Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

But We Can’t Teach? Yet, if the right wing has its way, it will be illegal to teach students about Juneteenth. At least 44 states have passed or proposed legislation to prohibit teaching about structural racism. But educators around the country continue to pledge to teach the truth about structural racism.

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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. They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes.

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Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

I knew podcasts were a valuable tool for learning, but I needed to find just the right podcasts for my US History classroom. Here are my favorite (so far) podcasts to use in my US History classroom. American History Tellers. American Scandal – Like American History Tellers, this is told in the form of story.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Some of our topics include: The American Revolution at Old Fort Niagara in Niagara Falls, NY. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. Free professional development. Click here.

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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Teacher vs. Teacher Competitions If there are multiple teachers in your school that teach the same subject and grade level, then try doing teacher vs. teacher competitions. Timeline Races One of my absolute favorite classroom competitions for US History is timeline races. US History STAAR. This activity is made for competition!

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Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

Cade Lohrding teaches social studies for all three grades at Kiowa County Junior High School in Greensburg, Kansas. Lohrding enjoyed this time of socializing a chance to talk with teachers from all over the country who teach different groups of kids. Lohrdings Decision to Teach As a child, Lohrding met President George W.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

But this meant also integrating the teaching staff of Reid School, which served the black community, into the formerly white schools. Ellen Tucker, long time blog contributor for Teaching American History [1] But not as proactive as some. Might those white parents whose children drew black teachers complain?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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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Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

Our online classes meet more frequently in the summer than during the school year, and we have some great options for teachers looking to build their expertise and teach dual enrollment classes. Events culminated in the 1830s with open conflict and the forced removal often called “The Trail of Tears.” Instructor: David F.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I really did not expect to make it home,” she said during a recent conference on teaching difficult topics in the current partisan political environment, particularly in Florida. Robinson noted that these events took place even before Florida’s recent laws went into effect.

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Teaching American History

JULY 2, 2024

Teaching American History emphasizes the use of primary documents. Why, then, is Teaching American History publishing a series of narrative histories? In case you didn’t know about the narrative histories, let me describe them, before I explain them.

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Teaching American History

MAY 7, 2024

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” The fast-paced survey covers American history from Columbus to the present day.

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Teaching American History

MAY 7, 2024

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” The fast-paced survey covers American history from Columbus to the present day.

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Teaching American History

JULY 30, 2024

Little wonder that Dunn’s course in this year’s summer residential Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, “From Courthouse to Schoolhouse,” drew teachers from urban and rural areas across the country. West, “The Supreme Court as School Board Revisited.” These included Epperson v.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

Boardis the dearth of Black teachers: More than 38,000 Black educators lost their jobs after the decision came down, as white administrators of integrating schools refused to hire Black professionals for teaching roles or pushed them out. The next year, the school made it official, finally holding an integrated event. But the A.P.

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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. Border policies are a hot topic in the election year coming up,” Robin Deck Davis notes, so she will be reading Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzales. Happy reading to all!

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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.

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NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

Teachers are professionals and experts in their field, and their subject-matter knowledge and understanding of how to accurately and adequately teach a complicated past are critical to student comprehension and achievement. is one example of how the narrative of American slavery is misrepresented. Slavery is, and was, wrong.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The group connects Muslim home-schoolers in Southern California by hosting events and providing resources, such as books and curriculum. It’s also easier to participate in events on the seasonal Indigenous calendar, like the annual buffalo harvest or sacred site visits, that previously would have meant pulling the children from school.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 16, 2024

Rather than offering a series of precedents or important historical events, the documents offer opportunities for close study and will reward the instructor who can find the time for extended discussion. The American Presidency is available for free download from our bookstore. Get your copy today!

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I never took a course in African American history during that time, the late 1980s and early 90s, despite being enveloped in Blackness in my neighborhoods, churches and schools. My knowledge of Black history came as sprinkling rain, a paltry amount that was never enough to have a significant impact.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This generation is hyper-aware of the way that history has been framed — what is included and what is left out. In the absence of detailed information about Asian American history at school, they’re teaching themselves through social media — such as videos on Tik Tok and infographics on Instagram — and their networks of friends.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Ohio House members from both sides of the aisle took turns reading the Declaration from its opening, “When in the course of human events,” through its closing pledge of “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,” along with the names of its signatories. These events typify Brennan’s creative approach to public service.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I can’t imagine teaching civics and government without political cartoons—they are essential to the subject. Head over to my blog post, How to Teach Political Cartoons , where I detail the POPES process I’ve used for years. Certain topics, I’ve found over the years, are perfect for using cartoons to teach.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. I then annotate in the margin things about which I may have a question or jot down something that is connected to another reading or to another historical event or concept.” Plan your drive and possibly stay the night.

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C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

But as I walk by these images, I wonder how the fresh-faced teacher who promised to never “teach” Black History Month has now decorated the whole school with Black images. I needed to change the way I was teaching. Now, using inquiry, I celebrate each and every cultural heritage month, including Black History Month.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

For example, at Spirit Lake High School , students learn about Yamazumi charts, Kaizen events, elemental spaghetti diagrams, and other lean engineering techniques with Polaris, the local snowmobile manufacturer. What 64 schools can tell us about teaching 21st century skills [VIDEO]. Image and video credits: Spirit Lake High School.

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Future of History

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Unlike the day after the 2016 election, “I’m feeling not so much shock as the need to shore up my teaching and once again dig into difficult topics.” The post The Day After: How Do We Teach Now? Here’s how Sarah Cooper taught her 8th grade social studies class today, as the nation went about determining a presidential winner.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 30, 2024

The first Presidential inauguration in American history entailed careful planning, with much behind-the-scenes negotiation. As the first grand public event of the nation under its new Constitution, the inauguration had to strike just the right note. Vice President John Adams, in particular, irritated Maclay.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Roosevelt and Winston Churchill Any serious student of history will tell you that pinning down the precise origins of great events is difficult at best, but one can often find important moments that offer a glimpse into their long-term origins. From left to right: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D.

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C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

If you are having students read a secondary source detailing the events that led Europe into global war in 1914, have them create a timeline of these events in a detailed way so that they understand the sequence of events. What kinds of tasks are the sources asking the reader/viewer to participate in? Let’s be more specific.

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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. Image from iCivics Race to Ratify game.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While they're sometimes belittled, worksheets are an excellent tool for helping students analyze primary sources or better understand a historical event through a secondary source. Each US History unit also include thorough 9-page worksheets packets for every unit in the curriculum.

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C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

If you are having students read a secondary source detailing the events that led Europe into global war in 1914, have them create a timeline of these events in a detailed way so that they understand the sequence of events. What kinds of tasks are the sources asking the reader/viewer to participate in? Let’s be more specific.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

” Today, the descendants of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people of Colorado continue to testify to the horror of November 29, 1864, and commemorate the events with a Healing Run from Sand Creek to Denver. Ray Tyler The post The Sand Creek Massacre appeared first on Teaching American History.

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