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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. New American History, like Bunk, embraces as many people, places, and perspectives as possible.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

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. Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Click here.

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APSA’s Summer Rise High School Intern Program: Meet the Cohort

Political Science Now

The students helped research and re-fresh APSA Educate’s Teaching the Russia-Ukriance War Resource Collection. Some of my favorite classes that I’ve taken are AP American History and AP Government. I participate in clubs like Model UN and Peace Makers and Problem Solvers with the Marshall Legacy Institute.

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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. and investigate activists for other causes, like feminism, the American Indian Movement, immigrants’ rights, and so on.

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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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