The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Davida Walls never thought she would be teaching high school biology, let alone in the first few months after graduating from college at 22. She is trying to decide whether to become a doctor or a nurse, and plans to apply for a program to train for one or the other this year. She uses the New York Times lesson guides, the U.S.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., Many cultural centers curate history, geography, and civic exhibits that connect the past with the present.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

11, 2001, high school social studies teacher and football coach Robert Lake stood outside with students waiting to get picked up from school. Lake and his high school students watched the world change that day. Robert Lake, social studies teacher at North Plainfield High School. They felt it change.

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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. Subscriptions give you access to all the resources and lessons plans you need for US History.

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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. 2) Provide context and background information.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

DENVER In Zach Kennellys senior civics class, students are building custom chatbots with artificial intelligence. Many teachers, already, are looking for ways to use AI to build lesson plans and improve student feedback, Huh says: We know its coming. Its AI-leveraged, Kennelly clarifies.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I had been teaching writing and English at this rural public PreK-12 school for nearly five years, but this year felt different. My students developed a real respect for civic discourse and the skills for entering into it. This strategy allowed me to make space to learn from and with my students.

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MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

Smith, Professor of Political Science, Emporia State University Between 10 and 15 years ago, Political Science experienced a renewed interest in civic education. Graham and I collaborated, and I reached out to local high school civics teachers in Kansas and western Missouri in hopes of meeting with them and sharing our ideas.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

Seated at folding tables and speaking through face masks, students at this STEM-focused charter high school tallied Covid-19 infection and death rates from one winter week — comparing national and statewide data with the virus’s toll at their school. This story also appeared in USA Today. We were really amazed by that.”

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Civics K-12 Middle School Lesson Plan 121

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

The teachers participating committed to creating lesson plans — like the shade simulation — that will be made available freely for others to use on platforms including the website SubjectToClimate.org. The sessions received funding through a $25 million National Science Foundation grant to Columbia University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2021

My former high school students in rural Arkansas now teach at the schools they attended during their childhoods, in the same political conditions of Blackness in which I taught them in my civics class in 2014, as they tried to process the Ferguson, Missouri, police killing of Mike Brown , a man they had never met but who looked like them.

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Civics Heritage Lesson Plan High School 112

Students of History

JANUARY 6, 2022

The insurrection of January 6th, 2021 is something that will be taught in US History classrooms as long as American History is a part of high school. However, I thought I would share an easy lesson plan that you might want to try in your high school classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

BOSTON — Ajanay Hughes, 15, voted for Hillary Clinton in her school’s mock presidential election Tuesday. Ajanay, a 10th grader at Roxbury Prep High School on Boston’s predominantly black southwest side, said some didn’t show up for class when they heard the outcome of the real election.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. history and civics since at least Reconstruction, the turbulent period that followed the Civil War. This story also appeared in NBC News.

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