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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

Eligible applicants can include educational institutions, cultural organizations, historical societies or museums, community or civic groups, libraries, and literacy organizations. Today, NCHEs work focuses on three areas: professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

Historic locations. Free professional development. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

Historic locations. Free professional development. Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, NY. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Have more questions?

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

Historic locations. Free professional development. Some of our topics include: Security, Self Determination, and Empire: The Grand Alliance, 1941-1945 at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Controversy, Consensus, and Compromise in the American Founding, at Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon, AZ.

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

The Hechinger Report

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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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

Next she handed out VR headsets and asked her students to grab their cellphones and head to her Google classroom, where posted three different experiences that showcase Afrofuturism: an Afrofuturism art museum, a short VR film and a musical performance. That said, the district has had its struggles with the mandatory course.

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