Smithsonian's History Explorer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

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Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Civic Engagement Civics History 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. The scores tell an all-too-familiar story.

Civics 108

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 108

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

This week’s post comes from Thomas Fulbright, current KCSS president and history teacher at Hope Street Academy, a public charter school in Topeka since 2008. Thomas intends “to spend my entire life convincing them how exciting and important history is.” His bio picture is daughter Claire and Thomas meeting President Lincoln.

Lesson Plan 67

Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since all of the projects must incorporate primary sources, students learn how to access online archives such as the Hathi Trus t and newspapers.org. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. It’s amazing, really beautiful,” she says.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98