Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Breck Foster High School Social Studies Teacher, Lake Oswego, Oregon Last year was my first year teaching World History and I was in need of high quality simulations to help my students understand and engage their critical thinking. This lesson plan allowed students to assume roles, address problems, and create solutions.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies Middle School 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

At the new board’s first meeting in January 2022, members of its new majority attacked proposed AP World History textbooks for not focusing enough on the “meat and potatoes of history,” and complained that elementary social studies didn’t adequately “focus on the greatness of America.” Then there was the curriculum.

Education Policy 142

Education Policy Education Advocacy History 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. At this point, I’m going to be very hesitant,” said Catherine Mein, an Iowa world history teacher. “At This story also appeared in NBC News.

Social Studies 117

Social Studies Civics History American History 117