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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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.

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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

The Hechinger Report

She’s a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and coauthor of the book Academically Adrift. Jon: Sarah Igo chairs the American History Department at Vanderbilt and is an intellectual historian. It’s definitely forward. And that has consequences for how much they learn in higher education.

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Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

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. They may or may not use such language, but they do understand when someone has breached those norms. Most recently, they’ve removed one of the Gen.

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

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. Most recently, they’ve removed one of the Gen.