Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Related: Teachers go to school on racial bias. Still, my love of history had an outlet in school. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. My friends who struggled the most in school had passions and interests that were never reflected in their classwork.

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Heritage Artifacts Local History History 120

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community. A second teacher candidate described learning more about local history that he ever knew about.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool. Students as Historians. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52