Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

As immigrant students from Somalia, Venezuela, and elsewhere have swelled the student population in her district, students attitudes toward racial, religious, and cultural diversity have shifted toward greater openness. Parent groups have complained that teachers are injecting controversial topics into lessons.

Government 96

Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

I Used to Think…Now I Think…Thinking Routine The “I used to think…Now I think…” thinking routine helps students reflect on how they used to think about a topic, subject, or issue and how their thoughts have changed as a result of a learning experience or engagement with information (e.g.,

Controversial Topics 131

Controversial Topics Critical Thinking Cultures Social Studies 131

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

Now all of a sudden, without asking teachers to give up their weekends to grade,” he says, “we can give all that information to the student and teacher within seconds.” But Cote saw that now an AI chatbot can be trained on the same rubric to instantly give the same kind of feedback.

Civics 135

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 135

Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Fail productively… how to turn yourself into a super-learner (The Guardian) Unfortunately, many of our preferred learning techniques – such as reading and highlighting textbooks, or the drawing of colourful “mind maps” to summarise material – don’t offer enough mental challenge to make the information stick, leading to disappointing results.

Controversial Topics 52

Controversial Topics Psychology Elementary School Pedagogy 52

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

In classrooms, we use inquiries to deepen student understanding of content and to sharpen student skills towards making evidence-based arguments, asking important questions, and taking informed action. For example, when I write a syllabus, I always start with questions.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s baked into aspects of our culture.” While education levels are not related to conservative beliefs about economic policy, they are related to conservative beliefs about the value of cultural diversity. A solution for America’s political crisis isn’t possible if citizens don’t have a firm grasp of what’s causing the problem.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Schools are afraid of dividing and triggering their students amid the fraught, frenzied, hyperpartisan, superpolarized and downright ugly political culture of our country right now. It’s time we looked at the 2020 presidential race not as one that is too contentious to touch, but rather as an exercise in how to teach controversial issues.

Controversial Topics 140

Controversial Topics Teaching Civics Civic Engagement 140