Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. 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. A supportive and engaged group of educators.

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Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

Discussion of primary documents. Historic locations. Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, NY. The West in History and Memory at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK.

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Museum Historic Sites Heritage American History 59

Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. Historic locations. Some of our topics include: Security, Self Determination, and Empire: The Grand Alliance, 1941-1945 at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Controversy, Consensus, and Compromise in the American Founding, at Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon, AZ.

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Historic Sites Museum American History Professional Development 52

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

One way to do this is to incorporate a variety of primary sources into lessons, including documents and speeches from underrepresented groups. For example, you could take your students on a field trip to a local museum or historic site, or have them participate in a role-playing activity to learn about a particular historical event.

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Social Studies Teaching Historic Sites Primary Sources 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Next she handed out VR headsets and asked her students to grab their cellphones and head to her Google classroom, where posted three different experiences that showcase Afrofuturism: an Afrofuturism art museum, a short VR film and a musical performance. We teach factual stuff that has been documented in history. Credit: Christina A.

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History American History Teaching K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The next day, we dove into the document analysis activity compiled by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. After going over key terms and background information (as suggested by Wolfe-Rocca in the PDF version of the activity), I arranged my students in groups of four and they investigated six of the included documents.

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History Teaching Social Studies High School 52