Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2024

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Kim Marshall is the force behind the highly regarded Marshall Memo , a weekly, subscription-only summary of 8 to 10 of the most impactful articles in education. “In one of the articles we summarized, Craig Barton says we learned in teacher school that open-ended questions are best, right?” ” explains David-Lang.

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Strange Maps

APRIL 8, 2024

Know thy shelf Bookish types will have guessed what’s going on here even without looking at the title of the map: They are Dewey numbers, indicating where on the shelves of your local library you can find the topics they denote. Dewey revolutionized library sciences by introducing two key concepts: relative location and relative index.

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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.

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Primary Sources American History World History Lesson Plan 89

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. The students worked with Mrs. Fleming on Google Chromebooks in the library to design their e-books. As teachers and administrators we must be more intentional when it comes to digital learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

This article is the 13th in a series investigating the child care system in Mississippi. The child care resource library in this small town is housed in what residents call “the purple awning building.” The state will terminate its contract with the network that runs this and 15 other centers across the state on December 31.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Together, they applied for a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, as part of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. We also did a special report about the impact of COVID-19 on school libraries and employment. We hoped to answer whether there is a full decline or an evolution of library positions.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 31, 2015

There is a collection of magazines that include articles about animals, plants, stars, etc. International Children’s Digital Library has an incredible collection of stories in a wide range of languages. Read-to-Self Books. These are fantastic for students reading on their own in the classroom on a device.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A 2017 article by Edutopia states that students do not retain memorized facts and dates very well but they do remember first-person accounts that emotionally connect them to the subject. Some of the greatest tools that we have in our online library are audio and video recordings.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

See also Roles For Artificial Intelligence In The Education In the realm of online content consumption, streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ provide children with access to a vast library of movies, TV shows, and animated series.

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Critical Thinking Professional Development Digital Resources Teaching 282

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

The LVP team recently partnered with ReadWorks , a nonprofit literacy organization that provides free resources, including a library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, to K-12 teachers. Implementing Research-based Digital Supports for Students. Teachers also commented on how these features support student autonomy.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. But one day, on a walk, they found a Little Free Library — a small, public book exchange that looked like a house. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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NCHE

MARCH 7, 2023

Cravath, 25 February 1871, American Missionary Association Archives, 1839-1882, microform reels 8-9, University of Florida West Library, Gainesville Charles I. Photograph: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. ” New York Public Library Digital Collections.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

I determined their independent reading levels and organized my classroom library according to reading difficulty. Embedded within any newspaper article or novel is a vast amount of assumed knowledge that authors take for granted — from the fall of the Soviet Union to the importance of 1776. I let kids choose their books.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I would attend a workshop or read an article on a new teaching technique, and I’d be excited about new ideas, but then struggle to find opportunities and resources to implement them. Teachers can use our digital Resource Library to find engaging and informative resources for their students. A Socratic seminar? Sounds great!

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

Below we feature lessons, articles, and other resources to teach about the Tulsa Massacre and the fight for #BlackLivesMatter. Children learn about the Black businesses, libraries, good schools, bus system, auto shop, hospital, newspapers, movie theaters, hotel, and post office. The illustrations bring Black Wall Street to life.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Let’s take maps, for example.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

According to the National Library of Medicine , at the beginning of the 19th century, the world’s population exceeded 1 billion people for the first time. By 1920, the world had surpassed 2 billion people. In the U.S. alone, the population grew from more than 92 million in 1910 to more than 226 million in 1980.

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2023

According to a Gallup article , schools that promote creativity see improved scores on standardized tests and results of deeper understanding. Martha Bongiorno School Library and Instructional Technology Lead at Fulton County Schools How did the pandemic affect creativity? Creativity is about making a major impact on learning.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Some of our topics include: The Underground Railroad at The Underground Railroad Heritage Center in Niagara Falls, NY West Coast Immigration at the Angel Island Immigration Station on Angel Island, CA Contested Elections: 1800, 1824, 1874, 1960 & 2000 at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, MA The World Wars and the American State (..)

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Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. The exercise aims to get students comfortable using the university library. 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.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2021

Events are hosted by a wide range of organizations in each community—from churches to tech companies, rec centers to sewing shops, libraries to schools, makerspaces to barbershops, parks to museums, restaurants to laundromats, and everywhere in between. Articles and media coverage of RLDAA. PHOTO CREDIT: Ben Filio.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

published an article that addresses many of the myths and facts associated with UDL, highlighting what Regina Meeks has experienced in her own classroom. Articles recommended by EALA: Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A teacher's guide. UDL expert, Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., This is our collective work.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

These same young teens were also less likely to say they talked about books or went to the library. Perhaps reading posts on social media and clicking on article links in Google searches are useful types of reading too. Positive attitudes about reading fell too.

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Strange Maps

JULY 11, 2024

Credit : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales – public domain) Sahul had its greatest extent about 65,000 years ago when global coastlines were about 85 m (280 ft) lower than today. Read the entire article here: Physiography, foraging mobility, and the first peopling of Sahul , by Tristan Salles e.a.,

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Archaeology Library Humanities Research 90

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. I have never had students more engaged in the content of class.

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Heritage Artifacts Local History Social Studies 127

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Focusing on superintendents: 5 technology leadership articles from AASA. It’s late 2015, we’re still overblocking the Internet, and the blame is on us as administrators… I read a post recently that stressed yet again how access to the wide range of the Internet is an equity issue. Related Posts. Nullifying the Web [SLIDE].

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Leadership Library Social Studies Humanities 89

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

We didn’t pay a parking ticket or a library fine, and our college refused to release our transcript. But imagine that a student’s debt went beyond failing to pay a library fine. trillion in debt, but for many low-income students, even something as comparatively paltry as a library fine can amount to a week’s food budget.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Libraries : Reville and Weiss observed that libraries can also be mobilized to help support summer learning through activities like book clubs that mail books to students or organizing community “storywalks” in local parks.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

Freedom, Virtue, & Resistance in African American Political Thought at African American Museum and Library at Oakland in Oakland, CA. The Underground Railroad at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH. 9/11: Causes and Consequences at George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, TX.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article focuses on one of those organizations, Learning Equality. Kolibri enables offline access to a curated library of educational content, supports customized curricula creation and facilitates self-paced, differentiated and project-based learning. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

A high school library in a school district in Mentor, Ohio. It draws from 100,000 articles published in 180 journals. Photo: Nichole Dobo. There’s a lot of knowledge packed away in academic journals. But it can be difficult for education technology developers, teachers and administrators to find and comprehend that information.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Reading materials can include print or digital books, graphic novels, magazines, and online articles. Ask your local library about access to free digital or audio books. Older children can also read independently for at least 30 minutes daily. Boost vocabulary and knowledge of the world by talking with your child.

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Historic Sites Museum Library Interactive Learning 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

A high school library in a school district in Mentor, Ohio, was redesigned to fit the school’s vision for blended learning. In an earlier opinion article for The Hechinger Report , I discussed how children with these skills have a much easier time in learning to read and spell. Photo: Nichole Dobo.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Library of Congress. Library of Congress. In one instance, the Bateses were charged with contempt of court for an article they published. Elizabeth Eckford attempting to enter Little Rock School on September 4, 1957. Johnny Jenkins, United Press. Board of Education decision. Published in Ebony Magazine, January 1958.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Lauren Shuffrey, a developmental neuroscientist, co-author of the Columbia article and new mother, said she finds it hard to balance giving her child new experiences and protecting her family from the virus. They don’t go on trips to the library or see anyone unmasked other than family. “It’s

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Lindbergh lesson began as a straightforward article with discussion questions attached. Pick a template Users can browse Genially’s ever-growing library, which includes free gamification templates , to find what best fits the content and story. Image Credit: James Flaskamp 4.

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