Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.
Digital Promise
JULY 2, 2018
This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the original version here. Show students how to conduct tailored searches. Read the original version here.
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Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 8, 2024
Students are shocked to read the quotes from articles written by the African American newspapers that show a completely different perspective of the war (abroad and domestically) than that described in textbooks. After reading this book, I will always teach the WWII Double V campaign in order to include these voices.
Zinn Education Project
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
I started by reading the article and lesson aloud to my students. After reading the article we did a number of activities to help students learn more about climate change and environmental activism. I was really impressed with the way my students responded to this article and lesson.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 20, 2016
Stanford’s myth busters, led by education professor Sam Wineburg and doctoral student Sarah Cotcamp McGrew, have field-tested 15 news-literacy tasks of varying difficulty, with about 50 more in the works. Can middle-school students spot “native advertising” (ads masquerading as articles) on a crowded news website?
Zinn Education Project
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
and countless teachers’ dedication to bringing people’s history to their students. A New York Times article on the study said that our work (and that of Learning for Justice) has “been called unacceptably left-wing by critics.” “Has Our wide reach is thanks to word of mouth (by people like you!) Has been called.?”
Zinn Education Project
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Below are resources to help students probe the long history of colonialism and resistance in Palestine and Israel, the role that our own government has played — and to imagine what justice looks like. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine. Rethinking Schools : Teach Palestine.
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