TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Put more emphasis on writing, argumentation, problem analysis, and making connections between core content and current events. Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 million to $23 million as grants available to states.

Civics 98

Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

One of the biggest challenges in history education is engaging students in meaningful analysis while encouraging collaboration and critical thinking. Comparing their topic to a related historical event or figure. Depth & Complexity: Ethics: Was the event just or unjust? What were its consequences?

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, educators will host more than 170 grassroots events on Saturday, June 8 and throughout the month. I was teaching for critical thinking. This was 2021, and Iowa had just passed its history censorship law.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

History I strive to make sure my students understand that so many of the events in “history” were not that long ago, and so much of what has happened in our nation continues to shape what happens today. As a culminating event, I use the Black Panther mixer lesson from the Zinn Education Project.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. ” “I Think the Word Is Dignity” — Rachel Corrie’s Letters from Gaza. The document is a collaboration among volunteer educators and activists Fatima AlDajani, Jessica H.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52