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

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. They learned about the history of their neighborhoods and the origins of the music they listened to.

Heritage 131

Heritage Artifacts Local History Social Studies 131

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. I felt like I’d won my own History Day contest!”

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. The exercise aims to get students comfortable using the university library. But he does work in a library. Photo by Ryan Kelly for EdSurge.

Library 113

Library Psychology Primary Sources Humanities 113

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

The goal is to raise awareness about how anti-history education laws and book bans — and their chilling effect — threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy. These past few months I have been working with educators whose Rainbow Library books have been seized by administrators. I was teaching for critical thinking.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Socratic Seminars bring history to life. They encourage students to critically analyze the causes and effects of historical events beyond dates and facts. It’s an approach that fosters a deeper, interactive engagement with history, making it more impactful and memorable. Have students assist in this generation.

Library 52

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Socratic Seminars bring history to life. They encourage students to critically analyze the causes and effects of historical events beyond dates and facts. It’s an approach that fosters a deeper, interactive engagement with history, making it more impactful and memorable. Have students assist in this generation.

Library 52

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Meanwhile, at one of the tables in the hallway set up for kids working together, a girl named Silver Anderson said that doing three courses in Jaguar Academy (physical science, English and American history) gave her the schedule flexibility to meet with the band teacher on Friday mornings for an informal class in music theory and composition.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

Leah Cleary

AUGUST 11, 2024

This approach improves the quality of their writing and also enhances their critical thinking skills. I have a template you can download for free in my Free Resource Library. Grab it from the Free Resource Library ! Whether in English, history, or science, students can use this approach to structure their writing.

Library 52

Library Critical Thinking History Teaching 52

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes. World Flags – You may also love displaying flags from around the world if you teach World History or Current World Issues.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics Sociology History 52

TeachThought

APRIL 28, 2024

But beyond reading and writing skills, literacy is a gateway to critical thinking, effective communication, and holistic learning experiences. You can also read best quotes about knowledge , quotes about critical thinking , quotes about life , quotes about teaching , and quotes about learning. One does not love breathing.”

Library 272

Library Critical Thinking History Cultures 272

Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

Library 110

Library Middle School Tradition Lesson Plan 110

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. The Teach Truth pop-up with banned books will remain on display in the library/museum. She received an enthusiastic response, with many educators affirming the need to teach banned books and banned history. Esther Productions, Inc.

Teaching 87

Teaching Library Museum Social Justice 87

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Nationwide, between 2012 and 2022 the number of undergraduate degrees awarded in the humanities English, history, languages, literature, philosophy and related subjects fell 24 percent , according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. But its become an existential one. It will help her in a future job, she said.

Humanities 135

Humanities Leadership Social Science Anthropology 135

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

Credit: Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images. history, I have had a growing unease in recent years about the relevance of my vocation. Related: OPINION: After shocking election, New York history teachers tries to alleviate ‘despair, anxiety or indignation ’. I scrolled through my memory for comparisons.

History 126

History Civics American History Library 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2025

Speaking about the courts stay, Walters, through spokeswoman Grace Kim, said in a statement: The Bible has been a cornerstone of our nations history and education for generations. But nothing is simple about the history of the Bible in Americas schools. Bibles, he noted, are accessible to students through the library.

Public School 133

Public School High School Social Studies History 133

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Daily Messenger newspaper archives at the Carnegie Library of Homestead explain that history. The report also cited research that showed students who are educated in racially diverse schools have better critical thinking skills, reduced prejudice and are more likely to live in integrated neighborhoods.

Social Justice 58

Social Justice Elementary School Archiving Library 58

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 6, 2025

Many of the practices I have personally advocated for on Cult of Pedagogy, like calling students by their preferred names and pronouns and teaching accurate history , would likely get a teacher flagged by this policy, and right now I’m not sure what the best course of action is when it comes to these practices. So where to go from here?

Teaching 175

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Social Justice 175

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

I’ve been able to teach history, but I don’t know if that’s necessarily a sign of success in these times,” she said. In the spring, when she’d learned a student’s brother and father were ill with Covid-19, she’d baked trays of brownies and taken them to the student’s home because it was the most direct action she could think to take.

High School 145

High School Social Studies K-12 Middle School 145