Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

Lohrding hopes to foster engaged citizens who will register to vote, research the candidates, and find candidates they can support. The post TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now appeared first on Teaching American History. Then talk with them about it. Lohrding stands in back, second from right.

Junior High 52

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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

MAY 13, 2024

Yet research suggests that more Black teachers in the classroom can help boost Black student outcomes such as college enrollment. The researchers attributed that to a number of small, predominantly white districts that spent far above average on their students. Related: Become a lifelong learner. But the A.P.

K-12 132

K-12 High School American History Public School 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Because students missed so much instruction during the pandemic, teachers should get extra time to fill all those instructional holes, from teaching mathematical percents and zoological classifications to discussing literary metaphors and American history. Snow days add another confounding factor to this research on learning time.

Tutoring 141

Tutoring Charter School Middle School Advocacy 141

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. It would give them time to think about American principles while learning to read primary documents. Students also select problems to research, investigating policy solutions and presenting their findings in a forum at year’s end.

American History 98

American History History Civics Government 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged. I see them clamor for Zheng He, Simon Bolivar, Cesar Chavez, Mary Wollstonecraft and Haile Selassie when they choose research topics.

History 140

History World Religions Inclusive Curriculum Heritage 140

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

While looking for research and ideas for how to make a change, a close friend of mine recommended a talk by Larry McEnerney, who served as director of the writing program at the University of Chicago for 30 years, about the craft of effective writing. Who would read their work? This pivot changed everything for students.

American History 134

American History World History Social Studies History 134

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Research evidence certainly backs a phonics approach when first teaching kids how to read words but students need a lot more than word recognition to become good readers. Parents and teachers of these students answer surveys every year so that researchers can study them.) Only one in five students is reading at grade level.

Social Studies 145

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Her research interests included the areas of health policy issues, program performance evaluation, Black women, and related political issues. Shortly after her official retirement on August 15, 2023, Harmon Martin launched the Dr. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. He has a BA.

Oral History 44

Oral History History Political Science Museum 44

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. King calls “ diaspora literacy ” to contend with the reflection of white supremacy in my paternal lineage and its connection to world history.

History 104

History Teaching Sociology Oral History 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Originally designed as an academic conference to share research, the event brought together Florida K-12 and college teachers and students, national journalists and professionals from libraries and museums whose work focuses on history and civics.

Civics 145

Civics K-12 Museum American History 145

Teaching American History

MAY 6, 2025

Ginny Boles needed to build her content knowledge in American history. Paradoxically, her love of this history had led her to major in classics as an undergraduate at UCLA, so as to read the Latin and Greek texts the Founding Fathers read as they formulated their plans for self-government. I had to say: I dont know.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Library Government 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

Between 67 and 100 percent of Indigenous languages in those three countries will disappear within three generations, according to a 2019 analysis of 200 years of global language loss by researcher Gary Simons. This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues.

Teaching 144

Teaching K-12 Heritage Government 144

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 Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

History Havoc

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

One on Early Modern Europe and the other on Early American History. I want to teach and do some research on the side, mostly about baseball honestly. I don’t want, nor do I think I would ever be qualified for, some huge university that does a lot of research. That is reason #1 why I have been absent here lately.

History 98

History American History High School Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I never took a course in African American history during that time, the late 1980s and early 90s, despite being enveloped in Blackness in my neighborhoods, churches and schools. My knowledge of Black history came as sprinkling rain, a paltry amount that was never enough to have a significant impact.

Heritage 98

Heritage Cultures K-12 American History 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022 as part of the Voices of Change project, EdSurge Research convened 80 Asian American K-12 educators in a series of virtual learning circles to listen to their stories. Many also found community online, by following Asian American educators publicly sharing their learnings and resources (e.g.,

K-12 123

K-12 Education Professional Development American History 123

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2022

The idea that Asian American parents value educational success more than other parents do does not hold up to scrutiny. Related: OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools. So what’s the harm in the positive stereotype of Asian American parents valuing education more than other parents do?

Education 20

Education Sociology Economics Tutoring 20

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 143

Social Justice American History History High School 143

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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.

American History 52

American History Library History Government 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. United States Capitol.) Then explain that one to us.”

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Almost ten years ago, I started off teaching and I truly believed that I didn’t need to teach Black History Month or any other cultural month (Hispanic Heritage, Native American History Month, etc.) This is because American history is a history of racism. for that matter.

Heritage 52

Heritage American History Pedagogy History 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group. I could utilize the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media software tools for historical research.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

They might have been in AP African American history. And in high school I wasn't taught those things. The cool thing right now is our students are coming with a totally different K-12 education. They might have already learned about what oppression is on a short-term basis through TikTok.

K-12 114

K-12 Pedagogy History American History 114

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Board of Education, the landmark case that put in motion the Civil Rights Movement and remains a poignant moment in American history. Many students still attend segregated schools, and research shows that racial segregation is on the rise, accelerating most rapidly in the South. May 17 th marked the 62nd anniversary of Brown v.

History 75

History K-12 American History High School 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

Research shows that students who attend diverse schools have higher academic outcomes, and they are more likely to work, learn and live in integrated settings. But like other cities, New Orleans’ private, public and charter schools are as much a vehicle for segregation as our residents’ attitudes toward black and poor folk.

Charter School 75

Charter School Private School American History Public School 75

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He told her about the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) at Ashland University. When they learn the identities of the leaders, they’re shocked—but then we have a great discussion about researching candidates carefully.” Now she wondered how to earn a teaching credential.

Teaching 52

Teaching Geography Ancestry Primary Sources 52

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. and investigate activists for other causes, like feminism, the American Indian Movement, immigrants’ rights, and so on.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

There is a consumer protection strand of American history, and now it’s higher education’s turn,” said Daniel Greenstein, director of education and postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been pressing for better information to be made available to students and their families. Launch My Career.

American History 62

American History Government Advocacy High School 62

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Nationally, researchers have found that people are less likely to end up back in the criminal justice system if they meet educational milestones, and that adults with higher levels of education have better employment rates, less incidence of homelessness and better health outcomes.

Social Studies 86

Social Studies Tradition American History Government 86

ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Civics Government Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Little new research is being done on them in elementary schools — and the results are inconclusive — while virtually no research has ever been done on multiage classrooms in middle and high schools, likely because so few exist. Today, multiage classrooms remain an anomaly in America.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

Jeb Dickerson, who teaches American history to juniors in the pilot academy, found his students growing restless while working on independent projects he’d designed to give them more freedom. His grades slipped over the course of the year. RELATED: Light a fuse: How one state’s teachers sparking digital innovation.

High School 94

High School Middle School History Tradition 94

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. And research by the Education Data Initiative shows Native students borrow more and pay more per month in student loan debt than their white peers. I started thinking … how hard their lives are, and how much of a difference could be made.”

Government 98

Government Cultures History Heritage 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

Just a decade later, Chicago closed 49 elementary schools, and research found that closing the schools had a long-term negative effect on the math scores of students from closed schools, and a smaller, negative short-term effect on their reading test scores.). billion federal trough in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

K-12 80

K-12 Elementary School Sociology High School 80

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

MARCH 7, 2018

Jeffrey Jackson, a professor in the sociology department at Ole Miss, is a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context, which spearheaded the creation of the plaques. Meanwhile, students like McNeil are eager for the university to do more to embrace diversity and reckon with its past.

History 93

History Tradition Sociology High School 93