NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? Hey, will you have Cooper call me?

Oral History 100

Oral History Public History History Museum 100

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. We’d examine historical images of Native American life from the Museum of Photographic Arts, other historical photos from the U.K.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

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. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Students as Historians. For Facebook, check out this example from D.C.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. The educator-led events received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. Attend meetings, vote, run for office.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

NCHE

MAY 5, 2025

As rural communities and their schools continue to evolve, investing in professional development that emphasizes content-rich, place-based education and service learning can help strengthen the bond between schools and the communities they serve. It also helped our museum develop a great relationship with both Jean and her entire school.

Primary Sources 130

Primary Sources Education Local History Civics 130

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 22, 2025

One of the best way to engage the community in defending the right to learn history is with a local history walking tour. Along the way, participants learn about history they wish they had learned in school. The tour began at the Wing Luke Museum with a talk about the anti-Chinese riots of 1886.

History 52

History Teaching Historic Sites Museum 52