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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

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). About the Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) The Teaching with Primary Sources program has been the Library of Congresss premier educational outreach program.

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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? I remember when I was a little girl, you could still go to the museum and see the Native American remains before the governor ordered the museum to cover them up.” Sue is the executive director of the Western Illinois Museum in Macomb, IL.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross.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.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

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. For Facebook, check out this example from D.C.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

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.

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Championing Rural Educators and the Communities They Serve

NCHE

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.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

The plan was to make it a museum that focuses on the history of Black Americans’ struggles both during and after enslavement. Bob Henson High School Social Studies Teacher, Villa Hills, Kentucky In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now!

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