C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. If your community is like mine, it’s likely much of your town’s rural history hasn’t been preserved in a meaningful way.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

This is particularly concerning because engagement and cultural relevance have both been proven to have a positive impact on student outcomes. Researchers have found that culturally relevant education can increase grades, participation and critical thinking skills and can lead to higher graduation rates. Cultural and social relevance.

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Moler's Musing

AUGUST 28, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through how I collaborated with AI (ChatGPT) to develop a comprehensive 5-6 day unit on Native American history, tailored specifically for my 8th-grade students. Day 3: How did cultural biases and U.S. policies contribute to the displacement of Native American tribes in Clermont County, Ohio?

American History 61

American History Geography Local History History 61

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Some recent immigrants may have had highly disrupted, informal educational experiences, and others may have regularly attended western-style schools. Some recent immigrants may have had highly disrupted, limited, or informal educational experiences, and others may have regularly attended western-style schools.

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Local History Cultures History High School 56

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could learn about maps and the geospatial revolution from a professor at Penn State University.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? How do you write about Blackness while trying to resist the insidious pull of cultural and racial assimilation? How do you write about Blackness in a place that tries to deny its existence?

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