Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

In schools that belong to the MTC, like Messer’s school, students demonstrate learning through artifacts evidence of their skills and understanding that are collected across content areas. I’ll reassess your research artifact. So students see that progression of skills in lots of different content connections.

Artifacts 170

Artifacts Tradition Psychology Critical Thinking 170

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2020

The lesson featured two art historians, a microbiologist, a writing specialist, the library director and me, a historian in sports studies. Along with weekly discussions, we crafted assignments to help students understand their roles in creating what will be the history of this moment.

Artifacts 128

Artifacts Library Social Science History 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. They learned about the history of their neighborhoods and the origins of the music they listened to.

Heritage 131

Heritage Artifacts Local History Social Studies 131

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Oakhurst rock shelter, nestled in the cliffs of South Africa’s southern coast, has long been a focal point for archaeologists due to its wealth of artifacts and human remains. The Oakhurst site, which dates back over 12,000 years, provides a unique opportunity to explore southern Africa's genetic and cultural history.

Heritage 98

Heritage Archaeology Ancestry Artifacts 98

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Now my students know that if I am wearing my BLM shirt or Black History Matters shirt at school it is not a performative act — it means that they can hold me accountable to what I have done in and out of class to show that I am living up to that belief. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library 52

History Tech

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I got the chance this week to chat a bit with my kids – both now in Minnesota. And during the convo with the youngest, we ended up talking about a letter written by a Norwegian ski instructor in 1943. The guy was teaching US and Canadian special ops guys to ski as part of […]

Primary Sources 100

Primary Sources Teaching Lesson Plan Artifacts 100

Strange Maps

JULY 27, 2023

Credit : Library of Congress / Public domain) By the late 1930s, the question was no longer whether a Second World War would break out, but when — and who would be drawn into it. Although the map describes a future that never happened, maybe it did have an impact on the things to come — if only on the future of dystopian alt-history fiction.

History 52

History Artifacts Library 52