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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). As of February 2025, NCHE serves as the director of one of the Librarys newest regional granting entities, the Great Plains Region.

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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

Freedom, Virtue, & Resistance in African American Political Thought at African American Museum and Library at Oakland in Oakland, CA. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. appeared first on Teaching American History. 9/11: Causes and Consequences at George W. See a sample itinerary here.

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Making the Most of Distance Learning: 7 Tips to Share with Parents

Digital Promise

Easily access real-world learning materials like video tutorials, primary and secondary sources for research projects, museum collections, historical sites, and digital books, available online and often for free. Ask your local library about access to free digital or audio books. Let your child show off what they know.

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Every student needs summer school this year to combat coronavirus learning loss

The Hechinger Report

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. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos.

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TEACHER VOICE: Educators need more resources, skills and partnerships to bring the world into their classrooms

The Hechinger Report

I was recently teaching my eighth grade science class a lesson on volcanoes, and we got to talking about Mount Vesuvius when one of my students shot her hand up in the air and said, “Mr. I teach at Zama American Middle-High School , a Department of Defense school in Kanagawa, Japan. Pope, I used to live near there.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. Event hosts also reference the Teach Truth Media Guide.