Zinn Education Project

APRIL 6, 2025

Make visible the history that we are defending the right to teach with mini-lessons. Mini-lessons also serve as an affirmation that we defy censorship by teaching this “banned history” in a public space. The events in the visual display are drawn from a more detailed timeline at the Civil Rights Teaching website.

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History Critical Thinking Tradition Teaching 52

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When teaching US History, there is a strong focus on heroic individuals. So, this lesson plan provides teachers with the necessary tools to educate students about the intricacies of the Civil Rights Era. Specifically, students will learn about the main events of this period. However, they did their work differently.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. Ironically, funding for education plummeted. There was a well-intended effort by policy makers to use the recession to invest in Americans’ education. Related: Federal data shows 3.9 This strikes me as a sad outcome.

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History Education High School Government 135

TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

Of course, this underscores the importance of integrating critical thinking development and measurement into educational frameworks to foster higher-level cognitive abilities impact real-world problem-solving and decision-making. Which critical thinking skills are the most important?

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Critical Thinking K-12 History Research 351

NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Dalton Savage, an Education Coordinator at NCHE, spoke with me about his experiences in the classroom and his current role at NCHE. history, Oklahoma History, U.S./Virginia Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. We sat down on a Monday morning to briefly catch up.

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Geography History Library Humanities 279

NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. This writing tends to be engaging, brief, and pointed, relating history to current concerns, and spanning political perspectives.

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K-12 Primary Sources American History Archiving 312

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

So, I started to consider how I could bring meme-making into my classroom in a meaningful, educational way. The video made me laugh and think about how much the teacher of those students must have inspired a love of history! So, the history meme project was born in my classroom. What are my rules for making history memes?

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History Primary Sources Social Studies Library 130

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 13, 2011

Last year we launched a blog where the students in Europe chronicled and reflected on essential questions, focusing on a dark time in human history. We also encourage our history teachers to Skype with the study tour if the times can be worked out. It is an exciting time to be in education.

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Global Connections High School History Educational Technology 273

Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. Understanding the Reality of Public Education During her more than twenty years teaching government at the general and AP levels, Messick has certainly seen changes.

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Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

C3 Teachers

MAY 5, 2025

Were my students truly doing history? Fast forward to 2024: I now support educators across more than twenty districts through Genesee Valley BOCES. In a grading calibration session, I shared that we were launching a regional Holocaust Educator Network (HEN), funded by a local synagogue that had recently closed. Why should we?

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Teaching Museum Primary Sources Professional Development 73

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Coincidentally they are all coming out of my History Department. Here is a quick rundown: On Thursday, October 21, I observed Nicolette Perna’s American History 1 class where the lesson focused on the major patriots during the Revolutionary War. educational technology Innovation mobile learning devices TSETC'

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American History Educational Technology World History History 229

Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Donate Today Right wing politicians and media outlets are attacking the very heart of the Zinn Education Project — teaching people’s history in classrooms across the country. Officials in at least 44 states have sought — and in many cases succeeded — to enact restrictions on what teachers can say about history and current events.

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History Teaching Civics Middle School 98

Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

Board of Education , finding segregated schools inherently unequal. Ellen Tucker, long time blog contributor for Teaching American History [1] But not as proactive as some. 2] Before becoming an educator, Charles Reid had to earn his own education. 7 and 8, JulyAugust 1956], p.

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Education American History Junior High History 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Related: Interested in innovations in the field of higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly Higher Education newsletter. Representatives of Austin Community College speak with community members to help them learn about the institution at an event in early October in Lockhart, Texas.

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Economics High School Public School Education 118

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

If you’re a history buff, you may already know that Cleopatra had a substantial amount of rizz. History teacher Lauren Cella's "Gen Z Teaches History" series has earned about 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok combined. And I always say, ‘History is interesting.’ I think other people make it boring.

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History Teaching Primary Sources Heritage 27

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

A Social Studies Teacher’s Thoughts Critical Literacy by Colleen Tambuscio Learning about history offers meaningful and authentic opportunities for students to express their knowledge of the subject matter through writing and discourse. Common Core Standards Addressed: WHST.9-10.6; Common Core Standards Addressed: RH.9-10.3;

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Museum Archiving Social Studies History 320

Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of “anti-CRT” bills. The Zinn Education Project continues to offer free lessons on labor history and to campaign for teachers’ right to teach. Article and Lesson This Day in People’s History Below are a few key events in labor history.

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History Social Justice K-12 Teaching 98

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

My colleagues feverishly jotted down notes as one of my students, Ethan, moved through his presentation on how educators can more intentionally use AI in their classes. The population of students I serve as a teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning are interested in pursuing a career in education.

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High School Museum Education History 140

Moler's Musing

MARCH 1, 2025

The combination of these strategies helped students interact with history in meaningful ways while reinforcing critical thinking and writingexactly the kind of skills they need as we approach testing season. What does this headline tell us about how history is remembered? Who was upset by this, and why?

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History Critical Thinking Government Research 122

HistoryRewriter

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

These frameworks help students classify and organize components of a historical event into mental models for higher levels of understanding. Almost every historical event or unit can be filtered through these lenses. There is a rich body of literature that examines the use and efficacy of mental models in education.

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Pedagogy Social Studies History Research 234

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 12, 2011

The state of NJ mandates that the Holocaust be covered at some point in the history curriculum. In addition to this content being assimilated into various history courses, NMHS also offers an elective course on the topic. Here is a little history. For media coverage on the event click HERE. This was a tricky question.

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Museum History Education 219

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2025

Arts graduates, both undergraduate and postgraduate, are highly educated yet often unprepared for careers beyond academia. Traditional arts education frequently leaves them struggling to enter commercial sectors like galleries, auction houses and publishing. The arts are rooted in innovation and adaptation education must reflect this.

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Tradition Global Perspectives Education History 56

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

For more information on this event check out the summary provided by ISTE. The experience was truly a culmination of history: taking an Amtrak Train from Metropark to Washington DC, navigating the Metro subways of DC and lastly, filing through security and joining the ranks of US Senators and Senate Staffers for the day.

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Social Studies Professional Development Educational Technology History 208

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Officials from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation say these results point to longstanding problems with the way American history is taught in schools.

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American History History Education History Education 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low achievement levels of 2022, which many educators had hoped would be a nadir. The test, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), is often called the nations report card. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms.

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Government Economics Elementary School Research 145

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2014

Students created a timeline of the key events that helped shape space exploration, answered questions using the Padlet website, and created travel brochures of a planet of their choosing within our solar system - using the NASA website and additional resources to obtain information from.

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Educational Technology High School History Research 253

TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

Relevant: Your objectives should match your overall educational or employment goals. 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. Time-bound: Set a deadline.

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History Economics Humanities Cultures 234

Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

What He Wrote and Why it Matters Jons first book, Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995), came out of a simple but transformative observation: the science of human difference had changed dramatically over the twentieth century, and most people, including many scientists, hadnt caught up. Jon wasnt rejecting science.

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Anthropology Humanities Cultures History 98

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2017

The worst rain event in United States history is currently impacting Southeast Texas and now other parts of the state as well as Louisiana. Friends, family, colleagues, and connected educators used the medium to reach out. Reaching out to educators and schools to see what help they need or offering kind words is another option.

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Humanities Leadership History Education 229

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The morning after the news broke, however, Asian American educators across the country largely had to show up for work as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Meanwhile, in a department meeting in a Boston-area high school, three Asian American educators “chose to be vulnerable because we needed to share.

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K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 143

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

When longtime educator Zachary Cote first read about the release of ChatGPT about 15 months ago, he says his first instinct was to be “concerned” about its impact in the classroom, worried that students might simply ask the AI tool to do work for them. Cote is not alone in pinning hopes on AI to help the teaching of civics. “We

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Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 134

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. Comparing their topic to a related historical event or figure. Depth & Complexity: Ethics: Was the event just or unjust? Compare two different events and their outcomes.

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Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.”

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Oral History Public History History Museum 100

HistoryRewriter

JANUARY 17, 2024

We are excited to work with our EduProtocols Plus members to better understand the role of Archetypes in understanding historical events. The Archetype Foursquare EduProtocol (Chapter 13) helps students at all levels demonstrate that they can transfer their learning from one subject (English) to another (History). Was it George P.

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Social Studies Elementary School History Research 208

Moler's Musing

MARCH 10, 2025

This past weekend, I presented at the Gifted Fair conference at the Hamilton County Educational Service Center and had the chance to attend a session on depth and complexity. Too often, when we talk about rigor in education, we focus only on making questions harder. It really got me thinking. Over time : Analyze historical progression.

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Critical Thinking History Economics Education 75

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 24, 2025

This week in 8th-grade social studies, we brought history to life with engaging EduProtocols that helped students dive deep into the Early Republic and key moments like the Whiskey Rebellion. The establishment of key government structures. The significance of neutrality and Jays Treaty. hero, mentor, trickster).

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Government Social Studies Leadership History 131

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.

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