NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

K-12 312

K-12 Primary Sources Archiving American History 312

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.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. In Florida, Gov. You can plan other activities.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

ACRE

JUNE 9, 2023

The history of Dyess Colony, along with the Cash family, hold many stories and learning opportunities. Students can imagine what life would’ve been like living with their families in one of the 500 Dyess homes and think about how the land, home, and history inspired Cash’s music.

K-12 52

K-12 Historic Sites Artifacts Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

History students. For the full 90-minute block period students discussed, jotted down notes, and exclaimed in both horror and shock as they learned about a sliver of our country’s hidden history. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies Middle School 52

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. The anti-history laws and book bans make a bad situation worse, as Bill Bigelow describes in, The Attack on Anti-Racist Teaching Attacks Environmental Justice Teaching. Defend the Freedom to Learn: June 8 and All Year Long Why a Day of Action?

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites History Human Rights 52

Life and Landscapes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

And it is even more difficult not turning into the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. Much of the city’s Civil War history is told in monuments and markers surrounding the courthouse. And there is much more history to be found in downtown Glasgow! It is a center of caving history and memorabilia!

Museum 52

Museum Historic Sites History Library 52