ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

As a high school history teacher, whenever I meet new adults and we talk about our professions, I often find myself being met with a familiar reaction: "I disliked the subject in school, but now I find it interesting." I often weave these historical narratives into content through primary sources.

History 137

History Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies 137

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Teams from the USHMM and the Rowan Center developed and deployed and then gathered feedback about these projects from a number of stakeholders, including scholars, museum professionals, middle and high school teachers, college students and a general audience.

Museum 128

Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 128

Achieve the Core

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I vaguely remember the same practice from back when I was in high school. They were our primary source of relevant information, after all. For decades, we have conveniently dodged the question often asked by eager students in high school math spaces: “When am I going to use this?”

High School 52

High School Primary Sources K-12 Artifacts 52

Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

This involves so many of those important historical thinking skills : making connections, periodization, analyzing sources, and crafting arguments. It sounds like a lot to ask of high school students, but here is one simple activity I use throughout the year to help them build skills in curating knowledge.

History 52

History Primary Sources Museum Artifacts 52

4QM Teaching

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The thinking skill associated with Question Two is interpretation, and in high school we’re usually interpreting a primary source document. In the earlier grades we are often looking at a pattern of behavior or an artifact. and it is the most difficult and abstract of the Four Questions.

Artifacts 40

Artifacts Primary Sources Social Studies Professional Development 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

High schooler Joshua Carter didn’t learn about Black historical figures like Ida B. Wells, Shirley Chisholm or Denmark Vesey from his high school social studies textbooks. Carter, a rising senior at Teaneck High School in New Jersey, said the app allows him to see people that look like him in a “good light.”

Archiving 134

Archiving Primary Sources Archival Research Artifacts 134

4QM Teaching

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

When we do a full Question Two inquiry lab in the classroom we usually work from primary source documents, especially in the upper grades. But we can also interpret artifacts, images, or patterns of behavior, which is more typical in the lower grades. Whatever the source, the 4QM interpretation process has three steps.

Civics 40

Civics Primary Sources Artifacts Charter School 40