Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

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. On the other hand, because students now rely increasingly on cell phones for information, Messick spends more class time helping them identify credible news sources.

Government 96

Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

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

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

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 12, 2021

Following up on my previous post , I’m going to share a fantastic blog post from Michael Kaechele : I have grown weary of the call to avoid controversial topics and stay neutral. There are many things in history that do not have two equal opposing sides: slavery, genocide, imperialism, colonialism, segregation, etc.

Controversial Topics 79

Controversial Topics Social Justice Leadership History 79

C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

See my first post on The Building Blocks of Inquiry here If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. If you can, embrace them!

Controversial Topics 49

Controversial Topics Sociology Pedagogy Social Studies 49

C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. This post will not spend time arguing why controversy needs to be taught in the classroom.

Controversial Topics 40

Controversial Topics Sociology Pedagogy Social Studies 40

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

There are plenty of heated debates happening about what should be taught in schools: whether it’s over the type of books students should read , how LGBTQ topics are discussed or how to talk about racism. On the topic of “same-sex penguin adoption,” 79 percent of Democrats and 40 percent of Republicans said it was appropriate for high school.

Education 145

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 145