banned, ‘education is impoverished, and everyone loses’

The Hechinger Report

In 1873, Congress passed the Comstock Act, which prohibited sending “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” materials through the mail, a definition deemed broad enough to include anatomy textbooks, “anything by Oscar Wilde, and even ‘The Canterbury Tales.’”.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

Next year will be a better year, definitely. I’m definitely worried about mental health, and there’s a lot of kids that have depression and they joke about it a lot: “Oh, yeah. Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Our district has realized some of our challenges.