ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

In their book, “ Made to Stick ”, Chip and Dan Heath reveal that journalism students often overlook the lead of a story by focusing too much on trying to understand every detail. I often weave these historical narratives into content through primary sources. This approach also mirrors the approach that journalists take.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

With the internet, students can access primary source documents, research just about anything, and support their own understanding with explanations accompanied by video, animations, or other helpful visualizations. Access Resources. Use Professional Tools.

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4QM Teaching

MARCH 17, 2025

So then we decided we should write a book to explain 4QM thinking and planning processes. We figured teachers would read the book, and then theyd use its sage guidance to implement the method. We did publish a book, and every now and then we hear from a teacher (like Ryan from Spokane!) That also turned out to be very naive.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Using See, Think, Me, We…at the Elementary Level Analyzing a Picture Book See: The teacher shows an illustration from a picture book and asks the children what they see. History and Social Studies See: Students analyze details of a primary source, like a historical letter or photograph, including date, author, and content.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

After reading a story or a chapter from a book, ask students to identify what they see in the text, what they think the main idea or theme is, and what questions they have about the characters or events. Historical Events: When studying historical events, people, or places encourage students to analyze primary sources.

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Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Look for books on behaviors you want students to learn and read them to your class. You can decorate your Calm Down corner with posters or have books on self-regulation skills for students to read. Some children understand behavioral concepts better when explained through stories.

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History Tech

JULY 19, 2024

Sam Wineburg, SHEG’s founder, one year earlier had published a book titled Thinking Historically and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past. Both the book and SHEG outlined a social studies instructional concept, that at the time, was pretty revolutionary. Inquiry-based learning. […]

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. Throughout the book, Dillard shares her self-reflection from her travels to Ghana and subsequent returning every year for the past 30 years. King, Ph.D., Johnson Jr., and LaGarrett J. King, Ph.D.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

Use primary sources. history of racism rather than banning books about U.S. Harvard University educators Adrienne Stang and Julia Jeffries have provided five useful guidelines when teaching about the history of racism: Create a classroom culture that values students’ multiple social identities (e.g.,

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

I've thought about opening it up widely—write a historical novelette (using primary sources, of course), create a sculpture, write a song—but, again, I have no idea how to grade something like that, considering the wide range of talent that my students likely will have. Give them ample opportunity to wonder about what they’re learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. million book images from the Internet Archive. . National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

To ensure that instructional materials are easily accessible to educators, AAAJ Chicago convened a working group of Asian American educators and community leaders that compiled a database of Asian American history resources that showcases a range of materials from picture books to documentaries and primary sources.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

So when one student says she plans to study the Bermuda Triangle, the professor recommends that she ask a librarian—maybe the one who talked to the class earlier in the semester—to help her curate a reading list of secondary sources. As for primary sources, the professor suggests looking for a map, or a ship’s record, or a diary entry.

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Civics for All of US

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Addressing Racial Discrimination in Voting During the Kennedy Administration Katie Munn Mon, 09/11/2023 - 12:38 Body Investigate primary source material from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2020

During their research, Nia and her classmates immersed themselves in such details, interviewing participants and scouring primary sources. Suddenly, all that history she’d studied no longer seemed scattered across isolated pages in her history books or disconnected posts in her newsfeed. But it really was.” Aden Gonzales, 17.

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

Take some time for yourself to be outdoors, read that book you have been waiting to pick up, or catch up on some much-needed sleep. Are you taking time for self-care? Are you collaborating to help you be efficient and effective? Who can you talk to if you feel overwhelmed?

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Heritage Primary Sources Lesson Plan Elementary School 59

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When our site pops up in the search results, and they click on our site, they see that we have thousands of primary source documents, many accompanied by introductions and study questions. Our Core Document volumes are curated by scholars, with each book focusing on a specific topic. in the TAH bookstore.

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American History Primary Sources History Government 52

Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

Currently numbering over 80,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts.

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

One school in Connecticut reported that many of their teachers had to start the 2022 school year with the basics — showing students how to hold a book, or reviewing the ABCs and letter sounds, according to a 2022 New York Times article by Dana Goldstein.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. Book that substitute, and then make sure you come! Lunch is provided, and at the end of the day you head home with an attendance letter. Check the schedule !

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Engaging Learning Materials Learning Resources Stock the classroom with books, games, and learning materials that cater to different interests and reading levels. Start searching now in the early summer for new finds to add to your centers and class library!

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Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Saun also wrote the book My Mother India , where he criticized British imperialism in India and narrated his experiences at his homeland. Start a 60 day FREE trial for Studies Weekly Online to gain access to K-6 social studies curriculum, primary source videos, and more.

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Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. Don’t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension. Mayo Clinic Health System. Delgado, P., Wammes, J.

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Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

It’s the primary source of federal funding for childcare subsidies in states around the country, and it is designed to encourage qualifying parents to work or go to school by enabling them to send their children to quality childcare centers. Photo: Della Hasselle.

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4QM Teaching

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I recently had the pleasure of giving a workshop with our friend and colleague Art Worrell , the history curriculum leader for the Uncommon Schools network and co-author of a new book on secondary school history teaching. After establishing the story, we interpreted a primary source to try to answer Question Two, “What were they thinking?”

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4QM Teaching

MARCH 19, 2023

Contrast this approach with two widely available descriptions of historical thinking skills that we address in an appendix in our book : the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) historical thinking skills, and the Common Core Standards’ social studies thinking skills.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

The stories and characters we meet within the pages of books teach us about our world, ourselves, and others. The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Aug 26, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Reading has the wondrous power to transport us across time and space.

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Achieve the Core

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

They were our primary source of relevant information, after all. But let’s learn it anyway because it’s in the book.” One year, we all wanted to watch the final four basketball games during class, so we wrote some math problems about basketball and then we had to watch them.

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High School Primary Sources K-12 Artifacts 52

4QM Teaching

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The thinking skill associated with Question Two is interpretation, and in high school we’re usually interpreting a primary source document. We explain how to do that in our book , in this blog, and in person — let us know if you’d like to talk more! The post Want Discourse? Ask Students Four Questions!

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Artifacts Primary Sources Social Studies Professional Development 40

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont , the Zinn Education Project sent 14,000 copies of Delmont’s book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators.

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History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Yet, in the book most districts use — titled “Mississippi Studies” and published in 2005 — only five of 100 pages are devoted to civil rights struggles. Danielle Creel finds it difficult to help her fourth-graders meet the state standards armed solely with an outdated book. Some used books with copyrights as early as 1995.

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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

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While they're sometimes belittled, worksheets are an excellent tool for helping students analyze primary sources or better understand a historical event through a secondary source. They also all assess studies skills like cause-and-effect, interpreting sources, understanding timelines, and working on map skills.

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History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

Social Studies Success

JANUARY 6, 2022

Explore his ideas with primary source clues where students can match images to excerpts from Washington’s Farewell Address – practice skills and learn content at the same time! Your students will make a book highlighting the causes and effects of the War of 1812. What about Washington’s Farewell Address ?

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Primary Sources Social Studies History Leadership 52

Teaching American History

MAY 14, 2024

The documents in this book address the three broad questions that are the most critical to understanding and evaluating Congress. Thus, many of the primary sources after the ratification of the Constitution concern various rules governing debate, which bills can be sent to the floor, what powers the committees will have, and so forth.

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Primary Sources Government Library American History 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

Whitaker to discuss his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. You write about how that census was then used in the 1890s by the statistician Frederick Hoffman in his book, Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro. And she publishes a book called Southern Horrors.

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Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America , a history of the idea of Black criminality in the making of the modern United States. She’s really the first person, and she publishes a book called Southern Horrors. Du Bois’s work on Reconstruction. The second is W.

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