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STUDENT VOICE: There’s something missing from my Advanced Placement classes, and that needs to change

The Hechinger Report

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. Only 35 percent, or 87 of 250 works, come from other areas of the world.

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STUDENT VOICE: Young Afghan girls are finding ways to keep learning

The Hechinger Report

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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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me.

History 104
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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

She presented her “witness testimony” as a Chinese war victim, accusing her classmate, who played Genghis Khan , of crimes against humanity. For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S. The students were asked to role-play during class.

History 105
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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

ED Surge

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? One student composed a song , using string instruments, with the goal of evoking the ominous and anxious feelings related to that period in world history.

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Poems of Witness and Possibility: Inside Zones of Conflict

Sapiens

Anthropological poems from around the globe speak to people’s creative will, resistance, and resilience—and the significance of our shared humanity. ✽ We asked authors to share their insights into “what brought humanity to this point [in history] and anthropology’s role in those processes.”

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When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

The Hechinger Report

Middle school, that’s when you’re figuring out how to be a human,” Gallegos said. “We 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. He believes those connections have changed the culture.