NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

Very few scholarly books, including those that prove to be the most important and influential, ever reach the public; journal articles remain invisible. No one, including college professors, can possibly keep up with the flood of detailed monographic studies that pour from presses.

K-12 312

K-12 Primary Sources American History Archiving 312

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Easily access real-world learning materials like video tutorials, primary and secondary sources for research projects, museum collections, historical sites, and digital books, available online and often for free. Reading materials can include print or digital books, graphic novels, magazines, and online articles.

Historic Sites 117

Historic Sites Museum Library Interactive Learning 117

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.

Historic Sites 130

Historic Sites Museum Library Elementary School 130

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. In a history unit, teachers and students can choose which historical sites to write about in their postcards.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2018

For example, only 32 percent of poor kids and 44 percent of “near” poor kids went to an art gallery, a museum or an historical site over the summer. And one-third of kindergarten graduates of all income levels looked at or read books every day. The poor were less likely to go on cultural outings. One third of non-poor kids did.

Sociology 98

Sociology Museum Historic Sites Cultures 98

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.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

ACRE

JUNE 9, 2023

Explore them further by visiting [link] / For information on booking a class field trip to this these historic sites, reach out to site director Penny Toombs at ptoombs@astate.edu. Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites?

K-12 52

K-12 Historic Sites Artifacts Museum 52