Future of History

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Teaching about Judaism, Christianity and Islam needs to be a staple in middle school world history and culture classes. On the anniversary of October 7, Lauren Brown points out misconceptions and offers resource ideas to help counter students' frequent confusion.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. Now, they say, it’s time for their history classes, educators and textbooks to catch up. KELLEN ZENG.

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Smelting happened all over the place in many cultures. Finally, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel has a fascinating site about iron in Africa (thanks to Eri Beckman for the link) It reviews four main points about iron smelting.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2022

I took my first Advanced Placement course nearly four years ago in my freshman year of high school: AP World History. Throughout the year, I gained insight into thousands of years of human history, spanning from around 10,000 B.C.E. This year, I am taking AP Art History. to 2000 C.E.

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World History History High School Cultures 111

Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

She believes encouraging a culture of grace and continuous learning allows educators to explore new strategies, take risks, and refine their practices in ways that uplift students. To tackle these barriers, Frances emphasizes the power of relationships.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher.

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Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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Primary Sources History World History Digital Resources 125

Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

São Tomé’s role in this devastating and transformational history is largely unknown—some people have never heard of the tiny nation. Our team aims to illuminate the island’s central and brutal place in world history. Reconstructing their experiences and Praia Melão’s place in history will take more research.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

I got four certificates of appreciation from different departments, one of which was from a cultural community. How inspiration and friendship from across the world help create a global club By Emily Khossaravi I still remember the first day of my AP World History class in 2021.

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Tutoring World History Humanities High School 133

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Unlike algebra or world history, there is no bubble sheet by which to judge students’ soft skills, let alone evaluate their growth over time. And even if there were standardized measures for traits like integrity and compassion, whose cultural norms should be used to judge the results? “I

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2017

History teacher, I could teach the content related to modern world history. While getting from one floor to another is no longer a problem for me, the open response parts of standardized tests are a huge stumbling block. For the past weeks, I have been taking AP and other tests. I know the material well — actually, beyond “well.”

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Leah Cleary

JULY 7, 2024

The world history teachers at my school have been implementing this model of note taking. This standard is our guide: SSWH1 Analyze the origins, structures, and interactions of societies in the ancient world from 3500 BCE to 500 BCE. They decided to watch a World History Crash Course film on Ancient Egypt.

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World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 14, 2022

How are medieval women and historical women of color represented in art you've been exposed to, whether in public art, pop culture or textbooks? What compromises must an artist make that a historian writing an article or book might not have to think about or might not accept?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Students in a world history class at Northview High School spent an afternoon course comparing multiple definitions of terrorism and discussing common threads among them. Many teachers and administrators said the benefits, both academically and to the culture of the school, are worth it.

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Education High School World History Elementary School 96

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference Mar. 7, 2022 By Studies Weekly World history is full of remarkable women who changed the way we live today. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, she is considered one of the most powerful empresses in Chinese history.

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The following standard is for world history in the Georgia Standards of Excellence : SSWH16 Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism. If students are engaged, depth of learning is more likely to occur. Let’s walk through a process I’ve used to make a lesson inquiry-based.

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Primary Sources Library Geography World History 52

Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2024

We asked authors to share their insights into “what brought humanity to this point [in history] and anthropology’s role in those processes.” We were moved by more than 50 submissions from people in diverse communities and regions around the world. We viscerally feel echoes of a violent history surging through this interaction.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

History students. For the full 90-minute block period students discussed, jotted down notes, and exclaimed in both horror and shock as they learned about a sliver of our country’s hidden history. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

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History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation. The high school principal and I always talk about how we’re fighting history,” Harris said. We’re fighting history.

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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. In this way, Todd and Sonkin reinforced the stereotype of the Okies as country bumpkins, making them seem far less connected to mainstream American culture than they actually were.

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Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

history and world history courses. The DeSantis’ administration last year claimed the math books contained critical race theory, the idea that racism is embedded in American institutions, and other unacceptable topics such as social emotional learning and culturally responsive learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Its “ 1776 Curriculum ” for grades K-12 has been criticized for revisionist history, including whitewashed accounts of US slavery and depictions of Jamestown as a failed communist colony. Then there was the curriculum. Parents, teachers, and students united in public backlash. Chaikin did not respond to a request for comment.)

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Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 142

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It means school curricula, materials and lessons acknowledging that racism and racist actions are an uncomfortable part of our nation’s history (e.g., It means seeking to understand and value each individual for who they are, including their background and different life experiences.

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