TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Put more emphasis on writing, argumentation, problem analysis, and making connections between core content and current events. Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 million to $23 million as grants available to states.

Civics 98

Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

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

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

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 121

Social Studies Civics History American History 121