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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

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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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. appeared first on Teaching American History. Click here.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The West in History and Memory at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. appeared first on Teaching American History. Have more questions?

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Free professional development. What more could you ask for?

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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. These laws and restrictions have been imposed in at least 18 states. In Florida, Gov.

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

For US History, that can be reading (or even listening to) this short article on the stock market crash of 1929 and then organizing the important parts of the article into their interactive notebook: This allows students to be hands on with their learning and easily combine a digital resource with a paper/pencil activity.

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Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash’s Boyhood Home

ACRE

The history of Dyess Colony, along with the Cash family, hold many stories and learning opportunities. 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.

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