Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

It takes a natural disaster or some other horrible event for us to realize we’re not that different from each other, and that its really important for us to work together to get positive things done. This prompted Lohrding to tell his colleagues, I’m the youngest person here.

Junior High 52

Junior High Library K-12 Social Studies 52

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

During the interview for her learner profile, she reported that her family emigrated from a refugee camp after fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo, and that her formal education in her home country was interrupted by events beyond her control. What mattered most to Esther was that she felt understood.

Geography 128

Geography World History Teaching Social Studies 128

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. In his freshman world geography class, he said, students sometimes felt overwhelmed by the climate catastrophe, leaving them depressed and despairing. “It

Advocacy 88

Advocacy K-12 Geography High School 88

Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History. Each one features an introductory reading, standards-based Essential Questions to guide the unit, and then 9 pages dedicated to vocabulary, geography, people, timelines, key concepts, and image analysis.

Civics 52

Civics History Primary Sources Geography 52

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” Many middle school teachers are aware of the strength of this “straight down the middle” current events news source, and show it religiously. I recently reflected after a tough week.

World History 52

World History Geography Middle School History 52

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

I also love my 3D relief United States map , which is really helpful in explaining events and helping my students study for their semester-long US geography test series. Here’s one of a world map and one of the United States. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics History Sociology 52