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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. 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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Class Competition Games Your Students Will Love

Active History Teacher

Timeline Races One of my absolute favorite classroom competitions for US History is timeline races. Students race to put unrelated events in order in several mini-timelines. For example, students can race to complete primary source analysis, vocabulary matching, map activities, and more.

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Big List of Social Studies Journal Prompts – A Growing List

Thrive in Grade Five

The first camera was invented many years after the conclusion of the American Revolution. We must rely on primary sources to learn about this historical period. How might photographs have changed our understanding of the people, places, and events of the American Revolution? As Americans, we have religious freedom.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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.

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In Philadelphia, a symbol of police brutality comes down, and a monument to black student protesters will go up

The Hechinger Report

Helen Gym, a Korean American City Council member, had tried to leverage the aftermath of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 to get the city to take the Rizzo statue down. She pivoted, organizing a series of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the walkouts. But she ran into vocal opposition.

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US History Worksheets: Printable and Digital Activities for Kids

Students of History

Our worksheets are perfect for helping students with reading comprehension, preparing for the Regents review or state assessment, pairing with a video like the Crash Course US History series, or with your lesson plans throughout the school year. We even have a set of worksheets devoted just to developing history skills.

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Preparing for a One Day Seminar

Teaching American History

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. The post Preparing for a One Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.