Zinn Education Project

MARCH 19, 2025

She is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and the politics of race and education. Her books include the award-winning titles The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History.

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Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Wednesday: Students tackled the Articles of Confederation with a Frayer Model, Justin Unruh’s template for Cause and Effect with Shays’ Rebellion, and a Sketch and Tell Comic. Thursday: Used Curipod to clarify the Articles and Shays’ Rebellion, helping students refine their Frayers and comics.

Government 131

Government Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History 131

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2013

The article focused on NJ''s relentless push to increase standardized testing and institute end of course exams that students would have to pass in order to graduate. Please take a look at the entire NJ Spotlight article for more insightful information about the road ahead. So when and how did all of this school failure rhetoric begin?

Critical Thinking 339

Critical Thinking Economics High School History 339

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Mr. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

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Heritage Artifacts High School History 326

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Constitution, Article II, section 1, specifies that each state will appoint its electors “in such Manner as the Legislature” of the state “may direct.” (In Article II, section 1 of the U.S. The post How the Electoral College Works—And Why It Exists appeared first on Teaching American History.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

Question Formal or informal inquiries to understand Example: During a history lesson, the teacher encourages students to ask questions about the motivations of historical figures, prompting deeper understanding and critical discussions about historical events. 12(2), Article 16.

Critical Thinking 352

Critical Thinking K-12 History Research 352

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics.

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Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 141

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around the world. In Calcutta on Your Plate , her book on Bengali cuisine and gastronomic history, she points out the absence of roti in Bengali meals until the mid-20th century. where I teach.

Cultures 128

Cultures History Tradition Archiving 128

Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

After doing a general walk through of the articles (hitting the high points) – I like to sort the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. If you are new to Active History Teacher, then let me tell you. appeared first on Active History Teacher. It's time to review!

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Primary Sources History Teaching 195

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

He was concerned that Congress might abuse the supremacy and the necessary and proper clauses of the Constitution (Articles 6 and 1, section 8, respectively). One set, if adopted, would have re-established the principles of the Articles of Confederation. The post The Bill of Rights appeared first on Teaching American History.

Government 98

Government Museum Tradition American History 98

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 15, 2011

As the summer break quickly approaches in the Northeast I have come across various articles focusing on summer learning loss and the negative impact that time off has on students. In 2010 Time Magazine published an article that clearly articulated The Case Against Summer Vacation.

High School 260

High School Tradition History Research 260

Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of “anti-CRT” bills. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. Article and Lesson This Day in People’s History Below are a few key events in labor history.

History 98

History Social Justice K-12 Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

This published article alone perpetuates harmful rhetoric that leads to the further exclusion and mistreatment of children with disabilities despite their legally mandated right to inclusion in the general education setting. This article is the first time Ive seen this complexity well represented. Inclusion is not my priority.

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Research Education Psychology Human Rights 131

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By revealing how ancient Mesopotamians tied feelings to specific organs, it contributes to the broader conversation about the universality and variability of emotional experiences in human history. iScience, 29 (1), Article 111365. Bennett, E., Nummenmaa, L., & Steinert, U.

Archiving 98

Archiving Archaeology Humanities Cultures 98

Living Geography

JUNE 14, 2024

A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which has over 300 posts. A new article in 'Teaching Times' by Mary Colwell gives a bit of an update into the state of the GCSE Natural History, and its possible introduction in 2026. Textbooks will need to be written and teacher training and resource provisions put in place.

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History Teaching Government 52

Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

What He Wrote and Why it Matters Jons first book, Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995), came out of a simple but transformative observation: the science of human difference had changed dramatically over the twentieth century, and most people, including many scientists, hadnt caught up. Jon wasnt rejecting science.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Humanities Cultures History 98

Sapiens

APRIL 9, 2025

This article was originally published at Knowable Magazine and has been republished under Creative Commons. For most of the history of linguistics, scholars have tended to focus on written language, in large part because thats what they had records of. Utterances like um, wow, and mm-hmm arent garbage, they keep conversations flowing.

History 118

History Humanities Research Teaching 118

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. However, most of these early attempts did not endure into modern dog lineages.

Humanities 98

Humanities Archaeology Anthropology History 98

Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

According to an article by Occupational Therapy Helping Children, proprioception is often referred to as a sixth sense because it tells the body where it is in space. The article explains: Its very important to the brain, as it plays a large role in self-regulation, coordination, posture, body awareness, focus, and speech.

Primary Sources 89

Primary Sources American History World History Lesson Plan 89

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 24, 2025

This week in 8th-grade social studies, we brought history to life with engaging EduProtocols that helped students dive deep into the Early Republic and key moments like the Whiskey Rebellion. The establishment of key government structures. The significance of neutrality and Jays Treaty. hero, mentor, trickster).

Government 131

Government Social Studies Leadership History 131

Moler's Musing

MARCH 1, 2025

The combination of these strategies helped students interact with history in meaningful ways while reinforcing critical thinking and writingexactly the kind of skills they need as we approach testing season. What does this headline tell us about how history is remembered? Who was upset by this, and why?

History 122

History Critical Thinking Government Research 122

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

A recent article by Beth Holland for Edutopia reinforced many of my thoughts as of late on this topic. To accomplish their goals, these teachers began with an informational text on the history of the Roman Forum to ground their use of social media in historical discourse and academic content.

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Pedagogy Library History High School 429

Strange Maps

JANUARY 22, 2025

According to the researchers, this is historys first large-scale pollution event from industrial activities, and it happened a millennium and a half before the Industrial Revolution. While that may not seem much, such an average over a wide area and for a sustained period equates to widespread cognitive decline, notes the article in PNAS.

History 74

History Research Archaeology 74

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I’ve experienced the phenomenon of reading a text, but when I get to the end of a page or the bottom of the article, I have no idea what the text was about. Perhaps teachers grab texts or articles at different Lexile levels to differentiate or pull students who need additional support reading into a small group.

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Tradition History Teaching Education 218

Strange Maps

JANUARY 2, 2025

Main image from The Economic Development of Europes Regions: A Quantitative History Since 1900, edited by Joan Ramn Ross and Nikolaus Wolf, is available here. This article Mapped: How Europes wealth has shifted since 1900 is featured on Big Think. Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com. Follow Strange Maps on X and Facebook.

Economics 91

Economics History Cultures 91

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ray Tyler Ray Tyler was the 2014 James Madison Fellow for South Carolina and a 2016 graduate of Ashland UniversitysMasters Program in American History and Government. The post Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: Sorting the Real from the Myth appeared first on Teaching American History.

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American History Library History Government 102

Anthropology 365

APRIL 7, 2025

Gizomodo titles their article on the topic “In a Historic First, Scientists Have Resurrected the Dire WolfSort Of.” ” New Scientist is even more bull, titling their article simply, “No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction.”

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Ancestry Heritage Research History 89

Moler's Musing

APRIL 25, 2025

Students need to see the local connectionthat history didnt just happen “out there.” Annotate & Tell: Students read a short article and answered four guiding questions that helped them think about motivations, conflicts, and context. Birney alongside Frederick Douglass, Sarah Grimk, and William Lloyd Garrison.

Critical Thinking 72

Critical Thinking History Social Studies Teaching 72

Political Science Now

MAY 13, 2024

This piece, written by Komal Preet Kaur , covers the new article by Nicholas Haas and Emmy Lindstam, My History or Our History? How does history shape a sense of belonging to a national identity? My History or Our History? The post Rewriting History, Redefining Belonging appeared first on.

History 61

History Political Science Leadership Research 61

Moler's Musing

APRIL 11, 2025

Annotate & Tell From there, we jumped into an Annotate & Tell using two primary sourcesnewspaper articles from 1818 and 1825 celebrating the cotton gin. Starting with Language We began with a short but important conversation about how we talk about people in history. It sparked some great thinking. Was he a hero? A magician?

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Humanities Government 98

Living Geography

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The BBC Future article looks at the archaeology being revealed by melting glaciers. However, as global warming and record hot summers have sped up glacier loss, the melting ice has exposed an unprecedented, huge range of archaeological finds, Reitmaier says sometimes baring thousands of years of history, all at once.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology History 52

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 26, 2015

Teachers can easily differentiate instruction assigning articles written at a range Lexile levels to different groups of students within a single class. Strong readers might be able to read an article that measures 1130L, while other students in the same class may need to read the same article written at a 1000 Lexile level.

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Social Science History Teaching Education 149

Sapiens

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ New archaeological research reveals insights into the first-known seafarers to brave ocean crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands more than 50,000 years ago.

Humanities 119

Humanities Archaeology Artifacts Heritage 119

Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In appreciation for your feedback , we’ll send you a people’s history book. Lesson Whose History Matters? history classes, I would ask students about “that guy some people say discovered America.” The film explores the history of what transpired in 1492 and after, and how “Columbus” has been used throughout U.S.

History 143

History Social Studies Humanities Cultures 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2024

After reading Jill’s article, I decided to dig a little deeper and speak to some of those teachers. For some subjects, like history, teachers say it’s hard to find comprehensive curricula that not only includes histories of marginalized communities but also includes a state’s local communities.

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History Cultures High School Research 139

Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. I reached out to the authors of these articles and other scholars from that time to ask just that. What happened?

Anthropology 59

Anthropology Sociology Political Science Psychology 59

Strange Maps

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The precursor and inspiration for Rail Baltica was a curious event that occurred on August 23, 1989, when up to 2 million people linked hands across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia — then still part of the Soviet Union — to form the longest human chain in history. Credit : Laimonis Stīpnieks, CC BY-SA 4.0) Strange Maps #12xx Got a strange map?

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Economics Humanities History 106