Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

Most of the time, students are just copying off a website or book and aren’t doing any critical thinking! But if you know me, you know I want every US History timeline activity to be fun and interactive! In my humble opinion, drawing a timeline isn’t the answer. It certainly isn’t critical thinking.

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Critical Thinking History Teaching 300

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Critical thinking is all the rage in education. Some argue that critical thinking should be the primary purpose of education and one of the most important skills to have in the 21st century, with advanced machines and algorithms replacing manual and repetitive labor. But it is entirely applicable to the American context.

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Critical Thinking Research Teaching Education 112

NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). As of February 2025, NCHE serves as the director of one of the Librarys newest regional granting entities, the Great Plains Region.

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Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2013

Many of these conversations focused on my own son’s use of technology as a catalyst for creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking developed by playing Minecraft and using iMovie to storyboard and create his own movies. Each VR Quest™ project has a specific content area as its "lead" theme.

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Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning Educational Technology Elementary School 360

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Vietnam War was a pivotal event in world history. Thankfully, the Vietnam War Lesson and Recent US History Unit are ready to make learning meaningful and planning a breeze! A political cartoon and questions handout are also included, which is excellent for higher-level thinking. This unit will make your planning a breeze !

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Lesson Plan History Psychology World History 130

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities. The answer is that we can shift the narrative if we equip young people with peoples history and critical thinking skills to make them impervious to lies.

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Critical Thinking History Teaching Education 98

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 6, 2025

Make visible the history that we are defending the right to teach with mini-lessons. Mini-lessons also serve as an affirmation that we defy censorship by teaching this “banned history” in a public space. history who have resisted injustice and to learn from the range of strategies they have used.

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History Critical Thinking Tradition Teaching 52

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 9, 2025

Activity #2 – Allow Students to Read Lesser-Known History Stories The personal stories behind famous leaders and events make history come to life. We can orally share history stories with our students, but we can also provide stories as enrichment activities for early finishers.

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Social Studies Classroom Management Museum History 130

Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

They will even learn about tests that presidential succession has experienced throughout US History. The handout even has students match provided scenarios to the correct evolutionary presidential power, a great way to ignite critical thinking skills. Teaching the executive branch is crucial.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Government US Government 130

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Mr. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

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Heritage Artifacts High School History 326

TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Discussions and Debates: To encourage critical thinking, engage students in conversations about AI ethics, societal impacts, and future possibilities. Computational Thinking Exercises: Create step-by-step instructions for tasks, teaching abstraction and problem decomposition.

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Teaching K-12 Critical Thinking History 315

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

The rest is now history. Personalize" provides the tools and strategies to create such a space, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and a genuine love for learning. That leader was Nicki Slaugh , my co-author of our book Personalize.

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Tradition Critical Thinking Cultures Leadership 411

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Concerns center on its potential to replace human interaction and critical thinking skills. While observing a 7th-grade history teacher, I saw him telling jokes to build relationships at the beginning of the class. Even events that are not focused on digital have sessions dedicated to the topic.

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Leadership Pedagogy Humanities Library 403

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

These are assessed with rubrics used in every class, rubrics that focus on durable, transferable skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking. ” In MTC schools, this information is recorded on a Mastery Transcript. This video shows how these work: What About Content?

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Artifacts Tradition Psychology Critical Thinking 172

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. Since the disruption of schooling during COVID, shes also spent time catching students up on critical thinking skills. All the courses are immediately impactful.

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Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. Fordham Institute evaluated the state-of-state standards for civics and history across all fifty states. History in elementary and middle school; also require at least one year of U.S.

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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2013

The NJ Spotlight piece points this out with a little history lesson in NCLB: "NCLB was a dismal failure in raising academic performance or narrowing gaps in opportunity and outcomes. I am a firm believer in accountability measures that are backed by research, but less so in those that line the pockets of special interest groups.

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Critical Thinking Economics High School History 339

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Image credit: [link] A Biology Teacher’s Thoughts on Critical Literacy by Lynne Torpie Science teachers can tend to be myopic, focusing on acquiring content detail and teaching the steps of the scientific method instead of fostering the investigative, critical thinking and written communication skills that embody real-world scientific endeavors.

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Museum Archiving Social Studies History 316

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics. These ideas have revived interest in E.D.

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Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 140

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 3, 2013

Students in Mrs. Tambuscio’s World History class culminated a unit on the Holocaust by applying their historical knowledge to the viewing of survivor testimonies. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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Artifacts World History Digital Resources Critical Thinking 215

ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I was always interested in history. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown.

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History Museum Social Studies Geography 129

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 24, 2025

This week in 8th-grade social studies, we brought history to life with engaging EduProtocols that helped students dive deep into the Early Republic and key moments like the Whiskey Rebellion. Wrapping Up with Gimkit We ended the class with a Gimkit featuring nine questions I pulled from the summative assessment for this unit.

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Government Social Studies Leadership History 131

Moler's Musing

MARCH 1, 2025

The combination of these strategies helped students interact with history in meaningful ways while reinforcing critical thinking and writingexactly the kind of skills they need as we approach testing season. What does this headline tell us about how history is remembered? Who was upset by this, and why?

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History Critical Thinking Government Research 122

Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Thankfully, this amazing unit has over 100 products that encourage critical thinking about political parties in the USA! Add to cart Access FREE history teaching resources! Additionally, they need to understand the importance of listening to other political viewpoints outside of their own. Third Party Lesson $ 6.00

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Social Studies Teaching Lesson Plan Civic Engagement 235

Moler's Musing

APRIL 17, 2025

Thats literacy not just reading and writing, but digital reasoning, critical thinking, and adaptability. Not ideal, but it forced me to think fast and strip things back to what mattered. Then I found a short, 4-minute History Channel video that gave the movement some faces and energy. It wasnt perfect. And it was real.

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History Critical Thinking Education 89

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We like it because it sharpens their critical thinking, recall, and contextualization skills. Its easy to implement and works across various subjects, not just history. “Previously On” works great for history lessons, where contextualization’s a vital skill. Caption: “THREE Popes, ONE Church?

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Library Critical Thinking History 59

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

One pair of kids from his class ended up comparing the person with the most toes in history to the person with the fewest toes. For instance, play in early education reinforces the development of social-emotional skills and critical thinking. Another compared the length of videos. But whats meant by play?

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K-12 Pedagogy Teaching Elementary School 111

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Yet, studies show that integrating social studies into the curriculum can significantly enhance reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking. Incorporate Inquiry-Based Learning: Engage students in discussions, debates, and primary source analysis to deepen comprehension and critical thinking.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Civics Critical Thinking 52

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

thinking routine encourages students to explore the complex nature of identity. This routine can be used to ask students to explore their own identity, but I can also imagine using this activity to encourage critical thinking about characters in novels or important figures from history. Thinking Routine: Layers.

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Critical Thinking History Education 208

Moler's Musing

MARCH 10, 2025

A history class sketching the Industrial Revolution might also examine how innovations in machinery affected economic systems and scientific advancements. Rules : Students depict who created the rules and who had to follow them. For instance, sketch how the spoils system benefited Jacksons supporters but also led to corruption.

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Critical Thinking History Economics Education 75

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Critical Thinking Professional Development 52

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. Big Idea: What lasting impact did this have on history? Timeline Construction History is all about connections. Compare two different events and their outcomes.

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Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Thankfully, this inclusive US history lesson ensures students understand the US homefront. This is a great way to include critical thinking and inferences as students study the before and after effects. Thankfully, there are many more to ensure students have a comprehensive understanding of US history!

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Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History Social Studies 130

Future of History

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

How should we teach US History? Or critical thinking? If we’ve learned anything from the culture wars this year it’s that too many Americans do not know their history." History Classes first appeared on MiddleWeb. Is it mostly about caring? What about historical knowledge? The post Teaching What Matters in U.S.

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History Teaching Critical Thinking Cultures 52

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This task linked abstract governmental weaknesses to a real-world crisis, helping students see how the Articles’ limitations played out in history. This activity combined creativity and critical thinking, but as expected, many students didn’t finish this part. Two weaknesses of the Articles. Shays’ Rebellion.

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Government Lesson Plan Critical Thinking History 131

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking. While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom. The better the questions, the easier it is to guess the correct answer. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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Tradition Critical Thinking History Education 208

TCI

JANUARY 6, 2025

TCIs Social Studies programs for Mississippi were recognized for their comprehensive approach to fostering critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and active engagement. We are honored by the positive reviews from the Instructional Materials Review Board, said Natasha Martin, Chief Revenue Officer of TCI.

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K-12 Social Studies Local History Critical Thinking 52