The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

history, education leaders have started to reckon with how to comprehensively teach history with an antiracism lens. Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

To survive in systems like Chicago, or anywhere really, educators eventually realize they need to control what we can, which is what happens inside our classrooms. We have debates about current events, we do amazing experiments and solve formulas. Right now the educators may be in one of the greatest exoduses in history.

Advocacy 121

Advocacy Teaching Public School History Education 121

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, organizers will host more than 140 events on Saturday, June 8 and beyond. The goal is to raise awareness about how anti-history education laws and book bans — and their chilling effect — threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy.

Teaching 59

Teaching Social Justice History History Education 59

NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

But I believe that by allowing students to follow their own curiosity about our local history–whether this means something good or something less flattering–I am allowing them a stake in the future development of our community. In a sense, our audience was not a traditional audience but also community partners themselves.

Oral History 100

Oral History Public History History Museum 100

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

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.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics | Map of Sites Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events Join us to defend the freedom to learn. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. Learn how at HEAL Together classes.)

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

pic.twitter.com/0ADtH573Jf — Don Dumas (@don_dumas) December 5, 2022 I received Matthew Delmont’s book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad , from the Zinn Education Project. I really enjoyed the book and wanted to share it with my students. Excerpt below and the full class here.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2022

By limiting every historical event to the margins of a page, we were more likely to annotate individual lines than grasp the significance of past events. For visual learners, films can be the best way to retain information on a certain topic; they are especially valuable if they include footage from real events.

History 98

History History Education Cultures Public School 98

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, educators will host more than 170 grassroots events on Saturday, June 8 and throughout the month. Here are highlights from the remarks. I was teaching for critical thinking. T hey accused me of indoctrinating students.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

In this election year, that is why educators are hosting more than 170 events to challenge the media silence and encourage everyone to defend the freedom to learn. The anti-history laws and book bans make a bad situation worse, as Bill Bigelow describes in, The Attack on Anti-Racist Teaching Attacks Environmental Justice Teaching.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Human Rights History 52

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

History I strive to make sure my students understand that so many of the events in “history” were not that long ago, and so much of what has happened in our nation continues to shape what happens today. As a culminating event, I use the Black Panther mixer lesson from the Zinn Education Project.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

This is particularly true for learning our history. To understand America today requires examining the major events in our past that define our national character (for good or for ill). Is American history education the problem? Related: Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies? citizenship exam.

American History 100

American History History Teaching Civics 100

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Our wide reach is thanks to word of mouth, individual donors, and countless teachers dedication to bringing peoples history to their students. Through our lessons, young people are learning toread the news with a critical eye, to assess current events with a historical lens, and to recognize red-baiting and fear-mongering tactics.

History 98

History Library Leadership History Education 98

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. Includes Q&A sections with extensive resources on “How do I answer students’ questions about current events in Israel and Gaza?”; ”; and more.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Redrafting of the history standards started in 2021 under the administration of Ralph Northam, the former Democratic governor. But in August 2022, the new proposed standards, which included recommendations from the state’s African American History Education Commission, were put on hold to allow Youngkin appointees a chance to review them.

History 98

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Or, as journalist Stephen Sawchuk has written , “A history education rooted in facts, evidence, and well-argued positions might be a beginning step toward healthier, more productive, and more engaged citizenry. event — they’ve been taught this hatred. But it is hardly an inoculation. I pray to God we don’t miss it,” she said.

Teaching 138

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 138

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. Liberals value civic knowledge, too, but tend to spend more time connecting history to current events. This story also appeared in NBC News.

Social Studies 116

Social Studies Civics History American History 116