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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

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. Maybe I could work in a museum or a library. history, European history, human geography, AP government.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

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. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. And so on… .

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OPINION: Why Thomas Jefferson would be proud of Florida’s students

The Hechinger Report

No one is confused about why we have public fire departments or libraries: We all understand their mission for the public good. Related: COLUMN: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson. But the problem is not just a lack of academic content about civics and history. Not so much. Not so well.

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

Erie County Community College, or EC3PA, has used federal pandemic funding to make tuition free and is offering courses and services virtually and in person at a vocational high school, branches of the county library system and an education center run by nuns.

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How the local public library helped one school district cope with Covid

The Hechinger Report

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017.

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19 Ideas for Setting Up Your Social Studies Classroom

Let's Cultivate Greatness

I also love my 3D relief United States map , which is really helpful in explaining events and helping my students study for their semester-long US geography test series. Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes.

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OPINION: Fannie Lou Hamer survived a prison beating, taught black people their rights and stood up to a president

The Hechinger Report

Library of Congress, U.S. data show just how little students across America have actually learned about the nation’s history, civics and geography. Forty years later, racial discrimination and violence are still far too common across America, due in part to our history- and civics-impoverished K-12 education landscape.

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