NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

The National Council for History Education stands in support of history teachers in Florida. The social studies standards focused on African American history, recently approved by the Florida Board of Education, sanitize historical acts of violence against Black Americans.

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HistoryRewriter

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Game of Quotes can be easily adapted to help students master historical thinking skills, whether you use the College Board (AP) definitions, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) definitions aka Digital Inquiry Group (DIG), or use the definitions from The American Historical Association (AHA).

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 16, 2024

In this election year, the Zinn Education Project developed an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display to raise awareness about the growing threat of anti-history education laws and book bans.

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NCHE

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2021, the National Council for History Education has partnered with the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program on a nationwide program, “The Rural Experience in America”.

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C3 Teachers

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Similarly, students should be empowered to engage in this process to deepen their understanding of history. The challenge of making history education more inquiry-based isn’t new. This is why advocating for a more inquiry-based approach in history education isn’t just a good idea—it’s essential. In 1916, Charles H.

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History Social Studies History Education Economics 52

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A Good Civics Education Includes History When teachers, administrators and legislators talk about history education, we must consider it an exercise in civics. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts.

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Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson High School, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 30, 2024

We are thrilled to announce our second class of Zinn Education Project Prentiss Charney fellows for the 2024–2026 school years. The fellowship offers support for a cohort of people’s history educator leaders to study, learn, and organize together for two years.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2024

The institutes featured below are a few of the ones that could be of interest to people’s history educators. The deadline to apply is March 5, 2024. Visit the NEH website to browse all of the 2024 summer programs.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

The goal is to raise awareness about how anti-history education laws and book bans — and their chilling effect — threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy. For a list of locations and activities, click here.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 Put more emphasis on writing, argumentation, problem analysis, and making connections between core content and current events. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For a long portion of their history, education schools didn’t have to think much about recruitment. “We We just said, ‘Here we are, come, we’re ready for you,’” says Stan Harward, the associate dean of Utah Valley University’s College of Education. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

history and prompted a nationwide push for revision and improvement. Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 The findings revealed significant gaps in state standards for civics and U.S. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

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Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.

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Teaching Civics K-12 Social Science 131

ASHP CML

MARCH 5, 2024

Position Overview: The American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning (ASHP/CML) is seeking a resourceful project director, with strong organizational and fundraising skills and an interest in public history and history education as an Assistant Director for Digital Projects to develop and produce a wide range of educational materials (..)

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History Professional Development Pedagogy American History 40

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

This network of professionals has helped transform my teaching practice and feeds my teacher soul.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Right now the educators may be in one of the greatest exoduses in history. Educators are and will continue to leave in record numbers. All of this is demoralizing. We love teaching, we love students. All we want is a true say in how our schools are run. Teachers will either leave silently or will leave fighting.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

But I believe that by allowing students to follow their own curiosity about our local history–whether this means something good or something less flattering–I am allowing them a stake in the future development of our community.

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Oral History Public History History Museum 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the coming months, Stanford’s History Education Group plans to release materials to help teachers do so. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Civics Advocacy Elementary School Middle School 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

history, education leaders have started to reckon with how to comprehensively teach history with an antiracism lens. Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Arizona State University, for example, is rapidly increasing the number of online courses in its continuing and professional education division, which confers both badges and certificates.

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History Education Tradition History Research 93

Digital Promise

JULY 2, 2018

When the Stanford History Education Group released findings showing that most students couldn’t tell sponsored ads from real articles, among other miscues, it intensified the scramble for tools and strategies to help students discern better. Read the original version here.

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History Education History Research Teaching 50

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Stanford History Education Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

How Can You Tell if an Image or Video Is Real? Most Likely, You Can’t lee_2 Tue, 11/05/2024 - 09:11 11/04/24 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

OCTOBER 29, 2024

What Makes Students (and the Rest of Us) Fall for AI Misinformation? lee_2 Tue, 10/29/2024 - 21:38 10/25/24 [link]

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

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 teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement.

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Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Stanford History Education Group

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Hurricane Misinformation Is Just One Piece of America’s Rumor Habit lee_2 Wed, 10/23/2024 - 14:15 10/18/24 [link]

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The post <i>The New York Times</i> Jeopardizes People’s History Educators appeared first on Zinn Education Project. Please donate so that we can continue to offer the lessons for free and defend teachers’ right to use them.

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Stanford History Education Group

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Go Ahead and Use Wikipedia for Research lee_2 Wed, 10/23/2024 - 13:57 10/17/24 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Quality Media Literacy Requires More Than Toothless Laws, Educators Say lee_2 Tue, 03/12/2024 - 17:47 03/12/24 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

DECEMBER 6, 2023

‘There’s Nothing More Critical’: California Makes Schools Teach Kids to Spot Fake News kerrd Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:10 12/05/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

DECEMBER 6, 2023

‘There’s Nothing More Critical’: California Makes Schools Teach Kids to Spot Fake News kerrd Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:10 12/05/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Students Are Falling for Fake News. So Are the Rest of Us lee_2 Tue, 01/30/2024 - 09:17 01/30/24 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 21, 2022

Media Literacy is Desperately Needed in Classrooms Around the Country, Advocates Say kerrd Mon, 03/21/2022 - 10:03 03/18/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 21, 2022

Media Literacy is Desperately Needed in Classrooms Around the Country, Advocates Say kerrd Mon, 03/21/2022 - 10:03 03/18/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out. kerrd Thu, 02/16/2023 - 13:52 01/24/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out. kerrd Thu, 02/16/2023 - 13:52 01/24/23 [link]

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