Sapiens

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In early 2024, Spain’s culture minister announced that the nation would overhaul its state museum collections, igniting a wave of anticipation—and controversy. As a multicultural Spaniard with extensive experience in the museum sector, I see the initiative as part of a long-overdue and much-needed reckoning with Spain’s colonial past.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. See a sample itinerary here. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

Large-scale digitization projects, such as those undertaken by museums or archives, often prioritize materials based on perceived cultural or historical value. A government agency digitizing census records might preserve official documents while disregarding handwritten notes. But what about the materials that dont make the cut?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Pittsburgh teens in front of the Chinese Art Museum. Similar to many second-generation Chinese living in America, it’s been difficult for me to reconnect with my heritage. It is intended to be a trip that helps us find our roots and spurs us to treasure our heritage and culture. Photo: by Tonji University students.

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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. Parker’s uncle by marriage was Mark Raymond Harrington, director of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California.

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TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

AMNH Podcast The American Museum of Natural History hosts a monthly podcast series. Discussions with guests, often leading researchers in their fields, help illuminate topics like creativity, the relationship between science and government, and even sleep. James Gates Jr. James Gates Jr.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. government orders to go to an internment camp, as they were called then, saying it was unconstitutional.

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