Anthropology.net

MAY 24, 2024

The Global Context: Collaborative Efforts in Archaeology The recent resurgence of archaeological activities in regions like Iraq's Maysan Province, facilitated by initiatives such as the Russian-Iraqi Joint Expedition Programme, highlights a growing international collaboration in the pursuit of uncovering humanity's shared heritage.

Archaeology 97

Archaeology Heritage Artifacts Humanities 97

Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

São Tomé’s role in this devastating and transformational history is largely unknown—some people have never heard of the tiny nation. Our team aims to illuminate the island’s central and brutal place in world history. Reconstructing their experiences and Praia Melão’s place in history will take more research.

Archaeology 78

Archaeology Heritage History Government 78

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Schools have a long history of policing Native students’ graduation attire, often citing longstanding policies that all students must look alike and that deviations from the standard cap and gown are distracting. Related: As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools.

Tradition 145

Tradition Heritage Cultures High School 145

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. The Settler Identity There are many teachers of color that can trace their arrivals - whether voluntarily or forced - back to lands occupied by the United States government.

Ancestry 134

Ancestry Heritage History Cultures 134

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Southeast Asia’s Ancient Cultural Heritage Beyond East Timor and Sulawesi, Australia holds some of the oldest continuous cultural heritage sites globally, reflecting its Indigenous populations' long history. These carvings depict animals like the now-extinct nail-tailed wallabies and thylacines (Tasmanian tigers).

Humanities 79

Humanities Heritage Archaeology Artifacts 79

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Treasure hunting often defaces or even destroys archaeological and environmental heritage. This potential harm to tangible heritage raises the ire of conservationists across government agencies, museums, universities, and other non-profit organizations.

Artifacts 95

Artifacts Heritage Archaeology Cultures 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Students study for classes at a government school on the edge of the Thar Desert. Jaisalmer, India — Once a year, history lecturer Vijay Kumar Ballani and his colleagues go door-to-door in this rural village, imploring parents to send their children to a cinderblock complex that lacks classroom space, bathrooms and desks.

Heritage 71

Heritage Government Economics Library 71

TCI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

TCI’s free social studies activities will keep students engaged throughout the year as they explore the history behind Labor Day and biographies for Black History Month. Discover the history of Labor Day and get biographies of notable labor organizers and their work. Get the lessons. Get the lessons. Get the lessons. presidents.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Heritage K-12 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Studies suggest affordability is one of the leading causes of attrition.

Government 84

Government History Cultures Heritage 84

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

Education is a provincial responsibility in Canada and is highly centralized by the Alberta government. The curriculum is developed and coordinated by government officials and staff, but the writing is done largely by committees of practicing teachers according to agreed-upon directives (a broad curriculum revision is currently underway now).

Heritage 59

Heritage Political Science Government Psychology 59

Strange Maps

JUNE 26, 2023

Credit : Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) This is by design. On one of those hunting trips, The Secret History of the Mongols tells the story of Genghis Khan resting under a tree, exclaiming: “What a beautiful view. The mountain was of great spiritual importance in his formative years, and thereafter.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Heritage History Tradition 52

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

He implemented the American Indian Telecommunications Satellite Demonstration Project, linking the All-Indian Pueblo Council and the Crow Indian Reservation with the federal government at Washington, D.C. Elliott-High Eagle, Oral History, interviewed by David Zierler Oct. Lori Arviso Alvord,” retrieved Nov. 2, 2020, for AIP.org.

Oral History 52

Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Over the years Plessy’s namesake school has managed to achieve more diversity than most in New Orleans, but is now struggling to retain upper middle class, white families, according to Ben McLeish, the president of Plessy’s governing board. If I go to a school that I see and it isn’t diverse, then it’s not the school for us.”.

Economics 64

Economics Charter School Public School Heritage 64

TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In Our Time This podcast teaches you a bit more about the history of scientific thought, as well as history, religion, and culture. AMNH Podcast The American Museum of Natural History hosts a monthly podcast series. AMNH Podcast The American Museum of Natural History hosts a monthly podcast series.

Heritage 150

Heritage Psychology Museum History 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The three countries share more than a common language: For several decades, their governments forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and relocated them to distant boarding schools. This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues.

Teaching 144

Teaching K-12 Heritage Government 144

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A Google search led him to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a state flagship school with prize-winning economists and a history of indigenous activism. Asking native students to enter into loan agreements with the federal government can be fraught given the U.S.

Cultures 145

Cultures Heritage History Economics 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The history of the Amigos School, a dual-language program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shows that even seemingly minor changes to admissions processes can significantly shape how a school is perceived — and who applies — tilting preference toward privilege.

Heritage 128

Heritage K-12 Human Rights High School 128

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Some of the opportunities are government supported, such as the Fulbright Scholarship, run by the U.S. Department of State, and the Marshall Scholarship, established by a gift from the British government in 1953. And Senator Mitchell had just had this massive achievement with the Good Friday agreement. This is a good idea.

Heritage 87

Heritage Government History Education 87

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2021

Capitol, my former students helped their own classes process how white supremacists desecrated the seat of our government, waving the Confederate flag and demanding that millions of Black votes be tossed out. In January, when the country watched a violent mob of white supremacists sack the U.S.

Civics 95

Civics Heritage Lesson Plan High School 95

Sapiens

JUNE 25, 2024

For knowledge of the area’s history, O utsider researchers naturally draw on ethnographic, historic, and archaeological data—but their knowledge of the details is patchy. 3 in 1874 with the Canadian government. Riders on the Number 1 travel out of densely populated Toronto into a landscape of forests and lakes—and deep human history.

History 118

History Archaeology Cultures Tradition 118

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

Cara Fitzpatrick When I read this book, I learned some fascinating and frankly ugly things about the history of school choice in the U.S. Because I’ve always understood school choice as “this is government money that will follow the student to whatever they go to.” And that is one of the natural consequences of competition.

Charter School 225

Charter School Private School Public School Pedagogy 225

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation “I knew that the public school system would not benefit my child without the important and critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. And so they just don’t, so there is no Native history being taught.”

American History 144

American History History K-12 Cultures 144

Sapiens

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The speakers of many of these languages live deep within roadless rainforests in villages that are very difficult for government representatives and other researchers to access. My task set me on a path to understanding the history and craft of counting languages. For example, the Central African Republic hosts about 70 languages.

History 99

History Heritage Cultures Anthropology 99

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. I felt like I’d won my own History Day contest!” Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels. Czarnecki says.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The bill, known as the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, would also make more money and regulatory flexibility available to for-profit colleges, many of which have been cited for high costs, low graduation rates and a history of taking advantage of low-income students and military veterans.

Education 96

Education Government Heritage Economics 96

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

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. This was 2021, and Iowa had just passed its history censorship law. Here are highlights from the remarks. Why should we all be alarmed?

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2017

There were Somali, Iraqi, Burmese, Bhutanese, Ethiopian and Latin American teenagers — all learning English, math, history and science in an eleven-room, domed building. Students at GEO International High School, who are all recent immigrants or refugees, present their history projects to the class. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

High School 90

High School K-12 History Heritage 90

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

I was beyond shocked that somebody from our state government was asking what books were available in our school libraries. The five members of the school board who voted to ban the book did not have children in any public schools governed by the district. “I was actually at home. My superintendent forwarded it to me. for short).

Library 117

Library Heritage K-12 High School 117

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

They include Julia Alvarez’s 1991 novel, “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” about four immigrant sisters from the Dominican Republic — a popular pick for readers during Latinx Heritage Month. We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books. Can you imagine?”

Library 133

Library Heritage K-12 Public School 133

MPSA

JUNE 11, 2021

They created the article on the Villagization of Ethiopia , a largely unsuccessful and ultimately detrimental attempt by the Ethiopian government in the 1980s to reform agriculture. Canadian students improved the articles on the Department of Canadian Heritage as well as Open data in Canada. Helaine has a Ph.D.

Political Science 52

Political Science Heritage Government Leadership 52

Sapiens

DECEMBER 10, 2024

To understand Operation Christmas Drop, it helps to have some history and geography. The region had, and still has, a rich cultural heritage: For instance, today eight Native languages are spoken in FSM alone. In ignoring this history, she says, They made [a] mockery of us as happy natives. From 1946 to 1958, the U.S.

Archiving 58

Archiving Heritage Geography History 58

Life and Landscapes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

2) How does one begin a study of environmental history? 3) Yet environmental law does have a history. One can ferret out that history through an examination of discrete time periods, each initiated by some identifiable environmental or political stimulus. Environmental history is often catalyzed by specific issues or events.

History 52

History Government Heritage Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In 2008, the school helped pilot UNESCO’s “Breaking the Silence: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project,” a resource for educators that addresses the history and scope of slavery. UNESCO is perhaps best known for its World Heritage Sites, but it is much more than that. citizens. Without a seat at the table, though, the U.S.

Human Rights 130

Human Rights Education Heritage Library 130

Diane Ravitch

JULY 16, 2024

John Thompson writes: KOSU’s Beth Wallace reports that the Executive Review Committee assembled by Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters features prominent conservatives, including Dennis Prager of PragerU , David Barton of the Christian Nationalist organization, Wallbuilders , and the president of the Heritage Foundation , Kevin Roberts.”

Social Studies 109

Social Studies Heritage History Government 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For instance, conservatives are eager to get the government involved in biological screenings to determine if kids have the “correct” genitalia for peeing in a particular bathroom or playing on a particular sports team. President-elect Trump’s education platform was made of much vaguer stuff — mostly culture war vibes.

K-12 99

K-12 Heritage Civics Leadership 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank behind Project 2025 , earlier this year released a set of policy recommendations on undocumented immigrants in U.S. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank behind Project 2025 , earlier this year released a set of policy recommendations on undocumented immigrants in U.S.

K-12 110

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 110

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

He described Afghanistan as “a country that has never once in its entire history been a united country and is made up—and I don’t mean this in a derogatory [way]—made up of different tribes who have never, ever, ever gotten along with one another.” It’s because they tap into a universal human need for safety, belonging, purpose, and order.

Heritage 89

Heritage Archiving Cultures Government 89