NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

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). For more information, contact Great Plains TPS Project Director Kathleen Barker at kathleen@ncheteach.org.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

One of the biggest challenges in history education is engaging students in meaningful analysis while encouraging collaboration and critical thinking. Image & Source Analysis (8 Parts) A picture is worth a thousand wordsbut only if students know how to analyze it! Sourcing where their information comes from.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. They’ve never known life without it, and it’s where they get all their information. Sam Wineburg, Stanford University education professor.

K-12 102

K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 102

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

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”. One example of the work that will be presented in The Source is students’ discoveries in their hometown of Thomaston, Georgia.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Local History Professional Development 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

As a country, we have not invested enough in teaching the very fundamental knowledge, skills and dispositions young people need to be informed and engaged participants in our bold experiment in self-government. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75 million to $23 million.

Civics 126

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 126

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources. She took down the information, and she said she’d look into ordering soft covered copies to put on each unit. #TeachTruth #BHM2022 pic.twitter.com/LFDfO1qcQM — Valencia Abbott (@vannabbott) November 8, 2022 In my U.S.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52