Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

Students can help move books from their teacher’s desk to the class library and stacking on the shelves during clean-up time Being the door helper and holding open the door for their class to go through is a favorite for sure because it makes them feel so special!

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most Americans agree that education is a national priority. public education system falls in the middle of international quality rankings. But let’s be clear: the problem with education in America is not lack of excellence. Education researchers and neuroscientists are learning more about how people learn.

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ASHP CML

MARCH 18, 2025

The CUNY Digital History Archive, co-administered by ASHP/CML and the MinaRees Library at the CUNY Graduate Center, is seeking proposals for curatedcollections to feature on its website. This is a great opportunity for educators across the CUNY system todevelop collections as a class project.

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NCHE

MAY 1, 2023

Funded by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant, our 3-day long programming has guided hundreds of teachers in exploring how technology has shaped history while simultaneously developing teachers’ ability to design, implement, evaluate, and share primary source based historical inquiry.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2022

In 2021, six educators representing community-based organizations, libraries, public schools, and the Digital Promise Maker Learning team embarked on a journey to increase opportunities for virtual and remote maker learning. The insights from this experience are valuable to all who wish to engage in powerful maker learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

They play out in education systems with deeply embedded patterns of inequality, determined by where students live, by family income, by race and by ethnicity, among other factors. These emergency policies need to be developed in direct relationship to the enduring problem in education: inequality. Access to content. Unequal risks.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. We’d also check out the historical photos of Texas, Mexico, and Teddy Roosevelt from Southern Methodist University and the World War II advertisements and posters from the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. First up, the LOC (aka Library of Congress): The Library of Congress has an amazing treasure trove of primary source materials. So, you need to design a CBA?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2020

For decades, fights over racist historical monuments and markers have swirled in and around America’s public education system. About 140 public school buildings are still named after Confederate leaders, according to a 2018 analysis by Education Week. The focal point was the city’s Board of Education building. But it really was.”

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. It’s designed for students new to the University of Virginia—but not entirely new to higher education. Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Stanford’s myth busters, led by education professor Sam Wineburg and doctoral student Sarah Cotcamp McGrew, have field-tested 15 news-literacy tasks of varying difficulty, with about 50 more in the works. Sam Wineburg, Stanford University education professor. Janis Schachter, Northport (N.Y.) High School social studies teacher.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 4, 2023

Kennedy, most Presidents have had an official photographer, resulting in a wealth of primary source material. Ford Presidential Library and Museum for this online teacher workshop and discover resources for teaching with presidential photographs. This workshop is suitable for middle and high school educators.

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Civics for All of US

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Addressing Racial Discrimination in Voting During the Kennedy Administration Katie Munn Mon, 09/11/2023 - 12:38 Body Investigate primary source material from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting.

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

They’ve seen the man behind the curtain and the illusion of education as a magical path to success has lost its power. For the next few weeks, my posts will be part of a series called Reclaiming Education–What to Lose and What to Keep After the Pandemic. You can get access to the Library by signing up for my email list.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

So when they’re not centered in that narrative, or their ideas are not centered, then they tend to say this is not of educational value.” In Philadelphia and Norfolk, it has strengthened educators’ resolve to teach comprehensively about the subject and added to their sense of urgency. course targeted by Gov.

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Classroom Layout and Furniture Flexible Seating Incorporate a variety of seating options, like traditional desks for seat work time, bean bags for the class library, other types of seating for listening, art, and science centers, and floor cushions to accommodate different learning styles and other center activities.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mamie Till-Mobley, Library of Congress Mamie Till-Mobley In 1955, Mamie Till-Mobleys son, Emmett, was tortured and killed because of his race. Eulalia Guzman, Wiki Commons Eulalia Guzmn Archaeologist and educator Eulalia Guzmn fought for womens rights during and after the Mexican Revolution. In 1931, she co-won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2017

If we don’t give them the skills and education to make something,” he continued, “then we leave them with the two options we see on the news every night.”. Students need safeguards, and a quality education is a proven buffer. Education takes away the oxygen that allows the fire of violence to burn.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont , the Zinn Education Project sent 14,000 copies of Delmont’s book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Some blame their teachers, some blame the textbooks, some blame the state for not prioritizing public education funding. The teachers learned about the Tougaloo Nine , a group of students from historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, who staged read-ins at the white-only Jackson Municipal Library in 1961.

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Civics for All of US

JANUARY 11, 2023

Executive Orders and Civil Rights Katie Munn Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:47 Body During this online workshop with the Truman Presidential Library and Eisenhower Presidential Library, teachers will examine primary sources to discover how and why presidents have issued executive orders to advance civil rights.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

27) Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. He studied briefly at Wilberforce University and in 1937 moved to New York City, where he furthered his education at City College of New York. Washington D.C: Recently I was planning to go from Louisville to Nashville by bus. In 1941 he accepted A.

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ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Research and Editorial Board The editorial team reviews new collections and assists with research and writing, identifies relevant archival materials and works with collection curators to contextualize primary sources. It will meet twice a semester or as needed, depending on the volume of submissions.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

As part of our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle series , historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. One of the most striking things, if you’re an educator, is just to simply show the level of prosecutorial discretion afforded during the Trump administration. Hagopian: Incredible research you did on that.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

On January 8, 2024, historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. Another powerful lesson for me was the connection between Black education and Black criminality, as if there is causation. Thank you for all you do to bring the truth to educators. This was so enlightening. Thanks, T. Hagopian: No doubt.

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