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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

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US History Vocabulary Review Activity That Rocks!

Active History Teacher

US History vocabulary review can be fun and student centered! Using the game Envelope Races, students can review US History vocabulary in a competitive way. Do your students struggle with US History vocabulary? The language of teenagers is NOT the language of history. Looking for other US History Review Games?

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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. Several findings in the report have direct implications for Asian American safety.

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Top Ten Formative Assessments for Social Studies

Active History Teacher

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.

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Class Competition Games Your Students Will Love

Active History Teacher

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.

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A 3000+ Document Library: A Blessing or a Curse?

Teaching American History

As Publications Manager at Teaching American History , I frequently hear the following from our teacher partners: I love teaching with primary sources! My district has dropped our textbook and we are switching to primary sources. appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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