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Designing and Facilitating Learning for an Alternating A-B Hybrid Schedule

Catlin Tucker

For example, a social science teacher covering early American history could complement that work with a question like, “ What did it mean to be an American? A great example of an essential question for history or social science is “Whose story is it?”

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In Memoriam: Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA President, Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., Passes Away

Political Science Now

He also completed an APSA Oral History Interview in 1993, where he shares his experiences in the discipline of political science. He was also President of the Policy Studies Organization and a Board Member of the Social Science Council. Read more Related Articles: The HistoryMakers: Biography: Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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.

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Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

4QM Teaching

Generic accounts of thinking skills often treat document reading and analysis as the bread-and-butter of history teaching and learning. This mistake — the narrowing of history pedagogy to “document analysis” — reflects another mistake: confusing novices for experts. — that’s how we learn history. Plan it out.

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WWI and the 1920s: Interview with Jennifer Keene, Part 2.

Teaching American History

Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions

Political Science Now

Paul Gottemoller is a tenured Professor of Political Science at Del Mar College, where he currently serves as Assistant Chair in the Department of Social Sciences. in Political Science from Southern Illinois University, an M.A. in Political Science from Richland Community College. He holds a Ph.D.

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WWI and the 1920s: Interview with Jennifer Keene, Part 1

Teaching American History

Keene at MAHG 2021 Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. That’s an amazing success.