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.

Historic Sites 129

Historic Sites Museum Library Elementary School 129

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.)

Project-Based Learning 111

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. The museum has a variety of additional resources for K-12 educators as well.

K-12 52

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

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.

Teaching 52

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. The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba As a rural K–12 school, we rarely get opportunities to connect with students and teachers from urban schools in our province.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo The controversies have had subtle reverberations for the classrooms in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia too. He adds that it’s not surprising that Black history classes make some people uncomfortable.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98