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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. A quarter of Americans were unaware that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. This is an issue of how we teach American history.
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 8, 2024
Half American chronicles the lives of African Americans who fought in World War II and in the war against racism in the United States. Typical textbook curriculum teaches the Civil Right Movement as an isolated event; however, Delmont’s book taught me that the movement’s roots are with injustices and hypocrisies during World War II.
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NCHE
JUNE 25, 2023
The National Council for History Education stands in support of history teachers in Florida. The social studies standards focused on African American history, recently approved by the Florida Board of Education, sanitize historical acts of violence against Black Americans.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 27, 2020
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. In July, Ajith and three of her friends testified before the Texas State Board of Education, demanding changes to the way students are taught.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 28, 2021
This is particularly true for learning our history. To understand America today requires examining the major events in our past that define our national character (for good or for ill). Is American history education the problem? Related: Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies? citizenship exam.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
At the meeting, reading a prepared speech from her cell phone, Saykhamphone shared the cotton gin story and told board members that “for me to truly appreciate American history and my Black and Asian history, standards should not be watered down.” Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.
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