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How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject

Cult of Pedagogy

Most academic subjects are taught at least in part with some kind of text, whether it be books, articles, or digital resources, and each field has its own unique vocabulary, syntax, and ways of constructing and interpreting meaning.

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The Power of Video

A Principal's Reflections

Students in Mrs. Tambuscio’s World History class culminated a unit on the Holocaust by applying their historical knowledge to the viewing of survivor testimonies. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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Students of History Subscription Preview

Students of History

Are you curious about what's included with a Student of History subscription ? It could be Civics, World, or US History. You can see that each lesson includes a number of downloadable resources in addition to the lesson itself. Within the lessons are links to live videos, Google Docs, digital resources , and helpful websites.

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

ED Surge

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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Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

Zinn Education Project

Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. African American History Monument by Ed Dwight, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina. Source: Alamy.In The Brown v.

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New National Survey Analyzes Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning

Digital Promise

For the fall, district leaders are working with Dr. Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, to modify, update, and provide cultural relevance and accuracy for the Social Studies curriculum. The knowledge of these tenets will then be infused into other core content areas as appropriate.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

A key theme of Future Ready Librarians, which last year published a framework to revamp the bookish role, is that districts pouring money into hardware and software need people to shepherd these tools into classrooms and to curate these burgeoning digital resources.

Library 111