C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community. As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g.,

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

But too often, we fail to center our local contexts, and to explore all of the assets that our neighborhoods and communities could bring to our educational mission. Our local histories, our neighborhood green spaces and our students’ extended families offer all kinds of academic connections that can enrich our studies.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Or march to a local civic building. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool.

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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 could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom. We’d add photos to our maps and investigate other mapping tools as well, including possibly making floor plans of locally-significant buildings.

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