Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s a natural fit for a school community whose mission includes cultivating and cherishing “an environment that supports the academic, social-emotional, creative and civic learning” of all students. After studying the artwork of pop artist Andy Warhol, fifth and sixth grade students made artwork inspired by his creations.

Education 96

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 96

ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Primary Sources Library from the Bill of Rights Institute When teaching the Constitution, we want to offer students time in the classroom to analyze the text in-depth. The Federalist Papers (Accessed through the Library of Congress) Video from Mineola Creative Content on YouTube. 3 Analyze the rationale for the structure of the U.S.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Civics Archiving Government 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

I was able to locate Topeka’s “shut down” order through the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America. Many states and municipalities issued shut down orders in response to the Spanish Influenza in 1918.

Lesson Plan 67

Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Or march to a local civic building. In Pasadena, Maryland, organizers invited people to a banned books “photo booth” at a local library. For your event, school, library, office: print this poster. DURING THE EVENT Post photos and videos to social media with the hashtag: #TeachTruth 9. Walking tours.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Host an information table at a public site (such as a library, bookstore, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. Host an information table at a public site (like a library, bookstore, museum, festival, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. Or march to a local civic building.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. The post The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms appeared first on Teaching American History.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The exercise was part of “Civic Online Reasoning,” a series of news-literacy lessons being developed by Stanford researchers and piloted by teachers at a few dozen schools. High School social studies teacher. They got duped.”. Or, as one student put it, loudly, “fudge nuggets!”. Janis Schachter, Northport (N.Y.)

K-12 100

K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 100

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

The intercom and phones weren’t set up yet, so a teacher came to Patrie’s room to tell her everyone was gathering in the library. It’s about teaching human beings, and it’s not science or English or social studies or math … It’s about teaching human beings how to become good people.”. The next day, Sept.

Charter School 145

Charter School Civics Middle School Civic Engagement 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Related: PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies. 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.

Controversial Topics 140

Controversial Topics Teaching Civics Civic Engagement 140