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The Lasting Frontier of Learning: A Conversation with NCHE’s Dalton Savage

NCHE

Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. This quote, etched in stone outside the library at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, perfectly embodies Dalton’s philosophy and is evident in his approach to education. I imagine the airport staff know him well by now. He taught U.S.

Geography 279
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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now

Teaching American History

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Then we went to the Reagan Library and learned more about the era. Participants in the TAH seminar on the Cold War standing in front of the Reagan Presidential Library.

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Four Theater Games that Make Learning a Blast

Cult of Pedagogy

Example: 4th Grade Geography Watch this video: 4th grade NY State Geography Using masking tape, map the outline of New York on the floor. You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading.

Geography 278
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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. And so on… .

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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

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OPINION: Everything I learned about how to teach reading turned out to be wrong

The Hechinger Report

I determined their independent reading levels and organized my classroom library according to reading difficulty. There is evidence that teaching such skills has some benefit, but what students really need in order to read with understanding is knowledge about history, geography, science, music, the arts and the world more broadly.

Teaching 145
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Discarded

Living Geography

New in my library is a book exploring the legacy we will leave behind for future occupants of the planet to find. It's called 'Discarded' and connects directly with a unit we do on consumption and the geography of stuff. which is looking increasingly likely at the moment.