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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

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4 Arab American Scientists to Know

Studies Weekly

According to the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, he was in great demand to give visiting lectures at mathematical societies, colleges, and universities across the world. Soon after, he accepted a position as a mathematics instructor at the University of Michigan. His own records document visits to 87 countries.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. the New York State Archives and Museum , and the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site ) is essential to my instructional practice.

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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. Hope Koumentakos High School Social Studies Teacher, Takoma Park, Maryland I currently teach U.S. This lesson helped provide both and more. History I and II to 10th and 11th graders, respectively.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

The Hechinger Report

To inform his lessons, Gorman chose a curriculum called Teach Reconstruction created by the Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between social justice education nonprofits Teaching for Change, based in Washington, D.C. Many states require lessons on the Civil War as part of U.S. history and social studies curriculums.

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

Muhammad: It’s another part of the archival record. And of course, history and social studies teachers. I teach very young students (6-8 year olds), but plan on expanding our conversation of race and gender being social constructs to include crime as a social construct.