The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Art galleries, museums, or historical sites were popular with almost two-thirds of non-poor families, while less than a third of poor families took their kindergarteners to these locations in the summer before first grade. The reason we haven’t made the leap is because of some substantial hurdles.

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Historic Sites Museum Library Elementary School 125

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

ACRE

JUNE 9, 2023

Exhibits describe the development of the Dyess colony & other planned housing developments throughout the state as a part of a New Deal economic recovery project. Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites?

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K-12 Historic Sites Artifacts Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

You can plan a virtual event or gathering at a historic site, bookstore, famers’ market, or other public location. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Teachers read pledges and/or students testify at a historic site. Or march to a local civic building.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moreover, any realistic account of history covers economic and financial factors. While studying the Civil War, we put students in the role of travel agents and asked them to design tours of historical sites related to the war. I decided to invent a classroom currency and economic system. It has grown ever since.”

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Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Find an event near you and show up Go to a historic site and take a photo with a Teach Truth sign that you make or download. Host an information table at a public site (such as a library, bookstore, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. All you need to do is select a site and register.

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Karen Brink-Noonan Middle School Social Studies Teacher, Valatie, New York I have used the Thingamabob Game in both my economics class and my U.S. They gather information and then must go into the heads of the enslaved to write from their point of view or on behalf of them. He compassionately led our team through the Métis Walking Tour.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52