The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2021

I grew up in an area with a large Asian American population, including 25 percent of the students in my high school. And yet, I have never had the opportunity to discuss anti-Asian racism in the classroom, learn about Asian American history or engage with educators who understand my experiences.

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High School American History Social Studies Leadership 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

Students gather once a month at my high school for what we call “equity lunch chats” with teachers and administrators. As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged.

History 139

History World Religions Inclusive Curriculum Heritage 139

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2011

The transformation taking place at New Milford High School to create a 21st Century culture of teaching an learning would fit this bill. This is why I was so pleased to learn about what two of my dynamic history teachers were doing in their classes. Image credit: [link] For a recent assignment, students in Ms. Perna and Ms.

American History 203

American History Leadership History Cultures 203

Active History Teacher

JULY 9, 2021

In my US History classroom, I am constantly evaluating what works best in terms of the age-old question, “Did they get it?” I love watching students make connections as they sort primary sources , vocabulary and key people in US History. Check out the version for early American History and Modern American History.

Social Studies 195

Social Studies Primary Sources American History History 195

Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I often use class competition games in my US History classroom – you could say it is part of my classroom culture. Here are a few classroom competition games I use with students – all of which are great for US History EOC Review and STAAR Review! I have done-for-you timeline races for early US History and Modern US History.

Primary Sources 195

Primary Sources American History History Cultures 195

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

Ron DeSantis or the College Board to curate and disburse Black history to us. As despicable and harmful as the Florida governor’s recent rejection of the pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course was, DeSantis does not get to decide when and how we learn Black history. DeSantis’ playbook is plagiarized.

History 121

History American History Social Justice Leadership 121

Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The early American history version can be found here. US History Important Document Review 5. Join The Active History Teacher Community! High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! Key documents can be tough for students to remember.

Social Studies 195

Social Studies History American History Middle School 195

Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

For early American History: Jamestown , The 1st Great Awakening , Louisiana Purchase , War of 1812 , Manifest Destiny/US Mexican War , Civil War Battles , For the second half of US History: Spanish American War , Origins of the Cold War. Join The Active History Teacher Community! Kids love them!

American History 195

American History History Middle School High School 195

Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

Initiated by black church leaders, who had invited several trusted white clergymen and business leaders to work with them, this citizens committee were planning the integration of Belmonts schools and businesses. Later, when I reached high school, I talked with my father about how hed helped to locally implement the Brown decision.

Education 59

Education American History Junior High History 59

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. It could also help resolve the internal conflicts that many Asian Americans experience when dealing with their sense of identity. KELLEN ZENG. Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. “At

History 114

History Heritage K-12 American History 114

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. Free professional development. What more could you ask for?

Historic Sites 128

Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

Cade Lohrding teaches social studies for all three grades at Kiowa County Junior High School in Greensburg, Kansas. Kiowa County Junior High School in Greensburg, Kansas, provided a substitute teacher so that Lohrding could fly on a Friday into Burbank Airport in time for the seminars opening reception and dinner that night.

Junior High 52

Junior High Library K-12 Social Studies 52

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. Professor Joseph Postell told the history of our political party system.

Humanities 52

Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2023

We have to place facts, history and science at the heart of our education systems. My high school, like so many public schools today, offered very few AP classes. This was controversial for some, but gay people are a part of American history and life, and California is where Harvey Milk did his activism.

Psychology 98

Psychology History Teaching American History 98

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform.

History 107

History Tutoring Pedagogy American History 107

Teaching American History

MARCH 5, 2024

Anna Lenardson If you ask Anna Lenardson, a 2023 graduate of Ashland University’s Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program , why she enrolled in the challenging program, she replies, “I love to learn. I loved being with other teachers, talking about history and government.”

Teaching 105

Teaching American History Government US Government 105

Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2024

As Publications Manager at Teaching American History , I frequently hear the following from our teacher partners: I love teaching with primary sources! I can’t expect a high school student to read an entire Federalist Paper!? appeared first on Teaching American History. But which one should I use?

Library 105

Library Primary Sources American History Social Studies 105

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. Brett Van Gaasbeek, MAHG graduate and teacher at Cincinnati Northwest High School in Ohio. The fast-paced survey covers American history from Columbus to the present day.

Government 98

Government American History History Library 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

On May 31, a school board meeting in Hernando County, Florida, made national news when more than 600 hundred people showed up and the meeting lasted until 2:30 a.m. The county had moved the meeting to the high school auditorium to accommodate a large crowd. Florida Gov.

Civics 145

Civics K-12 Museum American History 145

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. Brett Van Gaasbeek, MAHG graduate and teacher at Cincinnati Northwest High School in Ohio. The fast-paced survey covers American history from Columbus to the present day.

Government 98

Government American History History Library 98

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Thrailkill was a third-year teacher happily settled at Skyline High School in Mesa, AZ, when Lindblom phoned to ask her to apply for an opening at nearby Mountain View High. Not only was Mountain View the high school from which she’d graduated; Lindblom was a teacher she admired.

American History 98

American History History Civics Political Science 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

2014: That’s the year that Wilcox County High School, in rural Georgia, held its first school-sponsored, racially integrated prom. That gap between Black students graduating from high school in Mississippi and those enrolling at the state flagship university has grown over the past decade, according to a Hechinger analysis.

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K-12 High School American History Public School 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a student at Poughkeepsie High School in upstate New York and then as a high school educator in the Bronx, I’ve observed, both inside and outside the classroom, that many of us develop unconscious biases. However, one teacher, my history teacher, seemed bothered that I had worn African attire to school.

American History 130

American History High School Cultures History 130

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation. As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold.

Civics 130

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 130

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters.

American History 134

American History World History Social Studies History 134

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. I felt like I’d won my own History Day contest!” Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels. Czarnecki says.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. African American History Monument by Ed Dwight, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina. Source: Alamy.In The Brown v.

Teaching 111

Teaching American History Museum Library 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2023

Florida is doing its best to tilt the scales and shut down important, much-needed discussions of race, slavery, stolen lands, and undeniable history that have led us to where we are as a society today.” He added a dire warning: “What just happened in Florida … is coming your way. There’s nothing objectional.

K-12 132

K-12 History American History Psychology 132

History Havoc

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

One on Early Modern Europe and the other on Early American History. My current job is a high school history teacher and community college professor (part-time through dual credit). I would love to build my own history of baseball course and teach it somewhere. Update appeared first on History Havoc.

History 98

History American History Teaching High School 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Board of Education, the landmark case that put in motion the Civil Rights Movement and remains a poignant moment in American history. The 1954 United States Supreme Court decision declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional and required the integration of those schools that were segregating students. The post From Brown v.

History 74

History K-12 American History High School 74

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I grew up and attended schools in the South in an area known as the Black Belt , a name given to the region because of its large Black population and black soil. 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.

Heritage 98

Heritage Cultures K-12 American History 98

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. They realize our Constitution is not self-enforcing.

Government 98

Government Teaching Civics American History 98

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. They realize our Constitution is not self-enforcing.

Government 98

Government Teaching Civics American History 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We must insist that the American History we teach in our schools includes discussions of the systemic racism that has defined and divided our country. I am a primary resource when it comes to American History and civil rights, particularly in education.

American History 104

American History K-12 Civics History 104

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.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Since then, states such as Arkansas and Texas have also opposed the true teaching of the history of Black people in this country by dropping African American history courses and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Civic Engagement 132

Civic Engagement Education Civics K-12 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Because students missed so much instruction during the pandemic, teachers should get extra time to fill all those instructional holes, from teaching mathematical percents and zoological classifications to discussing literary metaphors and American history. That’s worked well in Chicago high schools but not in Miami middle schools.

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Tutoring Charter School Middle School Advocacy 141