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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. See a sample itinerary here. Have more questions? Click here.

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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

Implicit in these sessions is an unstated assumption: we need to revisit events and issues because we have learned new things about them, because historical knowledge is continually refreshed, reframed, and rethought.

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. See a sample itinerary here. Have more questions? Click here.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. Event hosts also reference the Teach Truth Media Guide. Sign up here.

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Simulation Games for Your Ancient Civilizations Class

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

We have also found that some simulations try to bring certain events to life that could be harmful to certain students, especially in the case of difficult historical events. These events or rounds include trumpeters and heralds, long jump, discus, footrace, javelin, wrestling, chariot race, and pankration.

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

In a social studies context, this might involve students working in groups to research and present a report on a particular historical event or issue. If you don't have any nearby historical sites to visit, many have incredibly websites that your students can use online.

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Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash’s Boyhood Home

ACRE

Videos & informational panels guide students through 1920s-30s Arkansas and how natural events like floods & droughts impacted the state during a time of financial turmoil for the country. Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites?

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