Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Electoral College process respects the federal character of the United States, giving certain roles to the states and others to the federal government. Much of the discussion during the Constitutional Convention revolved around measures needed to balance the powers of the state and national governments. How does the process work?

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World History Teachers Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Among the 45 images are Hitler and Mussolini shaking hands in Germany, Japanese aircraft carrying out air raids over China, Chinese General Chiang Kai-shek sitting with the chairman of the Yunan provincial government, and four Italian soldiers taking aim in Ethiopia in 1935.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. This blog post examines recent evaluations highlighting gaps in civics education and explores how HQIM can address these challenges. History and one semester of civics in high school.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ray Tyler Ray Tyler was the 2014 James Madison Fellow for South Carolina and a 2016 graduate of Ashland UniversitysMasters Program in American History and Government. Ray is a former Teacher Program Manager for TAH and a frequent contributor to our blog.

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Passion for Social Studies

APRIL 30, 2024

When students think about history, they often talk about the past. While the past does allow us to shape the future, history is more than this. So, students need to understand the importance of relationships with each other and within a government framework. Civics is a crucial part of history. civics posters $ 3.00

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Amanda Bryan excepted today’s blog from our Core Documents volume, Political Parties , edited by Eric Sands. Political parties have a long and often convoluted history in American politics. Given these concerns, it is little wonder that the Founders did not want parties participating in American government.

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World History Teachers Blog

JANUARY 29, 2025

Another historian, Sir Richard J Evans -Regius professor of history, University of Cambridge, argues that Serbia was most responsible. And a number of historians like John Rohl - emeritus professor of history, University of Sussexe, put the blame on Austria Hungary and Germany.

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Passion for Social Studies

AUGUST 12, 2024

government critically using their own minds! It even guides students through the history of political ideology and why they must become well-informed and engaged citizens. Government. government is tough with all the opinions students bring to the classroom! Add to cart Government Debates $ 6.00

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Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 9, 2019

If you’ve visited my blog, you know that social studies is my first love. So, this blog post was born. My goal for this blog post is to give you loads of social studies journal prompt ideas and maybe inspire you to create some journal prompts of your own! Explain your answer! Why or why not? A monument? Be creative!

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Passion for Social Studies

APRIL 12, 2024

During all of his government roles, Kenedy executed significant decisions. President Kennedy Station Lesson This station lesson is perfect for accelerating and engaging your US History students! The fast-paced 55-minute station lesson keeps students focused while critically analyzing US History.

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Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There is so much fascinating information to learn when taking any government course. Additionally, students will learn about the trials and tribulations of presidential succession in US History. Students will focus in-depth on the branches of government and how checks and balances work.

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Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Teaching high school students about these stages prepares them with knowledge about the decision-making process and how their participation impacts the government. Teaching the election is an essential part of any history class. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers!

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As a teacher, celebrating President’s Day with your students is a great way to help them understand the role of the presidency in our government and past presidents’ impact on our country. history teacher, you can continue to use these baseball cards throughout the year to correspond with the presidents in office during each unit!

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

MAY 31, 2024

Teaching civics and government is different from teaching history—it really requires a different set of go-to lesson ideas and projects. I like to use photos of government events in action. Check out my card sort set of all three branches of government and includes over ten game and activity ideas you can do with them.

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Living Geography

JUNE 14, 2024

A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which has over 300 posts. A new article in 'Teaching Times' by Mary Colwell gives a bit of an update into the state of the GCSE Natural History, and its possible introduction in 2026. Textbooks will need to be written and teacher training and resource provisions put in place.

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Living Geography

JULY 15, 2024

A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog , which now has over 300 posts preparing for some possible involvement in resource creation or support. But natural history, you know, garners a lot of interest. It looks likely we'll have a change of government. GCSE Podcast with Mary Colwell.

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Passion for Social Studies

JUNE 15, 2024

History of Third Parties When teaching third parties, students will benefit from seeing examples. government critically while understanding the importance and power of third parties. By joining the email list, you will receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers! Add to cart Government Debates $ 6.00

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. government as well.

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Life and Landscapes

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

” You might find its French history and the relationship to Kentucky of interest! “CHARETTE AND JULES VERNE” It was an interesting question that no one was asking. The wide century surrounding the 1800s was a remarkably unstable period in French history. He was 32 years old.

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World History Teachers Blog

JULY 30, 2022

The French forced the Haitian government to accept a loan out of which they could pay the reparations. The essay is an ideal assignment for world history students studying the unit on revolutions in the 1700 and 1800s. How was Haiti able to pay reparations?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

They point to dismal scores on national history and civics exams — less than 25 percent scored as proficient — as proof that schools need to spend more time teaching students core facts about our system of government, and warn that civics projects are displacing that instruction.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Questions about what we can learn from the history of education are familiar to Larry Cuban, a longtime education historian and school reformer. Over the years he’s weighed in on big issues in school reform in books and on his blog, which has the straightforward title: “ Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice.

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This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

This process is often not straightforward and indeed medicine has changed its mind over history as to what the aetiologies (causes) of various diseases are and even as to what the body looks like. Throughout most of history this interaction is what doctors have based their diagnosis and treatment pop. Armstrong, D. Foucault, M.

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Living Geography

MAY 16, 2024

UK species have declined by 19 per cent on average since the 1970s, with one in six species currently at risk of extinction, a landmark report published last year by the Government in collaboration with non-governmental organisations found. This is a cross posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which has just passed 20 000 page views.

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Living Geography

MAY 28, 2024

A cross posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which now has over 300 posts in preparation for supporting teachers if and when it appears as an option. It shows the Government policies that were announced, but never came to fruition because of the early call for a General Election. Is it the end for the qualification?

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In May 2021, the German government acknowledged what happened in Namibia was genocide and agreed to pay the Namibian government 1.1 In a fascinating essay for Al Jazeera, Hamilton Wende, author and journalist based in Johannesburg, outlines this first holocaust in an essay called "Our Auschwitz, our Dachau."

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For example, in GlassLab’s Mars Generation One : Argubot Academy EDU, students must make decisions about building and governing a city on Mars. Technology supports communication and collaboration via email, blogs, and digital apps, among other tools. Supporting authentic, real-world learning.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Teaching American History provides various free resources for American history and government teachers, including our popular seminars , multi-day seminars , and extensive database of original source documents. Two Core Document Collections cover the entire scope of American history.

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program may begin writing their qualifying exams, so as to graduate with their degrees this December. These courses lay an excellent foundation for a deep understanding of the history and government of America.

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Teaching American History

MAY 14, 2024

Today’s blog is an edited excerpt from the introduction to TAH’s CDC volume, Congress , edited by Joseph Postell , available in our bookstore for free download or purchase. In other words, is liberty endangered by a government of elites, who ignore their constituents, or by a government that is too democratic, with majority tyranny?

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Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

This week’s post comes from Thomas Fulbright, current KCSS president and history teacher at Hope Street Academy, a public charter school in Topeka since 2008. Thomas intends “to spend my entire life convincing them how exciting and important history is.” His bio picture is daughter Claire and Thomas meeting President Lincoln.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EdClusters are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (families, local government, nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region. All of this work is enveloped in the history of the region.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I can’t imagine teaching civics and government without political cartoons—they are essential to the subject. Head over to my blog post, How to Teach Political Cartoons , where I detail the POPES process I’ve used for years. So here I’ve outlined some activity ideas for using them to help you teach five key government concepts.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Blockchain — a method for creating and maintaining a global ledger of transactions that doesn’t require a third-party middleman such as a bank, government or corporation — is best known for its role in powering the virtual currency bitcoin. ” Related: Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school. “It

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

A cross posting from my 'At the Home of Geography' blog. I've been fortunate to work on a few things linked with OCR's work over the years, and serve on their Consultative Forums for both Geography and Natural History. This follows my work as Vice President: Education of the RGS.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. In 2010, Nathan was named Kansas and National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. My goal, for this blog post is twofold.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Cross posting from my 'At the Home of Geography' blog. Official measures of multiple deprivation in each of the four nations of the UK are used to allocate billions of pounds of government money. Official measures of multiple deprivation in each of the four nations of the UK are used to allocate billions of pounds of government money.

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