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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. appeared first on Teaching American History. Click here.

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Free professional development. What more could you ask for?

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

For example, I will have students read an online article and complete an interactive notebook graphic organizer based on what they read. I have these available for my entire curricula in World and US History. I have a thorough World History PBL packet that can be used in any unit.

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Moreover, any realistic account of history covers economic and financial factors. He did his student teaching in a traditional classroom.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

History students. For the full 90-minute block period students discussed, jotted down notes, and exclaimed in both horror and shock as they learned about a sliver of our country’s hidden history. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

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