Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

and global history classes are often crunched for time by the end of the school year and struggle to fit in discussions of any events that happened after the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. Lake started the first class by showing students a collection of photographs, live footage and newspaper articles from 9/11.

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Pedagogy to Share

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I recalled the piece I wrote about that period in an article I published called “Writing in my personal and professional learning – a Narrative”. Together we explored Cretan history and culture through the centuries. Later, when I moved on to Melbourne Church of England Girls’ Grammar School , I was different.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A widely-published writer, he’s the author, co-author, or editor of four music history books and many essays and articles. The post The History of Black Music — A Love Supreme appeared first on Zinn Education Project. Ramsey, Jr. Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present (2022) is his latest book.

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Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ This means the smallest amounts of more recent contamination from the burial environment, or from museum conservation materials, can make dating finds from these sites extremely challenging.

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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.

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World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 14, 2022

Two projects from Asia include the discovery of a Tang shipwreck, which takes you to an exhibit at the Singapore Museum , and a Story Map follows the early thirteenth-century travels of Yelu Chucai and Wugusun Zhongduan, who travel from north China to Central Asia after the Mongol empire's first conquests under Chinggis Khan.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Some of our topics include: Security, Self Determination, and Empire: The Grand Alliance, 1941-1945 at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Bush Presidential Library & Museum in College Station, TX. Augustine, FL. Have more questions?

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Strange Maps

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Apart from its golden-domed headquarters, the campus also includes tyrbes (holy tombs of previous Debedabas); extensive archives on the Order’s history, including audio recordings of Bektashi musical traditions; and a museum and a library. Strange Maps #125x Got a strange map? Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

13, 2024 • By Studies Weekly History would not be the same without the inspiring lives of Black humanitarians. For Black History Month, we honor four heroes who advocated for civil rights, fought for the underserved, and spoke out for the welfare of others. 4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians Feb.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

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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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

You don’t want to read 30 articles,” the professor says, “you want to read seven.” She found a map of Bermuda, some journal articles and stories published on History.com. She shares how reading books and articles made her fascinated by Helen Keller’s life, so much so that she wrote a poem inspired by one of Keller’s brothers.

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All Things Pedagogical

JULY 10, 2024

Marie Vander Kloet just published an excellent article on those in equity roles that do academic development or faculty development work. As Alinsky (1971) notes in Rules for Radicals , “throughout history silences has been regarded as assent – in this case assent to the system” (x). George’s Museum. link] Vander Kloet, M.A.

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Sapiens

MARCH 26, 2025

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. AI imagery has already been used to illustrate popular articles, such as covering scientific discoveries about Neanderthals. It was employed to animate the Mesolithic period (from about 9,000 to 4,300 years ago) in a museum.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ This picture from 1978 shows the relative size of 4-year-old Grace Latimer next to a replica of Lucy on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. Dated to 3.2

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A recent study led by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy reignites the debate over whether Homo sapiens and Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis ) should be classified as separate species. Neanderthals and Homo sapiens are both humans, but they differ in many ways.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The collection of articles, written by a diverse group of African and international scholars, urges us to rethink the legacy of this discovery. But many other African fossils—particularly those collected during the colonial period—reside in European museums. History of physical anthropology in Southern Africa.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

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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Anthropology News

JANUARY 16, 2025

These make me wonder at the many silently maintained museums of absence that form an unofficial archive of conflict, telling stories that official histories often overlook. And, with every news article of violent conflict today, I lament how many wardrobes will be used to care for the missingthat is, if any bedrooms remain.

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

PLATFORM OR PLOY After the release of Hancock’s 2022 Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse , archaeologists contested and condemned his claims through the forums of an open letter , news articles , op-eds , social media , and blog posts. Pseudoarchaeology, or “alternative history,” draws major attention and casts itself as legitimate.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ In the early 2000s, we started to look again at supposed Altar Stone fragments in museum collections. But without directly sampling the Altar Stone, how could we be sure that the museum fragments were genuine?

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Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

He also completed an APSA Oral History Interview in 1993, where he shares his experiences in the discipline of political science. Through the media and a series of user-friendly products, services and events, The HistoryMakers enlightens, entertains and educates the public, helping to refashion a more inclusive record of American history.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 31, 2024

Such interest also distracted from the breakthrough’s Nobel-worthy value: answering scientific questions about species’ history and evolution. That same year, another team, led by Berkeley’s Allan Wilson, reported DNA from a museum specimen of a quagga, a zebra-like creature that went extinct in the late 1800s. They found none.

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Strange Maps

MARCH 1, 2024

Mosaic from the Bardo National Museum in Tunis. This article Was the “Odyssey” originally set in the Baltic? Credit : Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Still, Vinci is not alone. The identity of Ithaca, so vaguely described by Homer, continues to exercise writers and historians. Strange Maps #1235 Got a strange map?

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Strange Maps

JULY 11, 2023

Earth, in Stockholm, on Earth — more precisely in Cosmonova, the cinema theatre of Sweden’s National Museum of Natural History. km) from the Globe, just outside Stockholm City Museum and is no more than 9.8 Earth is at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, 4.7 in (25 cm) in diameter. in, 18 cm).

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

So, if I was going to make, develop an op-ed around Native American history and culture I’ve written books, received grants and so on, I’m well prepared to make that argument. The manuscript did not end up in the hands of museums or local officials but rather Catholic monks in the hills of Bohemia. south west.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2017

During my scholarly career, beginning with a college honors essay on preachers and theologians who celebrated English monarchy in the American colonies, I have highlighted the consensus that runs through our history. Fifty years ago, Robert Bellah pointed this out in an article, “ Civil Religion in America.” The Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2017

Fights over history are really contests for children’s minds. Public school officials should make the loudest demands that Confederate monuments belong in museums where guns are not allowed. history books, to put tainted Confederate heroes in context. Lee monument in New Orleans on May 7. Photo: Andre Perry.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

What is this article about?”. The article is about the trip,” I told Endiah. Teachers valued her blackness, she said, and taught her the history of African and African-American strength. I applied and won, and that fall, the organization flew me to see the museum and meet the publisher of USA Today.

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Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

” ( Credit : Ernst Haeckel: The History of Creation (1876), translation revised by E. The Kumari Kandam theory remained in history textbooks in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state until the 1980s. This article Lemuria, the weirdest continent that never existed is featured on Big Think. Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. The Teach Truth pop-up with banned books will remain on display in the library/museum. She received an enthusiastic response, with many educators affirming the need to teach banned books and banned history. There were over 100 participants.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

In January, EveryLibrary, a group that tracks legislation that puts school and college librarians, higher ed faculty and museum professionals at risk of criminal prosecution, identified 44 bills in 14 states as “ legislation of concern ,” for the 2024 session. This climate has teachers and librarians feeling fearful, confused and stressed.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

She has also published over thirty articles in peer-reviewed journals, including an APSA award-winning article in the APSR. Boix has also been the two-time recipient of the Heinz Eulau award for best article published in the APSR. Pablo Beramendi is Professor of Political Science at Duke University.

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The limits of collections research and digital access flashed like a neon sign when we first partnered as graduate students for an undergraduate course on museum anthropology and community collaboration. In this article, we address multiple scales of care that comprise existing collections and knowledge production in the present and future.

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