The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

To fix this, we need to deepen our investments in civics and history instruction, bolstered by an emphasis on critical thinking skills. Only one-third of native-born Americans can correctly answer the basic civics questions required of naturalized individuals to achieve U.S. We are not setting our children up for success.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Experts say that many Americans, both young and old, lack the skills required to critically analyze information in a digital world. A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. It’s about civic responsibility,” Polites said. “I

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

The arts provide dimension and perspective, and they help students develop the critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills they will need to succeed in school, work and life. Related: COLUMN: Departure of ‘Fame’ high school principal is victory for arts education and student power.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

history, civics and geography (with history scores much lower than in science) should disabuse us of that notion. While I share their nostalgia for a time in the history of public education when that might have been true, the damning performance by the nation’s 12th graders in U.S.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. McHugh, Merrimack College (Discussant) Richard M.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. Later on, as I went into middle and high school and was wondering what I wanted to do in my career, I would think about teaching, and Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2018

That’s why advanced reading correlates so highly with critical thinking skills. But fewer than half of Americans graduate from high school proficient in reading. But even back when every school taught civics and American history, very few students attained adult literacy. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

As a case in point, I recently interviewed Danny Cage, a high school student and organizer for the Sunrise Movement in Portland, Oregon. This spring, he and fellow student leaders helped get Portland Public Schools to adopt one of the most ambitious climate policies in the nation. You have more critical thinking skills.”.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. Having crafted their own historical narratives, students also feel empowered to evaluate the work of professional historians more critically. Who gets to construct truth?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. We might even take a cue from Michael Hathorn’s high school history students in Hartford, Vermont and use tools like Google SketchUp to make a historical model of our city or town.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But that’s not creating any real meaning for them, especially if your high school Civics students are somewhat familiar with them already. Below is my dig-deeper lesson sequence for teaching the different types of government in my on-level Civics class. So, let’s do better and create fun and engaging of this standard.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you are teaching high school, this likely means that you can broach most news-worthy topics. However, if you're a middle school teacher, there are going to be some things you'll want to steer clear of. This is easiest to do in a Civics or American Government classroom. 3) Encourage critical thinking.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes.

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Diane Ravitch

MARCH 8, 2024

Yes, learning about capitalism is more important for Ohio students than the critical need for media literacy and increased research and critical thinking skills in an age of artificial intelligence and fake news. After the passage of Ohio Senate Bill 17 by a margin of 64-26 on Feb.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. This makes them easy to differentiate for special education students with accommodations.

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History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sessions examined ways educators can navigate state laws that limit conversations on race and other difficult topics, as well as how they can develop the high quality materials and instruction those attending said was vital to preparing students for civic life.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. If we don’t teach young people the skills they need to evaluate information, they will be left at a civic and personal disadvantage their entire lives. How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

But instead of offering out-sized athletic scholarships or perks to potential out-of-state students, the university is doubling down on a bid for students who are often ignored — low-income, urban, public high school graduates with mediocre test scores. said Fakorede, who graduated from a magnet public high school in Newark.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

They were juniors at Niles West High School, an economically diverse school serving approximately 2,500 students in the Chicago suburbs. million in state funds for a three-year pilot that would incorporate labor history in civics, economics and history classes, along with simulations like those run by the DePaul center.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

She said, “Let’s give them the data points to critically think and draw conclusions.” Credit: Ishwarya Daggubati for The Hechinger Report Drawing on the tension between the two worldviews, her work presents students with moral dilemmas about nature and opportunities to take civic action on behalf of the wild world.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Jim Ryan is executive director of OpenSciEd , an initiative of the National Center for Civic Innovation that partners with states and education leaders to build freely available high-quality middle-grades science curricula. We want them to do better than we have.

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Living Geography

DECEMBER 4, 2024

ERASMUS+ is sadly no more, but I've started working on a project which is funded by the Civics Innovation Hub. Details of the project: The GEODEM-AI project aims to encourage a healthy, critical view of ethical issues related to the use of AI in Geography teaching and learning. This has been published - see the link above.

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TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Active learning can lead to increased student performance, reduced failure rates, and deeper critical thinking, but it may be hard to know where to start, especially if youre used to traditional lecture-based instruction. And it helps students develop critical thinking skills that will serve them long after they leave the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

As a high school teacher of U.S. Schools have an important role to play, as they’re the first and primary experience children have with authority figures, however small their ambit, and however eager teachers may be to empower their students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Three states — Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts — have in recent years revamped their social studies and civic education standards and have created legislation to implement modern civic education. Spend some time on news literacy and Civic Online Reasoning.

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