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A Message of Support

NCHE

We, and our students, make sense of individuals, groups, and events by studying primary sources and the work of scholars. We, and our students, understand that the documents we study reveal conflicting accounts or perspectives, which is why we know its critical to examine multiple sources and ask thoughtful questions.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. To connect students to important historical events that have shaped America and the world, we often must go to the source. The primary source. Connecting Kids to History Studies Weekly uses primary sources to share real accounts.

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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

The two needs are related, for there is simply not enough time for those who teach multiple classes, often in multiple disciplines, to stay on top of the flood of specialized writing, to be confident that they are teaching the best that scholars have learned. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

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A 3000+ Document Library: A Blessing or a Curse?

Teaching American History

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. My district has dropped our textbook and we are switching to primary sources.

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Constitution Activities that rock!

Active History Teacher

Teaching the Constitution is hard, especially to younger students. 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. It’s the hardest primary source I teach and I’m sure many of you feel the same.

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Studies Weekly

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. Primary sources are excellent tools to help students learn how to think like historians. Students should know that their family records are also primary sources!

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.