Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 31, 2024

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the story of how “self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically-elected, multi-racial, Reconstruction era government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The class on Nov.

Professional Development 122

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ASHP CML

APRIL 10, 2025

.” In keeping with that belief, for sixty years the NEH has served as a vital source of support for the work of humanities organizations, educators and scholars who believe that our world is improved through research and publicly accessible programs that promote a deeper understanding of literature, history, and ideas.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around the world. In many cases, making roti wasnt a willful choice but an economic necessityor part of unpaid domestic laborwithin a highly gendered and classed society. where I teach.

Cultures 127

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Unfortunately, many college alternatives, especially career and technical education programs, have a complicated history. Students are assuming historic levels of loan debt in pursuit, ironically, of economic mobility (a long-proven benefit of higher education). Education leaders have long called for expanded postsecondary pathways.

High School 106

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. The post Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the climate and education newsletter.

Psychology 113

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Moler's Musing

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This got students thinking about the political, economic, and regional tensions that led to the war while allowing them to summarize key ideas concisely an essential skill as we transitioned into the concept of sectionalism. history for decades. How did economic and political differences lead to sectionalism?

Economics 124

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Sapiens

MAY 7, 2025

As an archaeologist who teaches at Emory and conducts research in Iraq, I have grappled over these questions and decided yes: Learning with and from these objects can help amend their problematic acquisitionso long as that recent history pervades the lesson. Many more objects ought to complete this journey.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

One just has to refer to the history books to see how this has played out across the world since the beginning of time. Where there still is forced change turmoil, economic instability, and mistrust run rampant. This is a great example of forced change. Forced change rarely works. Is this the environment we want for our kids?

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2025

This suggests the existence of extensive exchange networks during this period, highlighting a level of socio-economic complexity not typically attributed to hunter-gatherer groups.​ ​ Implications for the History of Metallurgy The discoveries at Gre Fılla necessitate a reevaluation of the origins of metallurgy.

Artifacts 93

Artifacts Archaeology Humanities History 93

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2013

The NJ Spotlight piece points this out with a little history lesson in NCLB: "NCLB was a dismal failure in raising academic performance or narrowing gaps in opportunity and outcomes. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that “challenging standards-based exams reduce graduation and increase incarceration rates.”

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 4, 2025

This discovery does more than just fill a gap—it forces a reassessment of Mediterranean history itself. Kach Kouch upends this assumption, showing that indigenous communities were already engaged in complex economic and social structures centuries before Carthage was even founded. But the site’s legacy is profound.

Cultures 89

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

From political power struggles to economic inequality and environmental exploitation, an evolutionary past rooted in dominance, survival, and competition still drives much of human behavior today. The drive to secure food and territory manifests in economic competition and resource hoarding.

Humanities 78

Humanities Psychology Economics Group Identity 78

Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson High School, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. ” Ms.

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History Psychology Leadership History Education 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In exchange, residents would qualify for in-district tuition and trigger a long-term plan to build out college facilities in this rural stretch of Texas, which is positioning itself to tap into the economic boom flowing into the smaller communities nestled between Austin and San Antonio.

Economics 119

Economics High School Public School Education 119

Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Long before pharaohs ruled and scribes recorded human affairs, the seeds of economic disparity had already taken hold. By applying the Gini coefficient—a widely used metric for measuring inequality—to house sizes, the study created a cross-cultural snapshot of economic disparity over 10,000 years. link] Kohler, T.

Archaeology 63

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

The starkest example of growing inequality is in eighth grade math, wherethe achievement gap grew to the largest in the history of the test. More than two-thirds of students in the bottom 25 percent are economically disadvantaged. By contrast, fewer than a quarter of the students in the top 25 percent are economically disadvantaged.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

In this second post on our series on authentic learning with virtual exchange , HP Teaching Fellow Glen Coleman shares how students are using Skype to learn about history through the lens of contemporary issues. In my view, history loses its power to open students’ minds when it does not directly connect to now.

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Strange Maps

DECEMBER 3, 2024

mi) of the Rail Baltica route, now under construction – underlining the economic benefits that will be realised when the connection goes live, from 2030. Total measurable socio-economic benefits have been estimated at €16.2 But their railway network is still stuck in Soviet times.

Economics 106

Economics Humanities History 106

Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

For much of history, the rise of inequality has been treated like gravity: inevitable, natural, and inescapable. From the sprawling villas of Roman elites to the thatched huts of the poor in medieval Europe, textbook history often presents wealth disparity as a consequence of human progress. Three excavated Classic period (ca.

Humanities 58

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TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

History Examples of student learning goals for history learners include: Analyze the causes and effects of significant historical events. Understand the cultural, social, and economic factors in history. Learn to write comprehensive history essays. Study art history to understand different movements and influences.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

However, as the economy has grown, so has economic inequality, increasing dramatically across the country. This growing economic inequality is also widening educational achievement gaps and causing many young people to have a lack of empathy and understanding for those outside their socioeconomic peer groups.

Economics 96

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Strange Maps

JANUARY 2, 2025

Main image from The Economic Development of Europes Regions: A Quantitative History Since 1900, edited by Joan Ramn Ross and Nikolaus Wolf, is available here. Strange Maps #1265 Got a strange map? Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com. Follow Strange Maps on X and Facebook.

Economics 91

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

History class, students learned about the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and had to determine if Jackson was a highly successful president or a corrupt leader. Students in Mr. Tusa’s history class investigated the history of Europe through painting (1500-1800). History teacher Ms. Image credit: [link] In Ms. Levy’s U.S.

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Becoming a History Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

He therefore thought the students should be considering how to categorise causes as social, economic, political and intellectual, as well as grappling with notions of short- and long-term causation. History and Literacy in Year 7, History in Practice. Retrieved from Practical Histories: [link] Haydn, T., & Stephen, A.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, the scale of ochre extraction and the evident skill involved at Lion Cavern marks this site as a unique focal point in the history of human creativity and ritual. Evidence shows that different hunter-gatherer communities shared knowledge on pigment extraction, indicating a level of cooperation and interaction.

Humanities 98

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2019

“I had been taught, in school, through cultural osmosis, that the flag wasn’t really ours, that our history as a people began with enslavement and that we had contributed little to this great nation.”. Legislators, history activists and those who want to project a positive view of the U.S. Learning the sordid details of U.S.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

These animals—kangaroos and wallabies—hold deep spiritual and economic significance. Birth of the Rainbow Serpent in Arnhem Land Rock Art and Oral History. The recurrence of macropods in LNF paintings isn’t simply aesthetic. In Aboriginal cosmologies, animals are kin, law-givers, and totems. link] Taçon, P.

Archaeology 83

Archaeology Oral History Anthropology Archiving 83

Anthropology.net

JANUARY 30, 2025

Sheep and the Rise of Human Societies For over 11,000 years, sheep have been central to human survival, providing food, milk, wool, and economic stability to societies from the Near East to the edges of Europe and beyond. But how did this partnership begin? Sheep in arid landscape, southeastern Morocco. Photo by J.

Archaeology 65

Archaeology Economics Humanities History 65

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Ward is unusual, too, because she had made the leap from college admissions to private school to public school, and she is trying to bring the individualized approach of private college counseling to large, economically diverse public schools where she can make a bigger difference. They know that I’m there for them.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2025

For most of history, survival depended on relationships on families, communities and shared responsibility. We continue to treat relationships as secondary a soft issue compared to academic rigor or economic productivity. Yet in our relentless pursuit of data and efficiency, we have systematically devalued them.

Humanities 79

Humanities Economics Professional Development High School 79

Anthropology.net

APRIL 15, 2025

In the long arc of human history, what makes a settlement persist? Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , the study draws on data from over 47,000 houses spanning nearly 3,000 archaeological sites and 10,000 years of human history. Assessing grand narratives of economic inequality across time.

Humanities 52

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

It is deeply rooted in our cultures, histories, geographies, and values. Using Music to Teach History Music acts as a historical artifact. Explore Songs that Shaped History : From spirituals to jazz to patriotic songs that rallied our nation, students can examine how music has spread ideas and influenced major events.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Teaching Primary Sources Heritage 52

Moler's Musing

MARCH 10, 2025

A history class sketching the Industrial Revolution might also examine how innovations in machinery affected economic systems and scientific advancements. For instance, sketch how the spoils system benefited Jacksons supporters but also led to corruption. Across disciplines : Connect ideas across subjects.

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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. In 1916, Charles H.

History 52

History Social Studies History Education Economics 52

Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

One of the biggest challenges in history education is engaging students in meaningful analysis while encouraging collaboration and critical thinking. Big Idea: What lasting impact did this have on history? Timeline Construction History is all about connections. Big Idea: How does this event connect to larger themes in history?

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Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Economic Shifts The decade saw a shift towards corporate growth and the growing gap between the rich and the poor. Studying subcultures allows students to understand how marginalized groups used music, fashion, and activism to challenge mainstream cultural expectations. This decade laid the groundwork for social change that continues today.

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Cultures Social Studies Economics Tradition 130

Strange Maps

AUGUST 13, 2024

Brexit’s promise was that the UK, once unfettered by the restrictive rules and regulations imposed by the EU, would regain not just its full sovereignty but also its geopolitical standing and economic agility — as if it were an Asian tiger moored off the European continent. It didn’t quite turn out that way.

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