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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. Primary sources are excellent tools to help students learn how to think like historians. Students should know that their family records are also primary sources!

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4 Arab American Scientists to Know

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4 Arab American Scientists to Know Apr 07, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER April is Arab American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the impactful contributions and achievements of Arab Americans in history. He also researched and developed artificial hearts and ventricular assist pumps.

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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. She also pursues her own research. Then she muses, “More graduate students should submit their research papers, because you never know.” Czarnecki says.

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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

The report, released in May during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, surveyed over 5,000 Americans from diverse backgrounds and includes findings about Asian American stereotypes, visibility and acceptance. not only to foster more understanding and tolerance, but also to show the beauty and complexity of cultures often neglected.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. She retells history with expert analyses of historical artifacts, primary sources and thorough research.

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Double Duty Teachers

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“The research projects, presentations, games, etc. Studies Weekly made it easy for me to learn along with my students by providing everything I needed.” ” As gifted education teachers, Morgan and Taylor love the extension activities that allow their students to further their knowledge of the material.

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Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

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I have loved researching and trying fun techniques to recenter and regulate emotions. Students can then use these exercises any time they need to refocus and feel peaceful. Breathing exercises to try As a Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate , I love to pass along information that can benefit you too.