Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. appeared first on Teaching American History. Free professional development. What more could you ask for? Have more questions?

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. We even have a set of worksheets devoted just to developing history skills.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

Most of the increase was driven by older adults, according to Doug Shapiro, executive research director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, rather than typical college-age students who had recently graduated from high school. The back-to-school rush didn’t happen right away. Will history repeat?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Read the whole series, “ Willing, able and forgotten: How high schools fail special ed students,” here. But instead of graduating from Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska, in four years, he took six. After high school, he did odd jobs for several years. Sign up for our newsletter.

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. The institute introduced the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.S.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. African American History Monument by Ed Dwight, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina. Source: Alamy.In The Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Yancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. He is unequivocal that he wants his high school students to be climate activists. “I Related: How do we teach Black history in polarized times?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2024

Each year, the federal government budgets billions of dollars for research and development, and gives much of the money to universities and research laboratories that train and support STEM researchers. Many of the women who earn STEM degrees trickle out of academia after receiving years of government investment in their specialized training.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Sean Brennan Brennan, a frequent participant in Teaching American History seminars , has long promoted civic education and civil cooperation at the local and state level. He carried on this work while teaching government and an elective course in constitutional, civil and criminal law at Brecksville-Broadview High School.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters.

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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. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Yet both go further.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a student at Poughkeepsie High School in upstate New York and then as a high school educator in the Bronx, I’ve observed, both inside and outside the classroom, that many of us develop unconscious biases. However, one teacher, my history teacher, seemed bothered that I had worn African attire to school.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

They’re simply products of government policies — like the decision to tie school funding to property wealth — and policies can be changed. Many district parents have come to the United States specifically so that their children can have a better education, and the schools are central to the community.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2019

Almost all of Tate’s years in public school — from first grade to high school graduation — were spent within the turmoil of newly desegregated schools. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. I want people to experience what it was like, what we had to endure once we got to school,” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

“We would like to take this moment to acknowledge the Dena’ina Athabascan people and the wisdom that has allowed them to steward the land on which Anchorage and Service High School reside,” the high school senior said. This story also appeared in High Country News. David Paoli, who is Iñupiaq from U?alaq?iq,

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding schools in an Indigenous Studies class. Attend student government meetings. You can leave high school and work on the oil field, or work in a mine, or work as a deckhand on a fishing vessel, and make six figures,” he says.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Instead, he went to law school, graduating as the 2008 housing crisis threw the economy into recession. My name is Susan.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

She credits a training program through the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan for preparing her to do so. government, according to data from the American Alliance of Museums. The 15-month tuition-free program focuses on enrolling educators in “high-needs” middle and high schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Retrieved from [link] The stats on school staffing might seem like a violation of the laws of supply and demand. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2022

If you saw this question on a government form, you’d likely respond in a practical fashion, checking boxes about how the world perceives you. Among American adolescents, that “official” information—about their family histories and resources—varies immensely. Dino Sabic of Chattanooga, Tenn. Photo by Kathleen Greeson for EdSurge.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

On Twitter, users add lessons and resources to the #CharlottesvilleSyllabus and #CharlottesvilleCurriculum pages; everything from identity charts to readings on the history of white supremacy to conflict resolution activities. This work needs to begin in elementary school, where students’ ideas about their place in the world are shaped.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 9, 2024

In any class that focuses on the Founding era in our MA in American History & Government program (MAHG) , you’re almost certainly going to discuss Federalist #1 and how often human history is shaped by “accident and force” instead of “reflection and choice.” No other graduate program can do what MAHG does.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Teachers of Color After student teaching on the US continent in a high school, I felt so isolated as the only Asian adult on campus. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Last summer, Skinner and his colleagues at University of Florida, professor Hazel Levy and doctoral candidate Taylor Burtch, began researching broadband history and differences in access. At the same time, the government helped developers build new suburban subdivisions exclusively for white people. Skinner argues that the U.S.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

History class, approached me after the White House threatened to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. Sheliya then brokered an agreement between local government officials and Airbnb to publish more data on the effectiveness of these types of programs in the city.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Board of Education, the landmark case that put in motion the Civil Rights Movement and remains a poignant moment in American history. The 1954 United States Supreme Court decision declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional and required the integration of those schools that were segregating students. The post From Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2021

Or any robust reopening at all — at least at the high school level. I go to The Beacon School , a high school of roughly 1500 students in Manhattan. I’m glad it was an option for kids who felt like they really needed it, but it was hardly substantial; the schools closed again in late November. .

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. Many other major school systems remain closed as well. Science in particular is extremely hands-on and almost impossible to grasp virtually.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A survey of over 20,000 students conducted May through June found that only 39 percent of students said they learned a lot every day while their school building was closed. Summer break gave school leaders time to reflect on the lessons of the spring and create more effective reopening plans for the fall. It blows my mind.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

American schools can learn valuable lessons from Finnish education, both positive and negative. In 2016, despite research showing that students who used computers more often at school performed much worse on reading and math PISA tests, the Finnish government announced it would spend millions of euros on ramping up digital learning.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you are teaching high school, this likely means that you can broach most news-worthy topics. However, if you're a middle school teacher, there are going to be some things you'll want to steer clear of. This is easiest to do in a Civics or American Government classroom. 2) Provide context and background information.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

Despite the presence of a nearby government school, Sodi’s son and two daughters study at the Assembly of God Church in the Indian border town of Rupaidiha, where Sodi himself once studied. Hindi, the medium of instruction there, is easier for Awadhi speakers to comprehend than the Nepali used at the local school.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

It seems like that’s precisely what’s happened now that the Citizenship Test is a high school graduation requirement in many states. I’ve heard many Government and Civics teacher friends in states that do require it talk about it being “one more thing” and “such a joke.” is “Should you have to in order to graduate high school?”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

History indicates that violence is a tool of white supremacy: From the slaughtering of Native Americans to the lynching of Black Americans in the Jim Crow era , racial violence has been used to defend the status quo of white supremacy and racism in the U.S. racism and global colonization. There is only one way: teaching anti-racism.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context. They say college should not be a time for a lot of survey courses.

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