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Game of Quotes

HistoryRewriter

Game of Quotes can be easily adapted to help students master historical thinking skills, whether you use the College Board (AP) definitions, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) definitions aka Digital Inquiry Group (DIG), or use the definitions from The American Historical Association (AHA).

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

ED Surge

A Good Civics Education Includes History When teachers, administrators and legislators talk about history education, we must consider it an exercise in civics. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts.

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How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

It was definitely painted in the light that ‘these problems are in the past,’ and ‘America is the land of the free’ and ‘everyone is equal here.’ ”. Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

I will definitely present this unit again. The post Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII appeared first on Zinn Education Project. Many of the students asked why they never heard of some of these people during WWII. Excerpt below and the full class here.

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Learning Together: NCHE’s Shauna Liverotti on the Importance of Meeting Students Where They Are

NCHE

Shauna Liverotti, an education coordinator at NCHE, sat down with me to discuss her views on the current history education landscape. I wanted to know how the landscape has shifted during her career, particularly since she first collaborated with NCHE as a spotlight educator in 2017.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

I would definitely recommend this article and lesson to other educators who are looking for a way to teach their students about climate change. Bob Henson High School Social Studies Teacher, Villa Hills, Kentucky In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now!

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