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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! Washington University in St.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

Bob Henson High School Social Studies Teacher, Villa Hills, Kentucky In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now! The primary and secondary sources are perfect for middle school readers at multiple levels. The selections are short and easily digested.

History 52
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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

As she would later argue in school board meetings, Hillsdale’s 1776 Curriculum was “supposed to be overlaid” with the district’s lesson plans, yet “there was never any evidence of that overlay” actually happening.