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Teaching the Constitution in the Context of Human Behavior

Teaching American History

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.”

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

That’s when British colonizers switched their trade focus from gold to human beings, and the trade of enslaved people intensified in West Africa and across the Atlantic. As Logan wrote in a 2016 American Anthropologist article , “chronic food insecurity is a condition that was made rather than a condition that has always been.”

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Teaching What Self-Government Requires

Teaching American History

Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. Citizens must understand and support it.

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Teaching What Self-Government Requires

Teaching American History

Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. Citizens must understand and support it.

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“Fit for Purpose?” Assessing the Ecological Fit of the Social Institutions that Globally Govern Antimicrobial Resistance

Political Science Now

Assessing the Ecological Fit of the Social Institutions that Globally Govern Antimicrobial Resistance By Isaac Weldon , University of Copenhagen and Steven J. This microscopic evolution is further propelled by human activities, where each use of an antimicrobial drug potentially induces AMR. Read the full article.

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Brett Van Gaasbeek’s Students Talk about Preserving Self-Government

Teaching American History

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” I asked them, “What have you learned about the challenge of preserving self-government? I’m Madisyn,” she said.

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Talking with Students about Preserving Self-Government with Brett Van Gaasbeek

Teaching American History

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” I asked them, “What have you learned about the challenge of preserving self-government? I’m Madisyn,” she said.