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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3 million book images from the Internet Archive. .

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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. “It’s important for students to learn about that period, especially as it relates to what is happening today.”.

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