The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. The 20-lesson unit culminated in a presentation before a Pontiac City Council member named Randy Carter, who listened to the kids make their case at a podium with a microphone and PowerPoint slides.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

I'm a human being. She’s always thinking through lesson plans and seating charts, even at the grocery store and in the shower. I'm a human being that sometimes needs to eat food and go to the bathroom when I want to,” she says. During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C., Photo by Rebecca Koenig.

Museum 140

Museum Education Historic Sites History 140

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It is a powerful lesson that gets to the humanity of the enslaved and helps students really engage with the subject. Within the unit, students learn about the causes of climate change, earth’s climate history, how climate change is impacting humans, animals, and ecosystems, and the many possible solutions. invasion in 2002.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52