The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Patty Topliffe, who teaches social studies at Woodstock High School in Vermont, said teaching vocabulary and other literacy skills to her students helps them understand primary source documents. Credit: Image provided by Patty Topliffe Poor reading skills are a nationwide issue.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

I've thought about opening it up widely—write a historical novelette (using primary sources, of course), create a sculpture, write a song—but, again, I have no idea how to grade something like that, considering the wide range of talent that my students likely will have.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. If I was still doing that now, I would be incredibly excited because so many wonderful resources would be available to my classroom.

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TCI

AUGUST 7, 2023

From well-structured informational text to primary source passages, there are many opportunities to build reading skills. Vocabulary Development The programs scaffold the learning of social studies and history vocabulary by presenting the words and phrases in context but offering succinct definitions in the margins and glossary.

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TCI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The slideshows deliver instructions, rich primary sources, interactions, and questions. Customize the cards to edit existing definitions, provide examples of how to use each term, and add images. Review these slideshows as you plan a lesson. Answers are pulled into TCI’s Grades page for easy access. Vocabulary.

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4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. Question Two) — is most appropriately addressed by interpreting primary sources. Reading primary sources sounds like the authentic activity of professional historians. I noticed something strange, however.

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Students of History

JANUARY 25, 2022

You can have them search for the terms online, use a classroom dictionary, or come up with definitions on their own. After giving them a few minutes, hold a short class discussion on the differences between each term and come to class consensus on definitions. However, I always want them to be in their own words.

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4QM Teaching

MARCH 19, 2023

Curriculum writers should be conscious of this goal and should have a systematic way of achieving it: they need a definition of historical thinking that they can incorporate consistently into courses, units, and lessons. First, it is simple. Long and confusing lists of “thinking skills” fill curriculum planners’ heads with red tape.

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Students of History

JUNE 5, 2023

These 9-page packets are perfect for an EOC review because they include maps, vocabulary, people, images, timelines, and primary sources to analyze. Flashcards : Encourage students to create flashcards with historical terms on one side and their definitions on the other.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Because, ultimately, if I don’t get assistance, I really don’t know how I will go about making this work … time is definitely ticking.”. She says every day she doesn’t receive help, she feels her family’s ability to survive financially is threatened. It’s extremely stressful,” Gobert said. Photo: Della Hasselle.

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Leah Cleary

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Students annotated laminated primary sources and collaboratively planned essays. I’d definitely check. Collaboration with plain old chart paper. They even snapped images so they had access to the info outside of the classroom. Don’t Forget About Notebook Paper! for each unit.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Department of Education, which oversees the primary source of federal funding for homeless students, known as McKinney-Vento after the 1987 law that provides for the funding. The bulk of that growth came from students staying temporarily with friends and family, known as “doubling up.” That’s the count used by the U.S.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources. I will definitely present this unit again. #TeachTruth #BHM2022 pic.twitter.com/LFDfO1qcQM — Valencia Abbott (@vannabbott) November 8, 2022 In my U.S. from the Pittsburg Courier and the Double V campaign.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 14, 2024

In the follow-up lesson, students explore primary sources that reveal key outcomes of the Reconstruction era. By Bill Bigelow Using scenarios based on real situations, this lesson helps students examine the definition of terrorism and the use of the term terrorism in the media and U.S. Whose “Terrorism”? foreign policy.

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Moler's Musing

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Paraphrased a Google definition (to compare with their explanation). Annotate and Tell: Marshalls Ruling We then moved to primary source analysis. Class Companion writing allowed students to engage with primary sources and articulate historical perspectives. For each concept, they: Defined it in their own words.

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Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

I had used AI to simplify the primary sources into 7th-grade-friendly readings, hoping this would keep students engaged and make the sources more accessible. This made the Loyalist primary source lesson from the Digital Inquiry group a perfect choice.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I would definitely recommend this article and lesson to other educators who are looking for a way to teach their students about climate change. history with my 11th-grade students, we began the year by corroborating Columbus’s story and used texts from A Young People’s History , traditional textbooks, videos, and other primary sources.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

I think that’s the best way to start the conversation, because what it is predicated on is some agreed upon definition of a violation. You are often limited in your ability to teach certain topics by the dependence upon primary sources rather than secondary sources.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I think that’s the best way to start the conversation, because what it is predicated on is some agreed upon definition of a violation. Whitaker: if I could pick up where you left off, Dr. Muhammed, connecting your definition of crime to statistics. I love the ideas of picture books and primary sources for young children, too.

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