The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the last few years, the American education system has been bludgeoned by changes that have upended decades of progress toward better academic, economic and social outcomes for all. Teaching is inherently activist. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. A careful reading of the Constitution reveals what American democracy “looks like structurally.” She also pursues her own research. I was raring to go! “I

Social Studies 98

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Teaching American History

JUNE 11, 2024

Most will delve into the complex and fascinating American story, reading books that will enrich their teaching for next year. David Widenhofer will read The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party by Michael Holt. appeared first on Teaching American History. Happy reading to all!

American History 97

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

For one of us, a senior and teaching assistant at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the health crisis has meant struggling through online learning as both a student and an instructor. Jaida, in her role as a teaching assistant, has started holding weekly Zoom office hours that act as dedicated “vent sessions.”

American History 136

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

Teaching is all about relationships. He helped me during lunch with my history assignments, and he became interested in the role of immigration in American history. And no wonder I couldn’t reach them and therefore teach them. Learning their stories gives us insight into what influences them. A Muslim lens.

American History 129

American History Cultures High School History 129

Facing Today

JUNE 17, 2022

“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” James Baldwin, “A Talk to Teachers” (1963) Over the last year, we have seen an explosion of debate within the public sphere about how to teach young people about the past.

Teaching 52

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 20, 2024

Mississippi was the site of the most notorious lynching in the early civil rights movement, the killing of Emmett Till in 1955, and had the highest rates of lynching in the country — violence meant to impose social, economic, and political intimidation. Malik Ali teaching. SNCC Legacy Project.

American History 98

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Education journalist Emily Hanford has argued that the failure to teach phonics in the early elementary years may be the problem. Research evidence certainly backs a phonics approach when first teaching kids how to read words but students need a lot more than word recognition to become good readers. who started kindergarten in 2011.

Social Studies 145

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

Teaching American History

MARCH 19, 2024

Teaching American History’s Documents and Debates volumes present s American history as a series of topics. After two weeks, it recovered somewhat, but then began a long-term decline, as the American economy fell into what became known as the Great Depression. Download your free pdf today!

History 52

History Teaching American History Government 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 12, 2023

At Teaching American History, we know teachers are hungry for resources that help their students understand the nuances of American civic behavior. Justice Stevens ignored history when he argued that the founders could not imagine Quakers, Jews, or Catholics enjoying the same religious freedom enjoyed by Protestants.

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics American History Library 52

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Hawkins sees teaching as team effort to that helps young people work and learn cooperatively.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2022

-born white parents living in the same affluent East Coast suburb for my new book, “ Race at the Top : Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools.”. Related: OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools.

Education 20

Education Sociology Economics Tutoring 20

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Peters agreed.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

Teaching American History

APRIL 23, 2024

On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, the first federal law in American history designed to establish permanent, comprehensive restrictions on immigration. The post Passage of the 1924 Immigration Act appeared first on Teaching American History.

American History 52

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Civics Archiving Government 52

C3 Teachers

APRIL 10, 2022

You can address history, economics, sociology, you know all the facets of social studies. Some of the major goals were to address history told from multiple perspectives and told through a culturally responsive lens. You can do that through the Inquiry Design Model. The Reconstruction inquiry they love. Thank you, Nick.

History 52

History Social Studies Sociology Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Paula Dallacqua, who is in her first year of teaching a combined ninth- and 10th-grade class at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School in the Bronx, says she tried to create specific moments for mentoring but soon found she was forcing the issue. Curtin and Hill will teach one curriculum to this year’s crop of ninth- and 10th-graders.

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Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 75

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

Teaching Irish American History Mar. 10, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER You only need to walk into a store and see St Patricks Day decorations to know Irish Americans have profoundly impacted our countrys culture. But what brought so many Irish immigrants to the United States? Shannon from Westfield State College.

American History 90

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Maikko, 2, in pink, Terrance, 1, in red, and Nylah, behind Terrance, dance as their child care provider, Lorna Parks, foreground, claps during a visit by staffers from Detroit’s African-American History Museum. By comparison, 76 percent of the K–12 teaching force is female, and 20 percent are people of color.).

K-12 87

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

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. course targeted by Gov.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 1, 2024

On Monday, February 10, 2025 , historian Justene Hill Edwards, in conversation with Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss Edwards book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedmans Bank , a comprehensive account of the Freedmans Bank and its depositors.

American History 98

American History Economics Professional Development History 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Maitland Jones lost his job teaching organic chemistry at New York University after students signed a petition saying his course was too hard. You know, I’m an old timer, and I believe that there is value in, well, humanities, and a humanistic approach to teaching science. Kirk: Nicola Courtright teaches art history at Amherst.

Humanities 95

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 95

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene at MAHG 2021 Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University.

Archiving 91

Archiving American History Library History 91

Teaching American History

JANUARY 23, 2024

He would be quoted in Thomas Weld’s “American Slavery As It Is” (1839), explaining how sugar planters worked their enslaved to death because it was economical to replace them with new African captives. Named the 2018 Madison Fellow for the state of Florida, she now teaches at Longwood High School on Long Island, NY.

American History 98

American History Government History Economics 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. She says she is deeply committed to computer-assisted teaching because it gives students with limited tech experience exposure to digital tools. But computers are expensive.

K-12 100

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

As part of our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle series , historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. Well, it’s an origin story, and the good thing about this — for teaching purposes, from a pedagogical standpoint — is sometimes these ideas about defined crime live up here. Some were not.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Quoting his owner in his book, Life of an American Slave , the abolitionist Frederick Douglass wrote, “[I]f you teach that n *r (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. Now, they are doing it again. It would forever unfit him to be a slave.” Douglass knew that an undereducated populace will be controlled.

American History 130

American History Cultures Social Studies Economics 130

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The tsunami of laws and Executive Orders attacking public school curricula mobilize a range of doublespeak, from divisive concepts to race scapegoating to psychological stress; many include the admonition that teachers may not teach students that the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist. government. Whos to Blame?

Social Justice 98

Social Justice Primary Sources History Civics 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The governors agenda is making it increasingly difficult to pursue a humanities degree; he has pursued devaluing faculty expertise , removing any course or program that teaches identity politics and forcing the Western canon to be include d in general education humanities classes.

Humanities 65

Humanities Cultures American History Critical Thinking 65

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

As soon as possible, they join the workforce and pay back their student loans, and I don’t blame them,” said Ghazinour, an assistant professor who teaches data privacy and related topics on this campus less than 40 miles from where the Republicans will hold their national convention this month. China and other economic rivals add them.

Humanities 75

Humanities Economics Anthropology History 75

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2021

Authors of history textbooks writing about the failed insurrection of Jan. The influence of white supremacy on American history has largely been disregarded by past and present writers, especially in accounts of the Civil War. The absence of rigorous teaching about white supremacy helped facilitate its proliferation today.

History 145

History American History Social Studies Economics 145

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America , a history of the idea of Black criminality in the making of the modern United States. This session was the latest in our monthly Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online class series.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

There is a learning gap that is threatening economic and social productivity in the U.S. Voting data gives us insight into how people put into practice the information, facts and teaching they’ve received. Voting data gives us insight into how people put into practice the information, facts and teaching they’ve received.

Civics 135

Civics American History Leadership History 135

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act, which allotted an additional $3.5 Nirvi Shah Teaching about U.S. billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The supplemental fund was also meant to support the child care needs of essential workers.

K-12 132

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 132

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

During his time as governor, Walz signed legislation last year to make college tuition-free for Native American students in Minnesota and required K-12 teachers to complete training on Native American history. First lady Jill Biden, who teaches community college courses, is a member of the NEA.

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