Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor.

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Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 89

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

If, after class, you read tweets by the same professor saying that black students are “generally inferior academically to white students” and that members of the LBGTQ community only want marriage rights “to get spousal fringe benefits from the government,” you might find fault with your professor’s boss for not firing the prejudiced chauvinist.

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Controversial Topics Leadership Charter School Government 108

Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

One critical leadership behavior is helping educators understand that information literacy is everyone’s job, not just that of the librarian or media specialist. School leaders also must create safe spaces for teaching and learning about controversial topics. And right now most schools are struggling….

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Controversial Topics Government Tradition Leadership 94

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Other institutions, along with a lack of leadership, have played a role in the current crisis, he said. Researchers know a lot about the sort of curriculum that works well — one that includes not only learning the facts of history and the branches of government, but also that democracy depends on debate.

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Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 138