ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

That’s particularly the case in K-12 classes, where teaching materials may be hard to parse, according to the preprint of a research article that argues that many of these students have to figure out how to access basic documents on their own, outside of school. But there’s a push to change that. It will mean they have to act fast.

EdTech 139

EdTech K-12 Government Social Justice 139

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program may begin writing their qualifying exams, so as to graduate with their degrees this December. Online coursework during the school year entailed many afterwork hours reading the assigned primary documents.

American History 52

American History Primary Sources Government History 52

Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. A supportive and engaged group of educators.

Historic Sites 127

Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 127

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This inspired Lindblom to design an elective sophomore course on the same three periods, using many of the primary documents she’d studied in the TAH seminar. It would give them time to think about American principles while learning to read primary documents. The game illuminated the primary documents Thrailkill read to prepare for it.

American History 95

American History History Political Science Civics 95

Teaching American History

JUNE 18, 2024

And that means the pinnacle of TAH’s professional development for teachers has arrived as well: our Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University in Ashland, OH. The four questions cover a variety of topics, eras, or themes in American history and government. For what purpose was it written?

American History 52

American History Primary Sources Government History 52

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

We started by wrapping up our government voice inquiry with a Thick Slide summary and fast Gimkit reviews, then dived into Sketch and Tell-o on Loyalist perspectives and Enlightenment ideas with Parafly paraphrasing exercises. We repeated the process with Document 2, helping students see the range of reasons people might remain loyal.

Primary Sources 81

Primary Sources Government History Human Rights 81

Teaching American History

AUGUST 6, 2024

Check out Teaching American History’s core document volumes on Political Parties and the American Presidency American Presidency covers not only the role of the executive branch in our constitutional order, but also the specific questions of presidential selection, term limits, and impeachment.

Primary Sources 72

Primary Sources American History Professional Development History 72

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Mariano Azuela documents when he joined Pancho Villa’s men in 1914 in an effort to write a novel that is from the peasants perspective of the revolution. He documented his time as member of a band of Pancho Villa’s men, writing a novel about war and everyone behind it. Some were more successful than others.

Archiving 130

Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.”

Humanities 52

Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

Sapiens

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The connection between poor water quality and serious threats to health, such as gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea, are well-documented. Peru’s northern coast regularly suffers droughts followed by torrential rains, some so severe the Peruvian government has declared states of emergency multiple times over the past few years.

Anthropology 96

Anthropology Government Cultures Psychology 96

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Under this program, called Investing in Innovation or i3, the federal government gave out $1.4 The results for each program are hidden in pages 55 through 64 of a separate appendices document , but I have created a pdf of them for you. The failure rate was 74 percent. Only a small handful left students worse off.

Tutoring 129

Tutoring Education Psychology Government 129

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A Lesson from the Founders for Constitution Day Americans in our day think “transparency” in government essential to its efficient and wholesome operation. Joseph Postel l is Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College and a faculty member in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University.

American History 112

American History Library Museum Government 112

ED Surge

MAY 7, 2024

If you have a known document written by somebody, you can kind of pattern their written fingerprint. If you have a document known to be written by a student, you can run a newer essay they turn in against the original fingerprint, and see whether or not the linguistic style matches the syntax, the word choice, and the lexical density. …

Classroom Management 109

Classroom Management Middle School Government High School 109

Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. A supportive and engaged group of educators.

Historic Sites 52

Historic Sites Museum American History Professional Development 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In each of these situations—and many more—the federal government makes possible the collection, analysis and dissemination of information that would otherwise not flow. When the federal government does this, it acts not as a regulator or as a funder, but as an information aggregator and distributor.

EdTech 145

EdTech Government Educational Technology Education 145

Living Geography

MAY 28, 2024

It shows the Government policies that were announced, but never came to fruition because of the early call for a General Election. Will the new Government continue to develop the project? Earlier today, this diagram was shared on Twitter, which looks from the formatting to be a panel from a recent copy of the i newspaper.

Government 52

Government History 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Yet both go further.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

One report documented that U.S. 15, 2024, documented widespread psychological distress among teenage girls and preteen boys since the pandemic. It’s easy to jump to the conclusion that the $190 billion that the federal government gave to schools for pandemic recovery didn’t work. But that doesn’t tell the whole story.

Tutoring 144

Tutoring Psychology Elementary School Research 144

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 13, 2024

My essential question for the week was “How is the United States Constitution a model for limited government?” Working in small teams, students looked up their assigned Constitutional section in our government textbooks, created two text clues plus an image that related to it, and added the index card number to a slide.

Government 52

Government Civics Research Teaching 52

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This is one of several documents currently being explored as part of the work we are doing at the RGS on the Education Committee. I've been fortunate to work on a few things linked with OCR's work over the years, and serve on their Consultative Forums for both Geography and Natural History.

Geography 52

Geography Government History Education 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the vicious cycle of poverty. Families cannot afford to wait.

Government 143

Government Economics Advocacy Education 143

Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

He carried on this work while teaching government and an elective course in constitutional, civil and criminal law at Brecksville-Broadview High School. As a teacher, he appreciated Teaching American History’s free seminars featuring scholar-led discussion of primary documents.

American History 52

American History Civics History Government 52

ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2023

The quantities were notable, researchers explained, because of well-documented parental concerns over other people having access to their children’s information. They were also concerned that access to Facebook data by third parties like government and police agencies may violate laws meant to protect student privacy.

EdTech 129

EdTech Government Research Public School 129

Living Geography

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. New on the RGS website is this call for your thoughts ahead of the Curriculum and Assessment Review for England, which is being chaired by Becky Francis.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Government Education 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The impacts of heat on students’ health and learning is well-documented; studies have found that without air conditioning, every 1 degree Fahrenheit increase in temperature during a school year reduces the year’s learning by 1 percent. Government Accountability Office.

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Public School High School Private School Elementary School 100

Living Geography

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. New on the RGS website is this call for your thoughts ahead of the Curriculum and Assessment Review for England, which is being chaired by Becky Francis.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Government Teaching 52

ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Students can also explore biographical information for several individuals whose ideas influenced the nation’s founding documents. These essays outlined the division of government powers, methods for taxation, as well as foundations for the structure of Congress and the Courts. Government: PP.2.USG.2 Government: PP.2.USG.2

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Civics Archiving Government 52

ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

Ken Dirkin, senior director of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, said the group wanted to create a document that was digestible, but “there’s probably 40,000 important things that could have been included.” The more we disclose the use of AI and the purpose, the more we uplift everybody in the conversation,” Dirkin says.

K-12 98

K-12 Lesson Plan Humanities Middle School 98

Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

The book documents the patriarchal nature of politics and the household in Madhya Pradesh, noting that men have more powerful networks and more ties outside the household. She received a PhD in Government from Harvard University in 2017 and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Texas A&M University.

Political Science 61

Political Science Economics Government Research 61

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In Atlanta, where Tameka lives, parents must present at least eight documents to enroll their children — twice as many as parents in New York City or Los Angeles. One of the documents — a complicated certificate evaluating a child’s dental health, vision, hearing and nutrition — is required by the state. But it was never found.

Public School 83

Public School Economics High School Advocacy 83

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?

Primary Sources 67

Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Breaking Down the Declaration We picked up with the Declaration, focusing on why it was created, who was involved, and what it outlined for the future of governance. Knowing the text can be overwhelming, I broke it down into digestible sections—five key excerpts, starting with its description of government’s role.

Artifacts 75

Artifacts Government History Tradition 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Despite promising in 1974 to cover nearly half the extra cost for schools to provide special education, the federal government has never done so.) Her requests for translated copies of legal documents largely went unanswered, she said — until a principal told her that the translation was too expensive.

High School 145

High School Advocacy Elementary School Government 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

The script suddenly flipped during the 2021-22 school year as the federal government sent pandemic recovery funds to schools. States have been reporting shortages to the federal government, and education advocates, such as Dan Domenech, executive director of the School Superintendents Association, have been sounding alarm bells.

Research 138

Research Tutoring Government Elementary School 138

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. This allows participants to prepare their thoughts and questions and join in the conversation to really get the meaning behind the documents. Email us at info@teachingamericanhistory.org !

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

Historical documents and maps from the late 16th and early 17th centuries mention Praia Melão, depicting it as the island’s largest estate. INTRODUCING ARCHAEOLOGY The São Tomé central government has no experience with archaeological research or sites. But this can be challenging in a country where no archaeology has been done before.

Archaeology 75

Archaeology Heritage History Government 75

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Our task force consists of students, faculty, college presidents, business leaders, climate leaders and former government officials working together to build on the important leadership that we have seen emerging in our sector.

Education 118

Education Leadership Government Economics 118