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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! Washington University in St.

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Call for Applications: 2024-2025 Hellenic Research Fellowship Program

Society for Classical Studies

Currently numbering over 80,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts. Questions about the Program can be directed to George I.

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

4QM Teaching

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. In other words, that’s what they expected to see in a high-functioning social studies class. Question Two) — is most appropriately addressed by interpreting primary sources. I noticed something strange, however.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

We engaged in a collaborative project based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) designed to explore how AI tools might support undergraduate learning in anthropology. This particular tool allows users to upload their own documents—course readings, research articles, archives, etc.—so