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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. Toyosi will receive a $1,000 scholarship to support her studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she plans to further her education.

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As students flock to credentials other than degrees, quality-control concerns grow

The Hechinger Report

higher education system “doesn’t do a good job of separating the wheat from the chaff.”. Thousands of credentials classes aimed at improving specific skills have cropped up outside of traditional colleges. Some classes are boot camps, including those popular with computer coders.

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

NCHE

But I believe that by allowing students to follow their own curiosity about our local history–whether this means something good or something less flattering–I am allowing them a stake in the future development of our community. In a sense, our audience was not a traditional audience but also community partners themselves.

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

I had always heard the traditional narrative of how the home front came together to support the war effort, but the stories told in the book showed me the myriad ways this was not true for African Americans. Amanda Sandoval shared the slide instructions for the blackout poetry that she used for this activity.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

History I and II to 10th and 11th graders, respectively. In lieu of a traditional exam for one of my U.S. History I classes, I had them complete the Zinn Education Project activity “ How We Remember.” —Hope Koumentakos High School Social Studies Teacher, Takoma Park, Maryland I currently teach U.S.

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