Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

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.

High School 42

High School Civic Engagement Civics Social Justice 42

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Maikko, 2, in pink, Terrance, 1, in red, and Nylah, behind Terrance, dance as their child care provider, Lorna Parks, foreground, claps during a visit by staffers from Detroit’s African-American History Museum. Michael Elsen-Rooney/The Teacher Project. Home-based operators help teach about 1.5

K-12 87

K-12 Primary Sources Museum History 87

Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The City of West Point does an excellent job of identifying and highlighting its history. Go to the local museum and ask historian Monie Matthews about Sherman’s activities in the city [his predecessor, Richard Briggs, was exceptionally prolific in West Point research and publication].

History 40

History Museum American History Research 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. What happened to Emmett Till was brutal, but the tragedy has been sanitized in Mississippi textbooks and in discussions of this state’s violent, racist history. The museums are vast, engaging and traumatizing. An exhibit at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

Museum 79

Museum Artifacts History Public School 79

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

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2020

Masterman High School, the rising junior was doing research for a proposal to convince the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to erect a marker to commemorate the walkouts, when thousands of local students marched to protest racial injustice more than 50 years earlier. Tatiana Bennett was studying the history of hip-hop.

Archiving 140

Archiving Museum History Primary Sources 140

Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

I have fond memories of him regularly calling the APSA Office to share his latest research or to inquire about a recent program announcement. From 1969 to 1972, Holden served on the Social Science Research Council board and held a part-time position on the Presidents Air Quality Advisory board in 1972. UIS professor Matthew Holden, Jr.

Oral History 39

Oral History Political Science Social Justice Social Science 39

Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What we mean by that is is this grounded in recent research? Whereas I worked for many decades now with Native American communities in the U.S. So, if I was going to make, develop an op-ed around Native American history and culture I’ve written books, received grants and so on, I’m well prepared to make that argument.

Anthropology 122

Anthropology Archaeology Artifacts Heritage 122

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

History,” Journal of American History 95:2 (September 2008); Michael L. Tuesday, July 11 – Sessions at Metropolitan Museum of Art The War in Oil, Bronze, and Plaster Session 1 - Reflections on the previous day. Reading: Eleanor Harvey, “Introduction,” The Civil War in American Art , (Washington, D. Lunch on own.

Museum 52

Museum American History Library History 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Social studies classes spend only 8 to 9 percent of their time on Black history, treating it as a niche topic instead of a core part of American history. They develop a weaker understanding of American history when they do not understand the role of Black contributions and achievements. .

Museum 141

Museum Education American History History 141

ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the Civil Rights Movement, American history teachers are used to venturing into emotionally charged subjects. We have trained students to see these sites put out by the federal government as really reliable narrators to American history.

History 103

History Civics Museum American History 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Black contributions to society are not being recognized in the pantheon of American history. Many multicultural education advocates have promoted curricula that expand the perspectives in American history. The pushback to the ethnic studies and multicultural education movements is about protecting white history.

History 51

History Multicultural Education American History Heritage 51