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How four universities graduate their low-income students at much higher rates than average

The Hechinger Report

Other such practices include first-year seminars, writing-intensive courses, service learning, internships and study abroad. Darielly Suriel, a senior majoring in history, was representing the Dominican Student Organization (“Dominican centered, not Dominican exclusive”), which she and other students founded last year. “I

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Cuts at the NEH

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.” 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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Carrying on ASHP’s Legacy

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In 1977, historians Herb Guttman and Steve Brier organized a series of seminars about “Working Men and Women in American History” for labor leaders and trade unionists. textbook, for example, recent projects focused on incarcerated workers, and LGBTQ+ histories, and many additional initiatives.

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Professional Development or Summer Camp for Teachers? MAHG is both!

Teaching American History

Fans of game-based learning or historical simulations will have two options during the first week of on-campus classes, as Progressive Era and Indian Assimilation, Resistance, and Removal are both using a Reacting to the Past game alongside our more standard method of seminar discussions. Instructors: Eric C. Instructor: David F.

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5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

Leah Cleary

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. What is a Socratic Seminar? Socratic Seminars bring history to life.

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5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

Leah Cleary

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. What is a Socratic Seminar? Socratic Seminars bring history to life.

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Teaching American History’s Narrative Histories

Teaching American History

Teaching American History emphasizes the use of primary documents. Why, then, is Teaching American History publishing a series of narrative histories? In case you didn’t know about the narrative histories, let me describe them, before I explain them.

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