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Teaching Job Skills in Middle School

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

Job Skills in History Classes The ideas previously described work great in a careers class, but what if you teach history, social studies, or even language arts instead? President (or leader of your respective country), a famous inventor, a social justice activist, or even a character in a book your students have read about.

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We shouldn’t pretend neutrality in the face of injustice

Dangerously Irrelevant

Following up on my previous post , I’m going to share a fantastic blog post from Michael Kaechele : I have grown weary of the call to avoid controversial topics and stay neutral. There are many things in history that do not have two equal opposing sides: slavery, genocide, imperialism, colonialism, segregation, etc. Related Posts.

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Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids — and ignites controversy

The Hechinger Report

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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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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. We could play Fantasy Geography.

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Unnamed Revolutionary women in France, the UK, and Sri Lanka – Aruni Samarakoon

Women's History Network

This blog post explores the fundamental questions of why and how women in the Global South and North have resisted and become revolutionaries to establish social justice, equality, freedom, and rights. Reader discretion is advised. It also […]

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Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities

Teaching Anthropology

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

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A Tribute to Lois Cronholm: The love of Science and that of another!

Life and Landscapes

the fierce intellectual fireball, microbiologist, student of law, seeker of social justice, and woman of more “firsts” than can be imagined, and that is saying a lot of a woman in those times. In 1999, she became the Chief Executive Officer for the Center for Jewish History in New York City during its inaugural period.