ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. EdSurge spent a morning with the teachers as they toured Smithsonian museums in small groups. I'm a human being. I'm a human being that sometimes needs to eat food and go to the bathroom when I want to,” she says.

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Museum Education Historic Sites History 141

Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

At Poolesville High School, I am a part of the humanities magnet program where I am supported as I study my interests in political science, writing, editing, and history. I love history, English, and humanities classes, some favorites being AP English Language and Composition, AP Psychology, AP US History, and Creative Writing.

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High School Civic Engagement Civics Social Justice 47

ACRE

JUNE 9, 2023

The museum has a variety of additional resources for K-12 educators as well. 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. Learn more about AHC grants here: [link]

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K-12 Historic Sites Artifacts Museum 52

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

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. Music and chants are a plus.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The plan was to make it a museum that focuses on the history of Black Americans’ struggles both during and after enslavement. It is a powerful lesson that gets to the humanity of the enslaved and helps students really engage with the subject. The brutal facts of Angola as a plantation and as a prison were presented.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52