The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Researchers have found that culturally relevant education can increase grades, participation and critical thinking skills and can lead to higher graduation rates. are experts at filtering, organizing and connecting information. This generation of students interacts with more content than any other generation in history.

Heritage 127

Heritage Artifacts Local History History 127

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Another would be Wayland (MA) High School’s yearly student history projects , in which students engage in digital storytelling projects, scanning historical images and creating audio podcasts, interviewing local Vietnam-era veterans , and analyzing the papers of the commander of the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Once the Padlet was complete, students read through the shared information and mapped out each battle location along with three key facts per battle. Pushing into Evaluation and Synthesis After gathering information, I challenged students to evaluate: Of the five battles, which three were the most important?

History 59

History Local History Critical Thinking Middle School 59