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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University.

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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

But I believe that by allowing students to follow their own curiosity about our local history–whether this means something good or something less flattering–I am allowing them a stake in the future development of our community. I was familiar with his work with the Forgottonia Project at Cuba High School and was eager to help.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

To activate their interest, I spent the first class period showing the Freedom Archives’ COINTELPRO 101 documentary. Bob Henson High School Social Studies Teacher, Villa Hills, Kentucky In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now! The selections are short and easily digested.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

context and shared cultural history. From the Archives 1948: To the Editors of The New York Times by Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Sidney Hook, et al. Teaching While Muslim works to actively include social justice, anti-racist, and anti-Islamophobic curricula and educators in schools. See other recent episodes here.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

ASHP CML

The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. These stories are weaved together through the use of archival footage and nearly constant jazz music.