Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Experience with Studies Weekly Frances recently attended a Professional Development training hosted by Studies Weekly. Studies Weekly does an excellent job of incorporating age-appropriate text and engaging activities, and I loved exploring the online components that make it such a robust program.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

Inclusive Curriculum 104

Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 104

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.

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Doing Social Studies

JULY 23, 2020

It can be tough finding the silver lining in all the disruption to student learning and teacher professional development caused by COVID-19. Mark Nickel, Secondary Social Studies & World Languages director in the Wichita, Kansas school district, passed on some details about what sounds like an amazing learning experience.

American History 67

American History Professional Development Social Studies History 67

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. For many of today’s students, the new program’s ideas and approaches to rethinking history and how it is taught are not radical.

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History Heritage K-12 American History 108

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. The post Preparing for a One Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.

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