ASHP CML

AUGUST 23, 2024

In July, thirty secondary school teachers joined ASHP for an NEH-funded summer institute focused on topics in LGBTQ+ history and culture, discussion of pedagogy, and an introduction to historical documents and materials for classroom use. After meeting virtually for a week, participants traveled from across the U.S.

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Women's History Network

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces 3 talks and document display on Saturday 12 0ctober 10-1.00pm: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: Talks by Claire Brock, Mary Chapman and Victoria Rea at The London Archives. Organised in collaboration with Claire Brock and The London Archives.

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Archiving 93

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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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Applicants should title their documents in the following way: “Last name_CV” and “Last name_Statement.” Applications should be submitted to futureofpast@umn.edu with the subject line “Fellowship Application 25-26” no later than December 15, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact Noah Segal ( nsegal@umn.edu ).

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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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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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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Teacher Prep Here’s what the teacher needs to do to prepare for the game: Create a list of concepts (people, documents, battles, dates – whatever you need to review) and place each one on a separate piece of paper. I love to show students that we can review US History and still have fun. History Bundle 11th Grade U.S.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

Such findings have been documented at several ancient sites, pointing to controlled fire use among early hominins. The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 Homo erectus : The First Cook?

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Humanities Archaeology History K-12 95

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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Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The crossing of Morgan’s men into Indiana is steeped in local history and well-remembered by local residents. Fortunately, however, I can direct you to the wonderfully descriptive Meade County History Museum in Brandenburg, a center of high-quality scholarship and research in this region.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 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. appeared first on Teaching American History. Historic locations.

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Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 127

Sapiens

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As archaeologists, historical ecologists, and paleoecologists, we study the long-term history of human and nonhuman animal relationships. EXAMINING THE COMPLICATED HISTORY OF MOOSE MIGRATIONS Moose have certainly seen their fair share of ecological change. Most human-wildlife encounters were not documented on paper.

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Archaeology History Humanities Research 98

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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History Economics Humanities Cultures 197

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The three-week program took teachers from across the country on a study tour of Philadelphia, Gettysburg, and Washington, DC, discussing with leading scholars three eras in history—the Founding, the Civil War, and the mid-twentieth century Civil Rights movement—all of which tested Americans’ commitment to their principles of liberty and equality.

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American History History Political Science Civics 95

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.

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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I often use class competition games in my US History classroom – you could say it is part of my classroom culture. Here are a few classroom competition games I use with students – all of which are great for US History EOC Review and STAAR Review! I have done-for-you timeline races for early US History and Modern US History.

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Primary Sources American History History Cultures 195

Pedagogy and Formation

APRIL 29, 2022

I've been working on my family history. I set myself the task of compiling the story of the previous 3-4 generations of my family history in words (yes, a ‘small’ task!). I began to see that as well as the family stories handed down across the generations, that photographic evidence and documents also matter!

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 6, 2024

Staff and faculty members at Teaching American History have heard from our teacher partners that they want nonpartisan election resources that elevate classroom discourse beyond political bickering and horse race coverage. This concise history is perhaps the best account we have of the election of 1800.

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Primary Sources American History Professional Development History 72

HistoryRewriter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Then, ask Google Bard or Chat GPT to retell the main ideas of the document in 10 rhyming couplets so an 8th grader will understand it. I would give this to students as a debriefing document, so they can see how many of the significant historical details they included in their couplets instead of just picking words that were easy to rhyme.

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Primary Sources Social Studies Tradition History 130

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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History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

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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Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

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?

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American History Primary Sources Government History 52

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 92

Sapiens

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This Herculean field effort allowed the recovery of the tiniest remains, which were carefully documented in their original positions. Evolutionary, cultural, and social processes that seem unimaginable if we try to apply them to sapiens populations, as we understand them through cultural anthropology, history, and archaeology.

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Archaeology Archiving Anthropology History 111

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 27, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of anti-history laws and high-stakes testing. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. This Day in History Below are a few key events in labor history.

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K-12 Social Justice History Teaching 144

Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We seek performers of 'ancient music', broadly understood: songs and music inspired by ancient history, literature, mythology, or musical techniques originals and covers, modern instruments or ancient replicas-and of course surviving pieces collected in Pöhlmann and West, Documents of Ancient Greek Music (Oxford, 2001).

History 72

History 72

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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History Oral History Archiving Cultures 40

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

” asked Advait Jukar, vertebrate paleontology curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Recent research confirmed evidence of marrow extraction, marking the first documented butchery of large animals in India from this era. What are they doing on the landscape, and are they going after big game or not?”

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Museum Humanities History Cultures 75

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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Historic Sites Museum American History Professional Development 52

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

I often recommend the use of this tool in History as a way to explore primary source documents. Suppose you want to develop a literacy lesson for your learners. ThingLink could be used to curate content (text, video, images). After kids review the content, Google Forms could be used for them to answer higher-order questions.

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Primary Sources Artifacts Pedagogy Leadership 482

Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

As a history teacher with a background in museum work, my biggest goal is for my students to learn to curate their knowledge to be able to share it with others. I expected to learn a lot of great things to apply to my work with museums, but I also learned about this incredible tool that I use weekly in my history classroom! It is free!)

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History Primary Sources Museum Artifacts 52

Teaching American History

JUNE 4, 2024

Photo courtesy of Center of Military History Thursday June 6, 2024 is the 80 th anniversary of D-Day, the day Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to begin the “great and noble undertaking” of liberating Europe. The post The 80th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944 appeared first on Teaching American History.

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American History History Teaching 103

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Document Analysis in Action Students then moved to Document 1, where they filled out an organizer, closely reading the text, sourcing the information, and contextualizing it in terms of its historical moment. We repeated the process with Document 2, helping students see the range of reasons people might remain loyal.

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Primary Sources Government History Human Rights 81

NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

The National Council for History Education stands in support of history teachers in Florida. The social studies standards focused on African American history, recently approved by the Florida Board of Education, sanitize historical acts of violence against Black Americans. Slavery is, and was, wrong.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Not only is Bates important to the history of Central High’s integration, she is also a significant figure in the national Civil Rights Movement. In his recent history of the modern Civil Rights Movement, historian Thomas E. Southern Oral History Program Collection, October 11, 1976. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v.

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C3 Teachers

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A student, who would only be in my class for less than a month before transferring, asked it during my third year of teaching and my first year teaching a high school history class. Like many history teachers, I love the subject I teach—the events, the historical figures, and the stories they leave behind. In 1916, Charles H.

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History Social Studies History Education Economics 52

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Little’s study in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program prompted him to think carefully about how the Constitution’s structure reflects the founders’ understanding of typical human behavior, or what they called “human nature.” Professor Joseph Postell told the history of our political party system.

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