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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

Bunk demonstrates that our discipline matters in ways young people cannot see in textbooks, static documents, and often outdated historiographic debates. Teachers can share any entry, or collection of entries, from Bunk with students, who can also explore the evolving archives for themselves.

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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site.

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site.

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning. One way to do this is to incorporate a variety of primary sources into lessons, including documents and speeches from underrepresented groups. I have these available for my entire curricula in World and US History. Service Learning project.

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

Such cases were even more “soul-sapping” than the rigidities of the traditional education system. While studying the Civil War, we put students in the role of travel agents and asked them to design tours of historical sites related to the war. The program increased his “comfort level” with the primary documents he taught. “As

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

So when they’re not centered in that narrative, or their ideas are not centered, then they tend to say this is not of educational value.” In Philadelphia and Norfolk, it has strengthened educators’ resolve to teach comprehensively about the subject and added to their sense of urgency. course targeted by Gov.

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