Artifacts, Education and Primary Sources

Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Content consumption does not equate to the construction of new knowledge, discourse, answering questions, solving a problem, or creating a learning artifact. So, what does this all mean?

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Artifacts Pedagogy Leadership

How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

Some of those articles are written for mass-market publications, while others focus on specific topics and outlets ranging from nursing to Black culture to material artifacts. Those resources present the latest discoveries from primary sources, place-based learning, graphic novels, podcasts, and videos.

K-12

K-12 Primary Sources American History Archiving

The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Also, if you’re interested in how AI can be used effectively in education, check out an article I contributed to in EdWeek: Can AI Be Used Effectively in Class? This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan

How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

Edthena

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The author of Ed Tech Essentials and founder of Class Tech Tips encourages educators to use tech tools for their own professional learning. In this PLtogether Lounge Talk, Monica Burns talked with Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller about the advantages of integrating educational technology into adult learning.

EdTech

EdTech Artifacts Primary Sources Educational Technology

OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors? Show them what it was like

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Though the past year has put a spotlight on the limits and possibilities of using technology for teaching and learning, we began exploring the utility of using virtual reality as a medium for Holocaust education before the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape. Sensitivity is required. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Museum

Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights

My Goal as a History Teacher: Create Curators

Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Smithsonian Learning Lab Last year, I attended the Museum Computer Network Conference to present on my work as the Education Advisor with Girl Museum. There are thousands of amazing primary sources available from the Smithsonian including photographs, documents, physical objects, audio, and video.

History

History Primary Sources Museum Artifacts

Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I share this story not to encourage people to adopt African names, but because learners and educators should not have to attend graduate school to learn truths about pre-colonial Africa and American history. A lot of her work is, and this is the latest demonstration of her contributions to education. King, Ph.D., Johnson Jr.,

History

History Teaching Sociology Oral History

Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. Jon and I believe very strongly that students in social studies classes should engage with meaningful artifacts created by the people we’re studying. What’s weird is that Question Two pretty much exhausted the consultant’s rubric.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Artifacts Archiving Social Studies

Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

10, 2024 • Studies Weekly In today’s digital age, technology integration in education helps prepare students for a world of screens. There has been a significant lack of motivation and engagement among students, and behavior issues are at an all-time high,” said Debbie Bagley, veteran educator and Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate.

Artifacts

Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology

Helpful Resources and Tips for Teachers Using Studies Weekly

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Examples of Student Learning Artifacts created with Studies Weekly printed publications: I hope you find these resources helpful. Your Studies Weekly Online classroom contains digital versions of your publications and more online resources like digital lesson plans, videos, and presentations you can project to the whole class.

Artifacts

Artifacts Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies

Shaking Up High School Math

Achieve the Core

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

They were our primary source of relevant information, after all. But now I am in a position where I get to see a lot of different classrooms across the country and talk to people working in education, and I do not hear stories of joy. I do not hear stories of students having agency and helping to direct their learning.

High School

High School Primary Sources K-12 Artifacts

Striking the right chord: How does it feel to write your first inquiry?

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

By Alicia McCollum and student inquiry travelers As an educator venturing into the world of inquiry design for the first time, the experience can feel remarkably similar to learning to play a musical instrument. What do artifacts tell us about immigrant experience? Instruments help provide rhythmic structure to the words.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Social Studies Artifacts Museum

Striking the right chord: How does it feel to write your first inquiry?

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

By Alicia McCollum and student inquiry travelers As an educator venturing into the world of inquiry design for the first time, the experience can feel remarkably similar to learning to play a musical instrument. What do artifacts tell us about immigrant experience? Instruments help provide rhythmic structure to the words.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Social Studies Artifacts Museum

Most Students Think History Is Boring. Here's How We Change That.

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

I often weave these historical narratives into content through primary sources. I love using primary sources and personal narratives to make history more relevant for my students, but that takes second place to tangible pieces of history like my family artifacts, such as my great-grandfather's World War I uniform.

History

History Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies

Building virtual monuments to Black historical figures

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! High schooler Joshua Carter didn’t learn about Black historical figures like Ida B.

Archiving

Archiving Primary Sources Archival Research Artifacts

Social Studies Network

Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

Trending Sources

The Week That Was In 234

How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors? Show them what it was like

My Goal as a History Teacher: Create Curators

Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

Why Our Students Aren’t (and Can’t Be) Historians

Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Helpful Resources and Tips for Teachers Using Studies Weekly

Shaking Up High School Math

Striking the right chord: How does it feel to write your first inquiry?

Striking the right chord: How does it feel to write your first inquiry?

Most Students Think History Is Boring. Here's How We Change That.

Building virtual monuments to Black historical figures

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