The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

In his freshman world geography class, he said, students sometimes felt overwhelmed by the climate catastrophe, leaving them depressed and despairing. “It Learning about the warming planet left her feeling like she “was being suffocated,” she said. He said he wants educators to emphasize solutions, too.

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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?” I recently reflected after a tough week. I got tired of droning, “Hey guys…it’s time to start class…you need to take out…” You get the picture.

World History 52

World History Geography Middle School History 52

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He did, and Livingston soon found herself sitting in an introductory college course in US history. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major. When a position teaching geography to ninth graders at a private high school opened, she took it. The professor’s lecture fascinated her.

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Teaching Geography Ancestry Primary Sources 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. Peters agreed. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote.

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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.

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The following standard is for world history in the Georgia Standards of Excellence : SSWH16 Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism. Assess imperialism in Africa and Asia, include: the influence of geography and natural resources.

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Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Why would we teach learners about the external world – history, geography, chemistry, and so forth – but never teach them about what is happening in their own minds, or those of others? (Many thanks to my co-presenters Courtney Stewart of Larbert High and Katy Dunbar of Bishopbriggs Academy for their feedback on these points!)

Psychology 52

Psychology Geography Social Science Research Skills 52

World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Their software includes story maps for over a dozen titles in World History, including the Age of Exploration, the First Crusade, Ancient Greece, and its geography, the Black Death, the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Egyptian Funerary Practices, and many more. In addition to the Black Death, I looked at ancient Greece.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

14 not only boosted her immunity for the virus, it lifted our collective hopes that this tragic period in world history would soon pass. State educational systems are highly organized around to geography and socioeconomic status. To date, the coronavirus has killed approximately 1.7

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