C3 Teachers

APRIL 25, 2025

Im thinking about a theory for using AI in history education. I decided to talk to my AI companion, CHAT GPT about this (a friend indeed) ( Im speaking here to ChatGPTo1 pro mode – edited ) I would like your assistance in developing some ideas (and principles) that may be used in a theory about using AI in history education.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 8, 2025

These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

We can spend all day telling students how to do something, like write a thesis statement, solve a type of problem, or analyze a primary source. They may jump in and out of digital documents leaving comments, suggestions, and linking students to additional resources to help them develop and improve their work. and Timperley, H.

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Moler's Musing

APRIL 30, 2025

Heres the flow : Students engage with content a primary source, textbook excerpt, or short video. They ask a question based on the reading or viewingeither one they create or one I provide (especially if the source leaves something unanswered or unclear). More complete? Would you use this response?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Some experts and educators worry the reading reform movement has left older students behind.

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Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

It’s been a huge time saver, especially since it allowed me to focus more on the classroom and less on the stress of documenting every detail. Also, if you’re interested in how AI can be used effectively in education, check out an article I contributed to in EdWeek: Can AI Be Used Effectively in Class?

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

This post explores the barriers to incorporating social studies and science in elementary education and provides actionable strategies to ensure these essential subjects receive the time and attention they deserve. Speaking and Listening: Facilitate discussions, debates, and presentations to strengthen communication and reasoning skills.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most Americans agree that education is a national priority. public education system falls in the middle of international quality rankings. But let’s be clear: the problem with education in America is not lack of excellence. Education researchers and neuroscientists are learning more about how people learn.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Simplifying Primary Sources with AI My goal was to simplify the lesson while still helping students build confidence and learn. The revised documents were a mix of Jamestown and Plymouth hardships and survival stories. They worked in pairs, reading the sources and answering questions.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

He received an extensive education in New Orleans through the 1930s and earned a master’s degree and an MD. He received a theoretical physics and applied mathematics education at Brooklyn College, Princeton University, and New York University. His own records document visits to 87 countries. DeBakey (19082008) Michael E.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. Historical Events: When studying historical events, people, or places encourage students to analyze primary sources.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The author of Ed Tech Essentials and founder of Class Tech Tips encourages educators to use tech tools for their own professional learning. In this PLtogether Lounge Talk, Monica Burns talked with Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller about the advantages of integrating educational technology into adult learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While they're sometimes belittled, worksheets are an excellent tool for helping students analyze primary sources or better understand a historical event through a secondary source. This makes them easy to differentiate for special education students with accommodations.

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Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Smithsonian Learning Lab Last year, I attended the Museum Computer Network Conference to present on my work as the Education Advisor with Girl Museum. There are thousands of amazing primary sources available from the Smithsonian including photographs, documents, physical objects, audio, and video. It is free!)

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Constitution PD.4.C.3

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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. THE ERROR BEHIND “DOCUMENT ANALYSIS” The fact is, even people who should really know better often make the same mistake. Plan it out.

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ASHP CML

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Three educators describe specific materials and topics that were presented during the 2022 Summer Institute, LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States, which they have incorporated into their own teaching. Two educators describe the impact of hearing LGBTQ+ narratives and deepening their understanding of LGBTQ+ history.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

In August 2019, she opened Miss Tiffany’s Early Childhood Education House, a child care center run in her home in Weirton, West Virginia. Her child care facilities qualify for meal subsidies through the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which is administered by the West Virginia Department of Education. for breakfast, $3.12

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

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.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

It’s designed for students new to the University of Virginia—but not entirely new to higher education. So when one student says she plans to study the Bermuda Triangle, the professor recommends that she ask a librarian—maybe the one who talked to the class earlier in the semester—to help her curate a reading list of secondary sources.

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Psych Learning Curve

JANUARY 24, 2020

But it’s worth the work (Education Week – Subscription required, free trial) The ultimate goal of the SEL field is to weave the teaching of social-emotional intelligence throughout children’s education so lives are enhanced and crises are rare. Sorry, there’s no easy toolkit for social-emotional learning.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

On Independence Day, we watched a “ bipartisan reading of the Declaration of Independence ” organized by legislator and educator Sean Brennan , representative to Ohio’s House of Representatives for District 14. As a teacher, he appreciated Teaching American History’s free seminars featuring scholar-led discussion of primary documents.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Your Studies Weekly Online classroom contains digital versions of your publications and more online resources like digital lesson plans, videos, and presentations you can project to the whole class. Warmly, Debbie Learn more about Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate Debbie Bagley here.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

10, 2024 • Studies Weekly In today’s digital age, technology integration in education helps prepare students for a world of screens. There has been a significant lack of motivation and engagement among students, and behavior issues are at an all-time high,” said Debbie Bagley, veteran educator and Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By the next day, Livingston had been reassigned to a special education class. A Path to Education Opens Fortunately, Livingston next enrolled in the local community college, where she discovered a well-developed program for students with hearing disabilities. She had taken no education courses. This was December.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 16, 2024

Primary documents give us unexpected perspectives on history. Landen Schmeichel sees this often when using documents in his Advanced Placement US History course at Legacy High School in Bismarck, North Dakota. Liberty and Equality: Ideas That Shaped America Primary documents prompt reflection on powerful ideas.

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ASHP CML

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. This week, researcher Carli Snyder shares a primary source.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 14, 2025

Despite the relentless political attacks on antiracist education, traffic to the Zinn Education Project website continues to grow a clear indication that educators and communities remain deeply committed to teaching the truth. government.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. One, offer examples of websites to use in your classroom, and two, provide a few rules to guide your excerpting of documents. Still further, if I use excerpts, how much is too much to cut?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

We encourage students to put their whole project experience on video, [to document] every time they canvas a community or meet with a city councilor,” said David De La Torre, the CAP program manager. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

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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Thrive in Grade Five

APRIL 20, 2019

Court documents do not explain the charges against him, but in a document dated prior to the accusation, Thomas Gage said that Dr. Toothaker saw two children who were ill and exhibiting “unwanted fits.” Primary source documents report that Bridget continued to proclaim her innocence up to the moment of her execution.

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Check out this list of lessons that were most frequently downloaded from the Zinn Education Project website this year! In the follow-up lesson, students explore primary sources that reveal key outcomes of the Reconstruction era. The post Popular Lessons appeared first on Zinn Education Project. How do we know?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Some blame their teachers, some blame the textbooks, some blame the state for not prioritizing public education funding. The training not only gave teachers the opportunity to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement, but also taught them how to pull documents from the archives to enhance and enrich their classroom materials.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 14, 2024

Check out this list of lessons that were most frequently downloaded from the Zinn Education Project website during the 2023–2024 school year! In the follow-up lesson, students explore primary sources that reveal key outcomes of the Reconstruction era. How do we know?

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