Article History Education Primary Sources 
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.
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 8, 2024
History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources. 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.
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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 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.
ASHP CML
MARCH 3, 2025
The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. This week, administrator and multimedia producer David Scheckel shares a primary source.
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