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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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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.

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

4QM Teaching

Social Studies education is also the home of the social sciences and moral philosophy, or at least it should be.) Here’s why that’s a mistake: imagine a person who knows nothing at all about, say, the American Revolution. Now confess: you didn’t learn about the American Revolution that way. Plan it out.

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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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College Uncovered, Season 3, Episode 2

The Hechinger Report

The largest student protests in American history were in May of 1970, following the Cambodian invasion and the tragic shootings of student protesters at Kent State and Jackson State. And so that’s a reason why the social science might not be as robust as it might be. Maybe that’s a problem.

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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.