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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

Bunk offers exhibits and collections that present multiple perspectives for comparison and collaboration to show students that history surrounds them and shapes them in every aspect of their lives. Our other big project, New American History , under the direction of Annie Evans, addresses the time and confidence challenges in different ways.

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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

Discussion of primary documents. Historic locations. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. Free professional development.

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

Discussion of primary documents. Historic locations. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. Free professional development.

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. The program increased his “comfort level” with the primary documents he taught. “As But sometimes you just don’t.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

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