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. Unlike textbooks, we won’t tell you what to teach or how to teach it. But which one should I use?

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Library Primary Sources American History Social Studies 105

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

While the concept of HQIM has been established and embraced in other core academic disciplines, applying this concept to social studies has been more complex. Unlike content standards for math or science, where there is more uniformity across states, social studies standards can vary significantly from one state to another.

Social Studies 116

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 116

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2024

So, students must have lessons that focus on teaching the election. Thankfully, teaching the election will be a fun, exciting, and motivational process with The Political Socialization Lesson , Campaign Finance Lesson , and Electoral College Lesson ! It even includes video links, answer keys, and editable documents!

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Teaching Government Social Studies High School 130

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. She also pursues her own research.

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Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 31, 2024

When teaching the Judicial Branch, the perfect resources are ready! However, the documents are editable to fit the needs and time of every classroom. When teaching the Judicial Branch, this project will engage students as they critically analyze major Supreme Court cases. Nominating Judges Lesson $ 6.00

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NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

Teachers are professionals and experts in their field, and their subject-matter knowledge and understanding of how to accurately and adequately teach a complicated past are critical to student comprehension and achievement. Slavery is, and was, wrong. Violence against Black people is, and was, wrong.

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Social Studies K-12 History Education American History 100

NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.”

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Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

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.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 8, 2025

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. The post Preparing for a One-Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Cade Lohrding teaches social studies for all three grades at Kiowa County Junior High School in Greensburg, Kansas. I’d never done anything like that before.

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Junior High Library K-12 Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2024

When my 8-year-old started asking questions about the world, it hit me that there wasn’t a lot out there to guide parents in teaching their kids about being active, engaged citizens. There are multiple hurdles facing K-12 schools in teaching civics. This will involve reallocating school time to social studies and civics.

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Civics Teaching K-12 Social Studies 128

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

The solution, one that has strong bipartisan support, is as prominent as John Hancocks signature: a generational investment in teaching students how the government works. The downward spiral of waning patriotism and poor public knowledge of our founding documents can be reversed. Former U.S.

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Civics K-12 High School Middle School 86

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, where I’ve split my whole life, are so universal that it’s hard to not be drawn to their teachings and practices. At first, I was convinced I found a pedagogy ingrained with Indigenous wisdom that could further decolonize my teaching.

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Cultures Teaching Pedagogy Ancestry 138

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2011

To learn more about VoiceThread visit [link] Using the "New and Improved" Mac Lab in room 106, my graphics teacher (Walt Pevny) has been collaborating with the Social Studies Department by helping them create Facebook pages for historical figures. Milan''s students as they collected their information and stored it in a Google Document.

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Social Studies High School History Teaching 200

Moler's Musing

APRIL 30, 2025

Students question the bot like they would a biased newspaper article, a government document, or a historical speech. It reinforces essential social studies skills: sourcing, bias, perspective, and evidence-based reasoning. This turns AI into the text not the shortcut. Why Fray-I works: It puts students in the drivers seat.

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Primary Sources Teaching Social Studies Government 40

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) : Teachers perceived their students’ top problem as missing social interactions at school or with friends (88 percent), followed by keeping up academically (82 percent). Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning.

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Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 147

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Between the students, administrators, parents, and the community, social studies teachers are feeling pressure from all directions. Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning.

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Social Studies Teaching Historic Sites Primary Sources 52

Ashleigh's Education Journey

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A Social Studies Interactive Notebook is a great way to engage students and to help students focus as they organize social studies content and/or take guided notes. One of the great things about this social studies interactive notebook is that you can adapt it to meet the needs of your classroom.

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Social Studies Geography Government Economics 52

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Secondary Social Studies Interventionist As any good teacher does, I often eavesdrop. During my fourteen years of eavesdropping, I’ve heard social studies teachers lament that they are “not reading teachers”. Why is background knowledge important in social studies? By Kydra Hubbard, Ed.

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Social Studies Geography Advocacy Leadership 52

Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

His own records document visits to 87 countries. He also held numerous visiting professorships throughout his career and spent short periods teaching mathematics at universities around the globe. Harary received many awards and honors for his work in mathematics, including six honorary degrees.

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Social Studies Primary Sources American History Heritage 52

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2023

Word walls can be a helpful tool your students can use to remember and better understand the vocabulary words that connect with whatever historical topic you’re teaching. In our teaching experience, we’ve found the most helpful cards use all three, which help support our visual learners.

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American History History Social Studies Teaching 130

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.

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History Social Studies History Education Economics 52

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

The reason for this is that we have put a premium on creating a teaching and learning culture that better meets the needs of our learners while enhancing essential skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity, media literacy, and global awareness. Millian’s math students utilized an Avermedia document camera to display work.

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Library History Cultures Educational Technology 274

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

MAY 24, 2022

Whatever version you decide to use, each one comes with a title page and four rule cards covering the following: Be Prepared Be Punctual Be Present Be Polite Around the World Skyline Posters If you are a world history or social studies teacher, these world skyline posters can help transform your walls or bulletin boards!

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Heritage Social Studies World History History 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension. Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history.

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Learning Science Charter School Lesson Plan Social Studies 145

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Things that go way beyond classroom décor.

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Social Studies Civics Sociology History 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. 2nd grade social studies. Better results for project-based learning were documented on a variety of tests, from Advanced Placement exams in high school to annual state assessments in math and reading in sixth grade. 3rd grade science. Curriculum. Curriculum. 6th grade science.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Amid the growing debate over how best to teach math, there is another ballooning problem: grades. Grade inflation struck all high school subjects, ACT found, but it was highest for math, followed by science, English, and social studies. The National Center for Education Statistics plans to update this transcript study in 2024.

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High School Social Studies Research Public School 145

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Katherine Thrailkill considered careers in drama, law, and hi-tech sales before realizing all her interests and experiences pointed her toward teaching social studies. Lindblom based it on a summer seminar she attended in the early 2000s: the Presidential Academy, a forerunner of Teaching American History’s current programs.

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American History History Civics Political Science 98

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me. To what end?

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American History World History Social Studies History 134

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

One report documented that U.S. Does a sixth-grade teacher have the same skills and tools to teach reading that a second or third grade teacher does? Maybe you can do that in social studies. A study by researchers at the University of Southern California , released Aug. I doubt that’s the case.”

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Tutoring Psychology Elementary School Research 145

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In the aftermath of the fire, impacted students were inspired to conduct a service-learning project and document what happened to wildfire victims. Implementation Issues Service-learning projects reinforce SEL because they broaden perspectives, deepen social awareness and connect actions to the needs of communities.

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Civic Engagement Civics K-12 Education 138

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

These shifts we have documented have resulted in barriers dissolving between districts and communities, district leaders engaging in shared leadership, teachers and parents working as collaborators to solve challenges and students co-creating learning experiences. As a result, the solutions are not the typical products or tools.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Instead of overwhelming them, I shifted to teaching them how to work efficiently, meet deadlines, and build confidence with every task. The goal wasn’t just to cover content, but to teach them how to learn and apply skills independently. The revised documents were a mix of Jamestown and Plymouth hardships and survival stories.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 126

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Hawkins sees teaching as team effort to that helps young people work and learn cooperatively.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

“The biggest problem is there is not enough time to really do the training that a teacher needs to understand how to teach online,” said Jennifer Mathes, interim chief executive officer of the Boston-based Online Learning Consortium , a nonprofit that offers webinars and resources on online teaching and learning.

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