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. Most recently, we have built a rich website in New American History that tries to bring color, drama, and human faces to the momentous but remote period between 1800 and 1860.

K-12 312

K-12 Primary Sources Archiving American History 312

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. 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.

Project-Based Learning 111

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.

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

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.

Teaching 52

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.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

This year many teachers and students are being attacked for speaking truthfully about Palestinians’ human rights. 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. Mary Beth Tinker, Tinker v. Who and Where?

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Human Rights History 52