American History Humanities Social Justice 
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. In their view, teaching American history as a story of “oppression and victimhood” misrepresents the past and divides the country along racial lines.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers.
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Political Science Now
OCTOBER 1, 2024
They also talked to APSA Educate about their passion for civic education, social justice, scholarly analysis, and interest in studying political science at the undergraduate level. Some of my favorite classes that I’ve taken are AP American History and AP Government.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 31, 2021
They watched as the police murder of an unarmed Black man reignited the country’s fight for racial and social justice. And they lived through perhaps the most divisive presidential battle in American history, culminating in rioters storming the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 16, 2023
Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: ATLANTA – As more and more attempts to restrict discussion of gender and race in K-12 schools across the country take hold, where do the ideas go?
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 14, 2018
To inform his lessons, Gorman chose a curriculum called Teach Reconstruction created by the Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between social justice education nonprofits Teaching for Change, based in Washington, D.C. history and its legacy today.” and Rethinking Schools, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Session 1: Field Trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture with U.S. Lewis will take the class on a tour of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice.
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