Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Geography and Culture Connect: After studying a foreign country, ask students to find similarities between their own community and the one they studied. Extend: Encourage them to speculate on how a different outcome in history might have affected the present. Challenge: Discuss any difficulties they faced during the creation process.

Geography 146

Geography Economics Cultures Critical Thinking 146

ACRE

JUNE 19, 2023

The tour highlights the architecture and design of the home, information about some of the collected pieces (like a grand piano in the entry room and a large collection of hand-made quilts), and history of the Pfeiffer family and other Piggott residents who were living through the Great Depression era in Arkansas.

Museum 52

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. The researchers controlled for students’ socio-economic status, race, home language and many other other student and school characteristics.

Social Studies 144

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

14 not only boosted her immunity for the virus, it lifted our collective hopes that this tragic period in world history would soon pass. Levin determined that “the net economic benefit to the public is $127,000 per student, 2.5 Accordingly, getting kids back to school will accelerate economic growth in the short- and long-term.

Geography 132

Geography Economics World History High School 132

Anthropology for Beginners

JUNE 1, 2021

Eric Wolf (1982) laid the theoretical groundwork in his landmark history of how the movement of capital and labor has transformed global relations since the 1400s, dispelling the myth that globalization is a recent phenomenon.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Global Connections Geography Cultures 130

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. You have students from economically advantaged and disadvantaged families.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy Oct.

Geography 52

Geography Lesson Plan Professional Development Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.

Controversial Topics 93

Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan Artifacts 93

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. In a history unit, teachers and students can choose which historical sites to write about in their postcards. The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.)

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Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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K-12 Lesson Plan Geography Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Communities, ones organized by race, socioeconomic class and geography, use schools to cover blatant housing discrimination, school financing bias and white supremacy. Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014.

Geography 77

Geography Economics Civics History 77

Ashleigh's Education Journey

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Social Studies Interactive Notebook-Geography Some of the geography activities in the social studies interactive notebook include types of maps, landforms (shown below), the seven continents, and hemispheres (shown below). symbols (digital version shown below).

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Geography Government Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2019

On the surface, the purpose of higher education is to support all students in their growth academically, socially and economically. But our research team, comprised of HMoob-American college students and education researchers, uses the spelling “HMoob” to challenge the colonial history of this ethnic group that originated in southern China.

Anthropology 61

Anthropology Social Justice History Geography 61

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It also cut English chemistry, math, history, finance, accounting, art and other majors — 21 of them in all, or a third of everything it used to teach. Jon: But the decline in college opportunity for rural high school graduates is only widening social, economic and political divides between rural America and the rest of the country.

Education 106

Education Government High School Economics 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. Eastern Kentucky University shut down theater, economics and other majors. We’re just like lost causes if we’re from small towns.”.

Geography 118

Geography Political Science Sociology History 118

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Nobody can own spectrum, but they can get a license to use specific frequencies, which the FCC grants by geography. Explaining why requires some history. Marie Vinel uses the internet to teach the history of “Cinco de Mayo” to her Spanish class at Walton Middle School. That’s why, for example, 92.9 This is an equity issue.

Library 89

Library Middle School Government High School 89

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system. The tests measure student proficiency in reading and math as well as subject areas like history and biology for high school students. And the Department of Justice bought into that.”.

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Private School Elementary School Public School High School 111

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

They discovered how geography—land and sea routes—was integral to understanding exploration. The Thick Slide provided a perfect opportunity for students to creatively showcase their understanding and articulate the big picture of why exploration was such a significant period in European history.

Primary Sources 86

Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 86

Anthropology for Beginners

APRIL 29, 2021

These studies usually include the systems of bureaucratic regulation, urban politics, welfare administration, urban renewal, and economic conditions that shape local communities. Others examine the disproportionate growth of primate cities at the expense of regional towns as a result of economic development in Third World countries.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Geography Economics Sociology 130

Ben Newmark

OCTOBER 7, 2024

If we were to say that academic study isn’t important for some children, we would also be failing in our obligation to pass to children a cultural inheritance which is theirs by birthright, and we would almost certainly widen the existing divisions between those born with economic advantage and those born without.

Tradition 111

Tradition Geography History Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017. Similarly to Garrett County in Maryland , the geography of this rural district makes broadband access inaccessible for many families.

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Library Geography Civics Social Studies 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

We have an oversupply of highly qualified educators in some communities and extreme shortfalls in others — often those that have been hollowed out by decades of policy stagnation, economic disinvestment and white flight. This is especially true in lower-income urban districts, where academic challenges are the greatest and most persistent.

K-12 90

K-12 Geography Economics High School 90

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

For instance, in a history class, instead of merely memorizing dates and events, students could analyze historical patterns and their impact on current societal issues. This approach not only makes learning more relevant but also equips students with the skills they need to thrive in a world where the only constant is change.

Education 61

Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 61

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 125

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 125

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states.

Social Studies 108

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 108

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

The C3 framework — the three Cs refer to college, career and civic life — includes curriculums in civics, economics, geography and history. Serriere said C3 is being used across the country. Critics say the framework waters down meaningful social studies instruction and fails to adequately inspire students to civic action.

Social Studies 111

Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. Driven by this critique, he returned to Launch as a history teacher with aims to help “decolonize classrooms.”

Pedagogy 68

Pedagogy Anthropology Geography Private School 68

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

At Duke, he is the founder (and sometimes director) of the Modeling Economic and Political Systems Focus program (MESS) and the Decision Science program. Her research focuses on early modern political theory and the history of International Relations Thought. He works mostly on comparative and historical political economy.

Political Science 72

Political Science Social Science Economics Government 72

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz, the governor of Minnesota, worked for roughly two decades in public schools, as a geography teacher and football coach. Walz has a long history of supporting LGBTQ+ students in Minnesota, where he was the faculty adviser of Mankato West High School’s first Gay-Straight Alliance club in the 1990s. They’re wrong,” she wrote on X.

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