Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here's a few sample images from my World and US History digital notebook sets: These updated digital notebook sets are awesome for in-class learning our when kids are learning at home. This makes each slide really pop and help students get immersed in your unit of study.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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Primary Sources History World History Digital Resources 121

Leah Cleary

JULY 28, 2024

Have them write descriptive sentences in science, complete sentences in history, and use sentence frames in math explanations. Many of these starters encourage students to consider causation. This is also excellent practice for addressing counterclaims in an argument and a gateway to crafting strong thesis statements.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

This is easiest to do in a Civics or American Government classroom. Students have to find a cartoon that related to our unit (super easy for American Government) and provide a brief explanation of how it connects to our content. In my curriculum , I include a political cartoon analysis activity in each unit. Thanks for stopping by!

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Social Studies Civics Critical Thinking World History 52

4QM Teaching

MAY 23, 2023

As history / social studies people we’re often in contact with civic education advocates and organizations, and as a small organization interested in growing we’re sometimes advised to make a pitch for ourselves as civics educators. Is the Four Question Method applicable to civics education? Gary and I get this question a lot.

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Civics Education World History History 40

Leah Cleary

JULY 9, 2023

Here are sample commands: Command: DOK Level 1 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 1 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for sophomore World History students studying Classical Greece. Command: DOK Level 2 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 2 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for junior US History students studying the Cold War.

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World History Psychology Lesson Plan History 52

World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In May 2021, the German government acknowledged what happened in Namibia was genocide and agreed to pay the Namibian government 1.1 In a fascinating essay for Al Jazeera, Hamilton Wende, author and journalist based in Johannesburg, outlines this first holocaust in an essay called "Our Auschwitz, our Dachau."

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Government 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. Well, I will take James Clear as my example and continue on my way again like any other Afghan girl.

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Tutoring World History Humanities Economics 117

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2017

History teacher, I could teach the content related to modern world history. While getting from one floor to another is no longer a problem for me, the open response parts of standardized tests are a huge stumbling block. For the past weeks, I have been taking AP and other tests. I know the material well — actually, beyond “well.”

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World History History Government High School 77

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

She drives over an hour each way to teach world history at LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. Residents say the federal government has been slow to respond, and with so much rental housing destroyed , housing options are limited. “You could look up and see the sky,” she said. This story also appeared in Southerly.

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Charter School Psychology Middle School High School 132

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

One time, a teacher gave his special education world history class all of the answers to their final exam. It would require roughly $18 billion in additional funding for the federal government to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A.

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High School Education Government Elementary School 111

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.

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Archaeology Heritage History Government 86

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He did, and Livingston soon found herself sitting in an introductory college course in US history. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major. The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History.

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Teaching Geography Ancestry Primary Sources 52

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes. World Flags – You may also love displaying flags from around the world if you teach World History or Current World Issues.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics History Sociology 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation. The high school principal and I always talk about how we’re fighting history,” Harris said. We’re fighting history.

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Middle School History High School Elementary School 140

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

A Social Studies Teacher’s Thoughts Critical Literacy by Colleen Tambuscio Learning about history offers meaningful and authentic opportunities for students to express their knowledge of the subject matter through writing and discourse. Common Core Standards Addressed: WHST.9-10.6; No one needs another report on an artist.

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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.

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Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

history and world history courses. The passage went on to say, “These societies may promote greater equality among people while still providing a fully functioning government-supervised economy.” In other words, why do anything if the government is eventually going to do it for you?”

Social Studies 40

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Its “ 1776 Curriculum ” for grades K-12 has been criticized for revisionist history, including whitewashed accounts of US slavery and depictions of Jamestown as a failed communist colony. Then there was the curriculum. Parents, teachers, and students united in public backlash. Chaikin did not respond to a request for comment.)

Education Policy 140

Education Policy Education History Advocacy 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. and African American history. history and civics since at least Reconstruction, the turbulent period that followed the Civil War. Credit: Chris Tims.

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Social Studies Civics History American History 111