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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

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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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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. Since all of the projects must incorporate primary sources, students learn how to access online archives such as the Hathi Trus t and newspapers.org.

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

4QM Teaching

We just had a consultant come to my school to do a review of our social studies program. That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. I noticed something strange, however.

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Constitution Day Resources

ACRE

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today.

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Building virtual monuments to Black historical figures

The Hechinger Report

Wells, Shirley Chisholm or Denmark Vesey from his high school social studies textbooks. And while social studies curricula differ vastly across the U.S., Buddington’s team wrote the curriculum and helped with the archive research that accompanies the Kinfolk app. Subscribe today!

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