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.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies Middle School 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Meanwhile, according to documents published by WHYY shortly after the election, school administrators were imposing new restrictions. According to the civil rights complaint, some Black students had grown so accustomed to hearing the N-word that they said they stopped responding unless the language was directed at them personally.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy History 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. Conservatives tend to believe there are core dates and documents that students must be acquainted with to participate fully in American democracy.

Social Studies 126

Social Studies Civics History American History 126