Smithsonian's History Explorer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While they're sometimes belittled, worksheets are an excellent tool for helping students analyze primary sources or better understand a historical event through a secondary source. They also all assess studies skills like cause-and-effect, interpreting sources, understanding timelines, and working on map skills.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nathan’s past students have created and led several civic and historical preservation projects. First up, the LOC (aka Library of Congress): The Library of Congress has an amazing treasure trove of primary source materials. Clicking the Growth topic will take you to subjects with connections to primary sources.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It could be Civics, World, or US History. Some days, students are working in groups or pairs at stations to analyze a set of primary sources. Here's a sneak peek of what your subscription will look like after you login. First, you'll be brought to your dashboard where you'll see the curriculum that you have.

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Civics for All of US

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Addressing Racial Discrimination in Voting During the Kennedy Administration Katie Munn Mon, 09/11/2023 - 12:38 Body Investigate primary source material from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 4, 2023

Kennedy, most Presidents have had an official photographer, resulting in a wealth of primary source material. Interrogating Presidential Photos Katie Munn Thu, 05/04/2023 - 13:32 Body Since John F.

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Civics for All of US

JANUARY 11, 2023

Executive Orders and Civil Rights Katie Munn Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:47 Body During this online workshop with the Truman Presidential Library and Eisenhower Presidential Library, teachers will examine primary sources to discover how and why presidents have issued executive orders to advance civil rights.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

One way to do this is to incorporate a variety of primary sources into lessons, including documents and speeches from underrepresented groups. In my complete curricula for Civics , World , and US History I have a variety of assessment resources along with digital Google Forms options for each unit to help you out.

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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

Plus there’s lesson plans for every day, flipped classroom videos, Google Slides, primary sources, worksheets, and more for every unit. When you sign up, you get immediate access to all these digital notebook sets. Joining up gives you everything you need in one place so you never have to stress about planning again!

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Civics for All of US

JANUARY 25, 2023

The Bill of Rights for Elementary Educators Katie Munn Wed, 01/25/2023 - 13:32 Body Explore how to engage elementary students with primary sources from the holdings of the National Archives that demonstrate the power of student voices. The First Amendment and You!

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Sean Brennan Brennan, a frequent participant in Teaching American History seminars , has long promoted civic education and civil cooperation at the local and state level. It also suggests his effectiveness; Brennan’s colleagues read the Declaration clearly, expressively, and without a stumble.

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4QM Teaching

MARCH 19, 2023

And as citizens of a democracy, we want our students to be able to grapple with history, politics, and social and civic questions actively and critically. Humans remember what we think about, so actually engaging intellectually with history will help students to remember more of it.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2017

Just as it’s easier for students to learn French by speaking it in France, we need civics, literature and science to be practiced in communities rocked by nonsensical violence. Schools aren’t going to teach French better than living in France — meaning, we shouldn’t look to schools as our only or even primary source of learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. The scores tell an all-too-familiar story.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 16, 2024

He began looking for primary sources to flesh out the story of history, which led him to TAH.org and to its Master’s program centered around reading and discussing documents. All of those sources show Jefferson viewing slavery as immoral and destructive to both races.” That’s what teaching through primary sources makes possible.”

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Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

This week’s post comes from Thomas Fulbright, current KCSS president and history teacher at Hope Street Academy, a public charter school in Topeka since 2008. Thomas intends “to spend my entire life convincing them how exciting and important history is.” His bio picture is daughter Claire and Thomas meeting President Lincoln.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? This requires several steps: an audit to see how Asian Americans are represented; the use of more Asian American primary sources; and a willingness to lean into an expanded canon of Asian American thinkers and writers, from Grace Lee Boggs to Ocean Vuong, to Cathy Park Hong.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The next fall, Livingston took a job teaching civics and government at a public middle school. A Teacher’s Influence “Because of MAHG, I’ve begun using way more primary sources,” Livingston says. Middle schoolers are still young enough to want the occasional hug, but old enough to have interesting conversations with.

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4QM Teaching

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Four Question Method wasn’t explicitly designed to teach civics, but we think it does a really good job of it. helps students to develop a critical civic disposition: listening to people who we expect to disagree with. Whatever the source, the 4QM interpretation process has three steps.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since all of the projects must incorporate primary sources, students learn how to access online archives such as the Hathi Trus t and newspapers.org. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. It’s amazing, really beautiful,” she says.

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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. “I have some bright students, and a lot of them felt chagrined that they weren’t able to deduce this,” said Colglazier, who videotaped the episode last January.

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