NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

Eligible applicants can include educational institutions, cultural organizations, historical societies or museums, community or civic groups, libraries, and literacy organizations. These regional grants will help fund projects that expand and explore innovative methods of teaching and learning with Library of Congress materials.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Art galleries, museums, or historical sites were popular with almost two-thirds of non-poor families, while less than a third of poor families took their kindergarteners to these locations in the summer before first grade.

Historic Sites 130

Historic Sites Museum Library Elementary School 130

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. Only 12 percent of non-poor families did this. Roughly 40 percent of non-poor kids — middle class and wealthy — attended summer camp. One third of non-poor kids did.

Sociology 98

Sociology Museum Historic Sites Cultures 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo The controversies have had subtle reverberations for the classrooms in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia too. He adds that it’s not surprising that Black history classes make some people uncomfortable.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

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

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.

K-12 52

K-12 Historic Sites Artifacts 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.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52