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To Make Assignments More Meaningful, I’m Giving Students a More Authentic Audience

ED Surge

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. Who would read their work? This pivot changed everything for students.

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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

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. Social studies teachers must lay the groundwork by earning students’ trust.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

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.

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US History Worksheets: Printable and Digital Activities for Kids

Students of History

Our American History worksheets all can be downloaded as easy-to-use PDF files for easy printing and all include editable Google Docs versions which can be shared online with students through Google Classroom. Each curriculum includes hundreds of activities you can immediately implement into your classes!

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Climate is Everything

A Principal's Reflections

Coincidentally they are all coming out of my History Department. Here is a quick rundown: On Thursday, October 21, I observed Nicolette Perna’s American History 1 class where the lesson focused on the major patriots during the Revolutionary War. On a side note, Ms.

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Kids Don’t Learn What They Aren’t Taught

4QM Teaching

The point of this post is that if we want eighth graders to know something about American (or world) history, we need to teach it. And these test results make it clear that just starting in middle school is insufficient.

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

Including American History, World History, Civics, and Geography. Requested Product Attributes. Compatible with MacBook Air laptops. Web-based preferred. Standards-aligned: 2010 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies. Next Generation Science Standards and 2005 Alabama Course of Study: Science.