Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. MAHGs required history courses gave me the context I need for teaching government, Messick added. She also learned from watching how MAHG professors steer discussion of documents.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2021

So, I’ve created the following idea documents brainstorming learning activities that teachers in math, English, and history may find helpful as they plan for their station rotation lessons. History: Station Rotation Ideas. I think of history as a story told from different perspectives. Math: Station Rotation Ideas.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2024

As Publications Manager at Teaching American History , I frequently hear the following from our teacher partners: I love teaching with primary sources! But I feel overwhelmed when I look all the documents. To that end, we’ve made all our Core Document volume series available as standalone digital collections that can be accessed here.

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Library Primary Sources American History Social Studies 105

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Working together we are not only getting into more classrooms, but we have also developed a streamlined process using shared documents in Google Drive. A History teacher having students use Socrative on Chromebooks. Document Based Questions (DBQ’s) being administered in a history class.

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Artifacts High School History Education 348

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2011

Click & Clean deletes typed URL''s, browsing history, Flash cookies, and other types of online activity. Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer : Get quick, easy access to preview PowerPoint presentations, pdf''s, and other types of documents. Google Translate : Translate entire web pages into a language of your choosing with just one click.

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Education Archiving Educational Technology History 324

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

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Heritage Artifacts High School History 326

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 6, 2025

Make visible the history that we are defending the right to teach with mini-lessons. Mini-lessons also serve as an affirmation that we defy censorship by teaching this “banned history” in a public space. history who have resisted injustice and to learn from the range of strategies they have used.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Why is Lincolns Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but its profound enough to be worth discussing with older students as well. The Constitution is the silver frame around the more important document from our Founding.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Lincoln’s notes are preserved in a document historians call the Fragment on the Constitution and Union. The Constitution was not a pro-slavery document. For more classroom-ready Lincoln documents, please see our CDC volume, Abraham Lincoln , available for purchase or download from our bookstore. Berger, Anthony.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 1, 2025

In honor of womens history month, we bring you a reading selection that highlights the upheaval American society experienced in the 1920s as regards gender roles. Read more Want more womens history materials? It was not even decent to concede that women were bipeds.

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History American History Humanities Teaching 64

NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I am fortunate to be involved in several long-term projects where I have been able to document growth over time. One, in particular, Charles Carpenter, who taught economics and history, took the feedback pretty hard as we saw a reasonably typical lesson being implemented. Other schools and districts are beginning to follow suit.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2025

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesias Riau Archipelago in search of Homo erectus remains, but uncovers how environmental devastation has erased much of the regions history. erectus , but theres limited physical evidence documenting their presence. erectus ancestors would have crossed.

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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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History Education History Primary Sources Education 52

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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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The vote of the electors is recorded on a document called the Certificate of Vote. Both documents are then sealed up and sent to the National Archive. Check out this related blog: A Conversation with John Dinan, Editor of our core document collection, Federalism. Each Senator has a vote.

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Archiving Government American History History 98

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

To celebrate Bill of Rights Day, we offer below a condensed version of the introduction to the Bill of Rights core document volume , available, as are all the document volumes, in the TAH bookstore. References to documents in parentheses are the documents in the Bill of Rights volume.

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Government Museum Tradition American History 98

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2023

Modern American History Word Wall Have you ever used a Modern American History word wall before? In this previous blog post , we’ve briefly discussed word walls, however, we wanted to give a more thorough guide on how to use them in this post, as well as share examples that pertain to Modern United States history.

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American History History Social Studies Teaching 130

Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Important Documents Review – Let’s be real. Key documents can be tough for students to remember. The early American history version can be found here. US History Important Document Review 5. Join The Active History Teacher Community! First name Email address What are you interested in hearing about?

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Social Studies History American History Middle School 195

Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of “anti-CRT” bills. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. Article and Lesson This Day in People’s History Below are a few key events in labor history.

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History Social Justice K-12 Teaching 98

Teaching American History

APRIL 15, 2025

For todays blog, we are highlighting a document that helps students intersect two of the most historically important elements of the 1960s: the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Read the entire document, our scholarly introduction, and discussion questions here. December 6, 1963. National Archives.

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Archiving American History Human Rights Government 59

TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

Learn to document and present scientific findings accurately. History Examples of student learning goals for history learners include: Analyze the causes and effects of significant historical events. Understand the cultural, social, and economic factors in history. Learn to write comprehensive history essays.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This groundbreaking work not only enhances documentation and analysis but also redefines how archaeologists interact with their data in real-time. A Breakthrough in Armenia The HKU team tested their innovative approach at a field site in Armenia, a region with a rich Early Bronze Age history. 1 Cobb, P. J., & Azizbekyan, H.

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Humanities Archaeology Artifacts Museum 98

Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

Let’s be honest, it’s a document from the 1700s. If you are new to Active History Teacher, then let me tell you. appeared first on Active History Teacher. Every year I teach the Constitution I want to try something new. It’s the hardest primary source I teach and I’m sure many of you feel the same. I WANT it to make sense.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. For example, a passage on farming might make more sense if you know something about how plants grow.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.”

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Oral History Public History History Museum 100

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) have identified semi-domesticated maize specimens from caves in Brazil’s Peruaçu Valley, revealing a unique chapter in the crop’s evolutionary history. The history and evolution of maize. Goodman, M.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value. The ability to preserve history is a form of power, and that power is rarely in the hands of the public. But migration is never neutral.

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Archiving Artifacts Anthropology Museum 86

Teaching American History

APRIL 8, 2025

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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Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

History class, students learned about the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and had to determine if Jackson was a highly successful president or a corrupt leader. Students in Mr. Tusa’s history class investigated the history of Europe through painting (1500-1800). History teacher Ms. Image credit: [link] In Ms. Levy’s U.S.

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Library History Cultures Educational Technology 272

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Jonan Donaldson sums it up nicely: Terms such as collaborative learning, project-based learning, metacognition, inquiry-based learning, and so on, might be new to some audiences, but they have a relatively long and well-documented history for many educators.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 19, 2024

Teaching American History’s Documents and Debates volumes present s American history as a series of topics. Below is a sampling of topics from Documents & Debates, v.2. Documents include Lincoln’s Second Inaugural , Douglass’ “ Reconstruction ,” and Tillman’s Speech in the Senate.

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History Teaching American History Government 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. The incorporation doctrine authorized the Supreme Court for the first time in its history to review state laws that potentially infringed upon the First Amendment. Sample Documents Schenck v.

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American History Government History Cultures 52

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Intersection of Language, Emotion, and Anatomy Cuneiform writing, used primarily by scribes for the elite class, included a range of materials—literature, prayers, tax records, and even legal documents. This diversity provided the team with a robust dataset to study the linguistic relationship between emotion and anatomy.

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Archiving Archaeology Humanities Cultures 98

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The food she prepares carries the essence of her familys history and her fathers ingenuity, encapsulated in every unmeasured pinch of spice. Their shared history of displacement and nonlinear journeys maps itself in familiar tastes and rhythmsthough strangers before migration, they recognize home and feel cared for in their shared meals.

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Heritage Tradition Anthropology History 98

Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

One of the biggest challenges in history education is engaging students in meaningful analysis while encouraging collaboration and critical thinking. Big Idea: What lasting impact did this have on history? Timeline Construction History is all about connections. Big Idea: How does this event connect to larger themes in history?

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

Anthropology.net

APRIL 7, 2025

While economic aspects of these interactions are well-documented, the social and cultural dimensions remain less understood. Credit: Antiquity Beyond Trade: Cultural Interactions and Musical Traditions The Arabian Gulf during the Bronze Age was a nexus of trade, with goods such as ceramics, beads, and metals exchanged between regions.

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