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.

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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.”

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher. When Azuela released his novel, Mexican literature was changed as we know it.

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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.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations.

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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.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. Each US History unit also include thorough 9-page worksheets packets for every unit in the curriculum.

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. The institute introduced the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.S.

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Living Geography

MAY 28, 2024

A cross posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which now has over 300 posts in preparation for supporting teachers if and when it appears as an option. It shows the Government policies that were announced, but never came to fruition because of the early call for a General Election. Is it the end for the qualification?

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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.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Sean Brennan Brennan, a frequent participant in Teaching American History seminars , has long promoted civic education and civil cooperation at the local and state level. He carried on this work while teaching government and an elective course in constitutional, civil and criminal law at Brecksville-Broadview High School.

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Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

São Tomé’s role in this devastating and transformational history is largely unknown—some people have never heard of the tiny nation. Our team aims to illuminate the island’s central and brutal place in world history. Reconstructing their experiences and Praia Melão’s place in history will take more research.

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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.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

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. This is one of several documents currently being explored as part of the work we are doing at the RGS on the Education Committee.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Researchers documented a 45,500-year-old ochre depiction of a pig at Leang Tedongnge cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Southeast Asia’s Ancient Cultural Heritage Beyond East Timor and Sulawesi, Australia holds some of the oldest continuous cultural heritage sites globally, reflecting its Indigenous populations' long history.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. The post Preparing for a One Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.

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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. Government: PP.2.USG.2 Constitution PD.4.C.3

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Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

These varied protocols helped make complex history accessible and memorable, laying the groundwork for deeper exploration of the Revolutionary era. 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.

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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. In 2010, Nathan was named Kansas and National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. My goal, for this blog post is twofold.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He did, and Livingston soon found herself sitting in an introductory college course in US history. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major. The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Moreover, any realistic account of history covers economic and financial factors. I concluded teaching was not for me,” he recalled.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab documents the divergence between the growth of school staff and students. Starting in 2020, the federal government sent schools more than $200 billion in pandemic recovery funds. See detailed graphs below. The third act was a pandemic-fueled “hiring bonanza.”

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

History class, approached me after the White House threatened to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. In the aftermath of the fire, impacted students were inspired to conduct a service-learning project and document what happened to wildfire victims.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It also cut English chemistry, math, history, finance, accounting, art and other majors — 21 of them in all, or a third of everything it used to teach. Just after she finished the university cut the English program along with math, chemistry, biology, history. But since this performance, the university has ended its music program.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2024

His 1990 book “Dumping in Dixie” documented the systemic placement of polluting facilities and waste disposal in communities of color, as well as those communities fighting back. ACTS’ $500,000 EPA grant is part of what the White House touts as “the most ambitious environmental justice agenda ever undertaken by the Federal Government.”

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Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

Fischer, and other German scholars recruited by the Russian government to report on the peoples of the newly explored eastern territories. Ethnography in this sense included the culling of material from documents and interviews with visitors returning from foreign lands and the redaction of this material into learned treatises.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This would allow both the “expert groups” and the “Jigsaw groups” to document and share their learning. Jigsaw Strategy Oct. In this setting, providing the students with a teacher-created digital template or collaboration page would be ideal. Grades K-3) February 26, 2024 The post Jigsaw Strategy first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

A Social Studies Teacher’s Thoughts Critical Literacy by Colleen Tambuscio Learning about history offers meaningful and authentic opportunities for students to express their knowledge of the subject matter through writing and discourse. Gather 4 archival photographs to provide documented proof of the specific abuse towards the victim group.

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Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

This week’s post comes from Thomas Fulbright, current KCSS president and history teacher at Hope Street Academy, a public charter school in Topeka since 2008. Thomas intends “to spend my entire life convincing them how exciting and important history is.” His bio picture is daughter Claire and Thomas meeting President Lincoln.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a reader, I use Black literature as a tool to reclaim my humanity, my history and my future. As caregivers of the future, it is crucial that we are aware of what and who our country does not want our students to know and help them discover the truth of their history for themselves. According to the Nat Turner Project , when our U.S.

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Anthropology News

MAY 28, 2024

How do beggars gain access to public space in Guangzhou through such performances, navigating local governance and social norms? I saw smaller notes and big declarations arranged with photos, hospital reports, and other official documents. But this time, the officials in their dark-blue uniforms did not intervene.

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Living Geography

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The text above is taken from this document. On the horizon is the GCSE Natural History. Prior to the Action Plan for Geography (APG) the subject had faced a significant decline in English schools. The evaluation of the project can still be viewed here. back in 1987.

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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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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

These activities include: Sourcing documents Drag & drop timelines Analyzing primary and secondary sources Interpreting and inserting images Notetaking Comparing and contrasting topics 4. Engaging Activities - All of the same great activities from the old digital notebooks are back with some awesome updates to them as well.

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