The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

In a history unit, teachers and students can choose which historical sites to write about in their postcards. To be sure, Duke and her fellow curriculum designers have left some flexibility for teachers to customize lessons to their communities.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2018

For example, only 32 percent of poor kids and 44 percent of “near” poor kids went to an art gallery, a museum or an historical site over the summer. The poor were less likely to go on cultural outings. Almost two-thirds, or 63 percent of non-poor kids, did. Only 15 percent of poor kids attended a concert or a play.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Welch and his colleagues traveled around the mid-Atlantic and used a phone, a small router and a computer to broadcast themselves teaching from historic sites. During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C.,

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. See a sample itinerary here. TAH Teachers at a Multi Day Seminar in Angel Island, CA in August 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

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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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

For example, you could take your students on a field trip to a local museum or historic site, or have them participate in a role-playing activity to learn about a particular historical event. If you don't have any nearby historical sites to visit, many have incredibly websites that your students can use online.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Teaching Historic Sites Primary Sources 52

Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 30, 2023

A civics group and historical site teamed up teach about the compromises made to create the U.S. Constitution.

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History Havoc

JULY 16, 2023

If you are ever in the area, this National Historic Site is well worth seeing. While this may have upset many Unionists, his soldiers did as ordered and the Confederates turned over their guns as the Union soldiers stood at attention in silence. The room in the McLean house where Lee surrendered to Grant.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I feel privileged to have grown up so close to Washington, DC, and I love visiting the numerous museums, galleries, and other cultural and historical sites. Some hobbies I enjoy include reading, baking, hiking, and playing ukulele. The post APSA’s Summer Rise High School Intern Program: Meet the Cohort appeared first on.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Then we staged a “Travel-Con” expo in which each team prepared an exhibit showing the tour stops, what travelers would experience, and why these sites were important.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

You can plan a virtual event or gathering at a historic site, bookstore, famers’ market, or other public location. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Teachers read pledges and/or students testify at a historic site. Or march to a local civic building.

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ACRE

JUNE 9, 2023

Explore them further by visiting [link] / For information on booking a class field trip to this these historic sites, reach out to site director Penny Toombs at ptoombs@astate.edu. Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

The historical site, about 12 miles away from Norfolk, is a popular field trip destination. But there are also sections on music, art, entrepreneurship and other achievements, Allison said. Like many students, Alexander Bradshaw took field trips to Fort Monroe when he was a younger student.

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History American History Teaching K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Find an event near you and show up Go to a historic site and take a photo with a Teach Truth sign that you make or download. Host an information table at a public site (such as a library, bookstore, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. All you need to do is select a site and register.

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

and the Phillips County Retired Teachers Association at the Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School Historic Site, named for educator and philanthropist Eliza Ann Ross Miller. Hosted on June 7 by the West Side Community Hub, Inc. The Teach Truth pop-up with banned books will remain on display in the library/museum.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

Find an event near you and show up Go to a historic site and take a photo with a Teach Truth sign that you make or download. How to Join the Day of Action With the national day of action just days away, we offer some options to engage that do not require a lot of preparation.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They were tasked with coming up with a way to both uncover the hidden histories of a particular place, while also creating a site of remembering that honours true history, and invites learning and community. Leading our workshop was an Indigenous Education Leader from Louis Riel School Division.

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Life and Landscapes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

And it is even more difficult not turning into the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. This may actually be difficult for you to do. To pass through Hodgenville and not stop at the Lincoln Museum there. But it must be done to see the wonders beyond! And you can visit both of these places on your return!]

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 22, 2025

More than 50 people came out in the extreme heat for a Teach Truth Day of Action history walk organized by Memphis teachers to highlight historical sites for events in Memphis history. Memphis, Tennessee See large version of this flyer. To teach it otherwise, or to not teach about it all, would not be teaching truth. history.

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