American History High School Lesson Plan 
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.
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. Our long-standing curricula highlight a Eurocentric global history and white-centric American history, with only small cameos by the people who were enslaved, harmed and marginalized.
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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.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Even before the pandemic, her daughter asked to be pulled from high school. Early in fall 2020, Hidalgo and her husband scoured the internet for curriculum and lesson plans that they could use at home to teach their kids. The pandemic really took a toll on kids, mostly middle school and high school,” said Siddiqui. “It
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 31, 2018
The vast majority of Saridis’s students are Latino, and at the Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston, a dual-language high school in Boston Public Schools, connecting the curriculum to their culture is a top priority. Related: A Spanish-English high school proves learning in two languages can boost graduation rates.
ED Surge
JUNE 1, 2022
For one group, the experience included visiting the ocean hall at the National Museum of Natural History, where they viewed exhibits under a giant whale specimen displayed from the ceiling, then reflected on the sensory details they observed and how those might appeal to students. It was a huge celebration for all of us.”
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! We’d add photos to our maps and investigate other mapping tools as well, including possibly making floor plans of locally-significant buildings.
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