ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Being a government teacher and teaching about political elections, I'm really excited to apply what I’ve learned in my classroom. In government class the other day, we used AI to gather background information on past political parties. This later became a great discussion point with my students.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

Instead, it is an academic concept that emerged from studying how race and racism are embedded in legal systems and government policies. Use primary sources. But CRT is not about creating division or about hating white people. Related: Banning critical race theory ignores truths all students must hear.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds live off the stipends from financial aid as their primary source of income. Patricia Burch is a professor at the University of Southern California and a co-director of the USC Rossier Center on Education Policy, Equity and Governance. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. We could engage in government simulations at GovGames or iCivics or Cyber Nations.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

I've thought about opening it up widely—write a historical novelette (using primary sources, of course), create a sculpture, write a song—but, again, I have no idea how to grade something like that, considering the wide range of talent that my students likely will have.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy found that local governments provide nearly half of the funds for local school districts. Property taxes are not only a key source of school district funding, they are the primary source of revenue for the communities they sit in. Federal and state revenue streams fill the remainder.

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Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

TJ Warsnak and Derek Schutte Exploring Strategies for Analyzing Primary Sources Erika Lowery Don’t forget to register! One way we do that is to co-host a yearly social studies conference. And we were all desperately hoping to be able to provide an in-person conference this year. And don’t forget the free part!). Jill Weber

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Completing the MAHG program, she stepped down from her role as Dean so as to also teach courses in US history and government. “I

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

Child care, Gale explains, was essential to allowing these workers to do their jobs, and during the emergency phase of the pandemic, the federal government seemed to agree, sending between $30 and $34 per day per child of each essential worker directly to the providers who cared for them.

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

There are a handful of government offices—like the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Interior Department and HHS—that would need to collaborate on the issue, Smith says. A Path Forward Smith says there’s already a precedent for the federal government working through tough situations to support child care: the military.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims. My students are all about social media.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While they're sometimes belittled, worksheets are an excellent tool for helping students analyze primary sources or better understand a historical event through a secondary source. They also all assess studies skills like cause-and-effect, interpreting sources, understanding timelines, and working on map skills.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Government: PP.2.USG.2

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

The Bill of Rights Workshop for Secondary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body Participants in this online workshop will study the history of the Bill of Rights by analyzing primary sources. Registration is free, and the program will be held via Zoom. Certificates of participation will be available by request.

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Civics for All of US

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Addressing Racial Discrimination in Voting During the Kennedy Administration Katie Munn Mon, 09/11/2023 - 12:38 Body Investigate primary source material from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting.

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Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History. These pages might have students complete a Venn Diagram, compare one or more sources to another, or complete a cause and effect chart. If I'm ever out sick, students can just work on their packets.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The federal government is pushing schools to spend a big chunk of their $122 billion in federal American Rescue Plan funds on tutoring , but bringing in armies of tutors into school buildings is a logistical nightmare. In our experience more recently, it seems unlikely that volunteers alone would be a primary source of tutors,” Kraft said.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

This online workshop will explore how to engage learners of all grade levels in the active exploration of primary sources that teach about the rights embodied in the Bill of Rights. Teaching the Bill of Rights for Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body A virtual professional development workshop for K–12 educators.

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US Government Teachers Blog

JULY 27, 2023

I love it—you can take primary sources that you find on the internet, paste in the URL and the program will generate the source with questions, both multiple choice and short answer. You can adjust the length of the source. Some primary sources are just too long for our kids, so the "shorten" function really helps.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Outside of local government and a prison, the primary source of jobs are the farms that have existed since before the Civil War. “I’m going to make sure they’re going to college. Do we want the kids to stay? What they gonna stay here for?” Unless his grandchildren want to work on a farm, it’s hard to say.

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Teaching American History

JUNE 18, 2024

And that means the pinnacle of TAH’s professional development for teachers has arrived as well: our Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University in Ashland, OH. The four questions cover a variety of topics, eras, or themes in American history and government. Summer has arrived!

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

To ensure that instructional materials are easily accessible to educators, AAAJ Chicago convened a working group of Asian American educators and community leaders that compiled a database of Asian American history resources that showcases a range of materials from picture books to documentaries and primary sources.

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Teaching American History

MAY 14, 2024

Once considered to be the great American contribution to constitutional government—being governed by our own consent through elected, representative lawmakers—Congress is now the most disliked part of our political system. If we do not understand how consent of the governed works, and how it should work, we risk losing it.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Teaching American History provides various free resources for American history and government teachers, including our popular seminars , multi-day seminars , and extensive database of original source documents. Still, to paraphrase a famous campaign slogan from the 1990s, for TAH, it’s the documents, stupid!

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program may begin writing their qualifying exams, so as to graduate with their degrees this December. Remember also that when we read primary sources, we try to understand their authors as they understood themselves.

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Students of History

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Jim Crow Era was when racial segregation was legalized, African Americans were disenfranchised, and white supremacists controlled governments across the South. In 1898, furious white supremacists conspired to fix the election and then formed a mob that overthrew Wilmington's legitimately elected biracial fusionist government at gunpoint.

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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

Plus there’s lesson plans for every day, flipped classroom videos, Google Slides, primary sources, worksheets, and more for every unit. When you sign up, you get immediate access to all these digital notebook sets. Joining up gives you everything you need in one place so you never have to stress about planning again!

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. Courtney Reiner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Studies degree from Kent State University and a Master’s of American History and Government degree from Ashland University.

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C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

I gave my students different colors of highlighters (skip this step if you need to) and asked them to highlight the descriptor words Jackson uses to describe white Americans (government, settlers, institutions) and use another color to highlight the descriptor words that are assigned to indigenous Americans.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The next fall, Livingston took a job teaching civics and government at a public middle school. He told her about the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) at Ashland University. When her middle school students asked, “Why do we need to learn about American government in the seventh grade?”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

That means a family of four with two children survived on $24,008, the income level at which a family is considered to be extremely poor by the federal government. When the federal government overhauled America’s welfare system 20 years ago, TANF replaced the former cash-assistance program. Photo: Della Hasselle.

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4QM Teaching

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

When we do a full Question Two inquiry lab in the classroom we usually work from primary source documents, especially in the upper grades. Whatever the source, the 4QM interpretation process has three steps. How does the source itself support these interpretations?

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C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

I gave my students different colors of highlighters (skip this step if you need to) and asked them to highlight the descriptor words Jackson uses to describe white Americans (government, settlers, institutions) and use another color to highlight the descriptor words that are assigned to indigenous Americans.

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Primary Sources American History Government History 40

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

One student’s letter clearly showed their frustration with social distancing when they wrote, In conclusion, you should support Government restrictions due to the Coronavirus. This is because we need to get rid of it faster so we can be off of lockdown already. For a copy of my lesson, follow this link.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

He carried on this work while teaching government and an elective course in constitutional, civil and criminal law at Brecksville-Broadview High School. For nearly two decades, he served on the city council of Parma, Ohio’s 7 th -largest city. Being on the Council furnished endless lessons for my classes,” he said.

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C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

government abroad, while people living in the U.S. When I ran into this unexpected barrier, I decided to work backwards; I was going to let the sources guide me instead of the supporting questions determining my research. It didn’t take long to find what I was looking for: music was used as propaganda by the U.S.

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C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

government abroad, while people living in the U.S. When I ran into this unexpected barrier, I decided to work backwards; I was going to let the sources guide me instead of the supporting questions determining my research. It didn’t take long to find what I was looking for: music was used as propaganda by the U.S.

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