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 107

History American History Social Justice Leadership 107

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A year ago, a Pennsylvania school board voted to ban a long list of books and other materials relating to race and social justice. Book banning in America has a long and inglorious history, going back to the 1600s, when books deemed offensive to Christianity were publicly burned.

Social Justice 83

Social Justice American History Education K-12 83

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 Social Justice Elementary School American History 145

Edthena

MARCH 26, 2021

Help your students see themselves when teaching American history. Here are some helpful tips on how to properly discuss race when teaching American history. . Anderson, a journalist.

American History 52

American History Social Justice K-12 Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2020

It’s unprecedented,” said Geoffrey Young, the AAMC’s senior director for student affairs and programs, who compares it to another response to a traumatic moment in American history: the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Social Justice 140

Social Justice American History History High School 140

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The American Historical Association offers over one thousand Civil War newspaper editorials , for example. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us. government as well.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

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.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98