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. appeared first on Teaching American History. The application will be open April 8-April 30.

Historic Sites 128

Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

TCI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Labor Day (September) Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor the American labor movement. Discover the history of Labor Day and get biographies of notable labor organizers and their work. TCI’s free lessons explore the history of Native Americans, their fight for civil rights, and biographies.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Heritage K-12 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Studies suggest affordability is one of the leading causes of attrition.

Government 96

Government Cultures History Heritage 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The three countries share more than a common language: For several decades, their governments forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and relocated them to distant boarding schools. Children there regularly encountered humiliating, and sometimes violent, treatment as a means to suppress their Native American identity.

Teaching 144

Teaching K-12 Heritage Government 144

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. A careful reading of the Constitution reveals what American democracy “looks like structurally.”

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

The anti-CRT efforts to restrict how race is taught have clashed with initiatives in several states, including South Dakota, Oklahoma and New Mexico, to teach Native American history — which has often been left out of instruction — more accurately and fully. And so they just don’t, so there is no Native history being taught.”

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2017

There were bombings that people “just had to get used to” as the conflict between the government and ISIS spread. His lesson on the Civil Rights movement during his American History class on a March afternoon relied on photographs with short text portions to help the discussion. They lived in a town about 35 miles from Baghdad.

High School 85

High School K-12 History Heritage 85