Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

In my World History class, we used this resource on the Kievan Rus' and then connected it to Ukraine's history and current events with Russia's attempts to annex it. A super simple one is to have students do a "3, 2, 1" after viewing a news clip or reading an article. 5) Reflect on the event's impact.

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Leah Cleary

JULY 28, 2024

Here’s how to implement Writing Blocks in your classroom: Select Mentor Sentences: Choose sentences from literature, articles, or exemplary student writing that demonstrate strong writing techniques. Many of these starters encourage students to consider causation.

Sociology 52

Sociology World History History Economics 52

4QM Teaching

MAY 23, 2023

We’re not the sort of people who would misrepresent ourselves for money, but I do actually believe that learning history with the Four Question Method is civics education, and in this post I’ll explain why I think so. DEMOCRACY IS DEMANDING Democracy is an especially challenging form of government, because it requires a lot of its citizens.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History. “I found other people who were good at what they did, and learned from them.”

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

According to an article by Youki Terada called Understanding a Teachers Long-Term Impact, teachers have the greatest impact on student achievement compared to any other aspect of schooling. You know the heartbreak of seeing your students struggle with things that can’t be fixed inside the classroom. But, still, you try.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

14 not only boosted her immunity for the virus, it lifted our collective hopes that this tragic period in world history would soon pass. When Sandra Lindsay, director of critical care nursing at a Long Island hospital, received the first vaccine for Covid-19 approved by the FDA for emergency use, the shot to her arm on Dec.

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Economics Geography World History High School 140

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In October, Czarnecki’s article “Migrant Music” was published in The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. I had a blast.

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Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Leah Cleary

JANUARY 28, 2024

For more on this, check out this article in Slate. They were my students from last year, and I didn’t want to turn them away, but I was busy working with my own AP World History students. I’m no Pollyanna, and I’m painfully aware of the destructive potential of AI, but I do see a silver lining to this storm cloud.

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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.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

At the new board’s first meeting in January 2022, members of its new majority attacked proposed AP World History textbooks for not focusing enough on the “meat and potatoes of history,” and complained that elementary social studies didn’t adequately “focus on the greatness of America.” Then there was the curriculum.

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Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. and African American history. At this point, I’m going to be very hesitant,” said Catherine Mein, an Iowa world history teacher. “At

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