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Teaching Irish American History

Studies Weekly

Most of these immigrants traveled from Ulster a province in northern Ireland to escape religious persecution and economic hardship. Primary Source Analysis Tools Engage students with firsthand accounts of the past with easy-to-use worksheets that help students analyze various types of sources and bring their stories to life.

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OPINION: Access issues for students go beyond online content, extending to housing and food

The Hechinger Report

Economic disparities across education systems mean some students have access to laptops, to regular internet access, to printers. Students without home internet access will likely need to go to public spaces, such as libraries and restaurants, to keep up with their coursework. Access to content. Housing and food insecurity.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. My class would be in YouTube heaven. Let’s take maps, for example.

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Classroom Based Assessments – Where to start

Doing Social Studies

Nathan has also been named a Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , Master Teacher Fellow, Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes , Fellow, and a George Washington Library , Lifeguard Teacher Fellow. First up, the LOC (aka Library of Congress): The Library of Congress has an amazing treasure trove of primary source materials.

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Constitution Day Resources

ACRE

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

Angela Jenks guided medical anthropology students through an analysis of direct-to-consumer artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) medical apps like Symptomate and DermAssist, teaching them to analyze this emerging technology while situating these apps in their historical, social, and economic contexts.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

We talked about the economic impact of slavery to go from being money to trying to catch up with everyone else, who was given that opportunity of reaching this ‘American dream,’ and having 300-400 years of being someone else’s money.” “I don’t know how you really cherry-pick what you’d like to cover in an AP class.

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