Historic Sites Museum Social Studies 
Students of History
JANUARY 3, 2023
It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Between the students, administrators, parents, and the community, social studies teachers are feeling pressure from all directions. Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 4, 2023
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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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.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2023
Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019. The district adopted a Black Historical Consciousness framework created by LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo. On the Wednesday following the A.P.
Zinn Education Project
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Hope Koumentakos High School Social Studies Teacher, Takoma Park, Maryland I currently teach U.S. The plan was to make it a museum that focuses on the history of Black Americans’ struggles both during and after enslavement. Brandon Grijalva High School Social Studies Teacher, Chicago, Illinois While teaching AP U.S.
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