The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. Art galleries, museums, or historical sites were popular with almost two-thirds of non-poor families, while less than a third of poor families took their kindergarteners to these locations in the summer before first grade.

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Historic Sites Museum Library Elementary School 132

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

It’s a lot more involved than tacking on a project to a traditional unit of study by assigning students, for example, to make shoebox dioramas about a book they’ve read. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics.

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Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. You can plan a virtual event or gathering at a historic site, bookstore, famers’ market, or other public location. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum.

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Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

ACRE

JUNE 9, 2023

Exhibits describe the development of the Dyess colony & other planned housing developments throughout the state as a part of a New Deal economic recovery project. Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites?

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K-12 Historic Sites Artifacts Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Books by Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. Find an event near you and show up Go to a historic site and take a photo with a Teach Truth sign that you make or download. All you need to do is select a site and register. Sign up today.

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I had read Clint Smith’s book last year and was blown away by how the history is handled at many of the highlighted locations and his extreme attention to detail. I’ve since used excerpts from Smith’s book in class, but this activity really had the students use the text in a way that required them to interact with the sites, as well.

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History Teaching Social Studies High School 52