World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Here is a terrific site that features biographical stories of specific slaves, slave owners, and traders. It comes from the same people who created the "Slave Biographies: The Atlantic Database Network." You can read dozens of short sketches about specific slaves like Felisberta who was born in 1820 in Central West Africa. She was a household slave and wet nurse who served a wealthy family in Southeastern Brazil.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This school year, districts across the country will engage in collaborative learning around student voice and engagement, high school redesign, and digital equity.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Decades ago, anthropologists dispelled the myth of biological race. Lagging behind in scientific understandings of human diversity, the medical profession is failing its oath to “do no harm.” ✽ Doctors lie daily. The moment a patient enters our care, a simple checkbox starts the deceit. By checking “Patient’s Race,” we health care providers pretend to know something that we cannot possibly know: the patient’s ancestry and associated medical risk.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I began my teaching career as a Teach For America (TFA) Corps member in Jacksonville, Florida. I was part of a cohort of about 100 first-year educators, all united by a common mission: to serve under-resourced and underserved schools. Entering the classroom for the first time, I was filled with hope and passion, believing I could make a positive difference.

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Institute for Citizens & Scholars

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The second blog in this series examines how we can redefine citizenship in a modern context through interviews with civic field leaders.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our tech-driven world, the value of human connection can’t be overstated. While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom. But as pressures to deliver future-focused curricula grow, how can educators ensure that students build these important life skills alongside their technical expertise?

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A Remarkable Discovery In the late Middle Pleistocene, approximately 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, early hominins in the Kashmir Valley encountered the massive Palaeoloxodon , an extinct genus of elephants. A groundbreaking study reveals how these hominins utilized tools to extract marrow from the remains of these prehistoric giants, marking the earliest evidence of butchery in India.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Redefining Human Energy Humans are remarkably different from other mammals, including our closest relatives like chimpanzees, when it comes to energy use. A groundbreaking study by Harvard researchers, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , finds that humans exhibit exceptionally high metabolic rates—both at rest and during physical activity.

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Learn for Living

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This is an oldie, but goodie from last year! PEPPERMINT IN YOUR POCKET. Looking for a quick inspirational way to help your staff connect? Consider a seasonal all-staff competition. You can learn all the fun details on the inspiration by checking out the Pumpkin in your Pocket activity HERE. Our favorite add recently: Challenge your staff to ask a specific questions before they can steal, such as: What one gift do you hope to get this year?

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Zinn Education Project

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Right wing attempts to criminalize and ban the teaching of people’s history make the Zinn Education Project’s work essential. With a small staff, the Zinn Education Project helps teachers teach the truth about civil rights, Reconstruction, and other struggles that students need to know about. Your contribution (small or large) will help ZEP continue its work in response to the right wing’s well-funded censorship campaign.

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Learn for Living

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Looking for a way to spread WORDS of encouragement across your campus? On a recent PEOPLE FIRST Administrator Cohort call, one of our PEOPLE FIRST Teams (Golden Valley HS… Mike Richter, Principal, Matt Bogard, Assistant Principal, and Laura Fragulia, Activities Director) shared out how they are spreading gratitude with their team this fall. Below is a look at what they shared with an easy template you might consider using.

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Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Sentinel-News: Local author explores Kentucky’s surroundings in new book While countless books have been written about the historic Fort Knox, Shelbyville native Ronald R. Van Stockum Jr. chose to focus his narrative on the surrounding areas. His new book, “Surrounding Fort Knox, Including Southern Indiana,” showcases Van Stockum’s journey through the counties around Southern Indiana and Fort Knox and details the area’s rich natural and cultural history.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Thanks to Sylvia Knight , Head of Education at the Royal Meteorological Society, via LinkedIn for telling me about some work being shared by the awarding body AQA. This week, the AQA exam board has published booklets for teachers of their Science, Geography, Maths, Religious Studies, Citizenship. Design and Technology and Psychology GCSE specifications, showing how the current specifications can be used to deliver the climate education that students are asking for and need to equip them with the

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APSA Educate

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Complete the test below, or [ click here] to go to the next module. Fill out my online form. … The post Knowledge Check: Regression Analysis appeared first on APSA.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This story was produced by Chalkbeat and reprinted with permission. Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, an agency Trump has pledged to dismantle. McMahon would come to the post with sparse education experience. She led the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first administration and also led a pro-Trump spending group and think tank before serving as transition team co-chair.

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