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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

With Bunk teachers can know they are aware of current work on historical subjects and can share that with their students in efficient and engaging ways. 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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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Free professional development. Click here.

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Free professional development. Click here.

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. The post South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

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. During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C.,

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

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