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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

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

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

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

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Simulation Games for Your Ancient Civilizations Class

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

Simulations can also present information in a new way that can be more exciting and engaging than traditional teaching methods. Ancient India Simulation Mohenjo-Daro became a famous historical site as it was the largest city built by the Indus Valley Civilization, and it featured impressive urban planning and design elements.

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TEACHER VOICE: Educators need more resources, skills and partnerships to bring the world into their classrooms

The Hechinger Report

We can do this by taking field trips to local museums and historical sites, inviting experts into our classrooms, participating in programs like Empatico that connect students worldwide, creating robust class libraries and using content-rich curriculums across subject areas to build student knowledge.

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

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. While studying the Civil War, we put students in the role of travel agents and asked them to design tours of historical sites related to the war.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

After going over key terms and background information (as suggested by Wolfe-Rocca in the PDF version of the activity), I arranged my students in groups of four and they investigated six of the included documents. They gather information and then must go into the heads of the enslaved to write from their point of view or on behalf of them.

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