World History Teachers Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

The database is divided into four themes: Key developments in world history Key development in modern British empire history Anglo-American relations in the 20th century Churchill: Discussion, debate, and controversy I might assign different key questions about World War II to students and have them create a short presentation.

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Archiving Primary Sources World History History 126

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2020

The premise though is to not only incorporate what has been learned up to this point during one of the most disruptive times in history but also to perceive what might come next. Check out this post for more detailed information. For more information, check out my entire r emote learning series.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. While Logan’s work revealed the plants Banda residents ate, other research reconstructed the region’s broader environmental history.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2023

AI's ability to analyze student data, such as their learning history and performance, allows for creating adaptive learning paths. This timely information helps students stay on track, maintain their motivation, and build a deeper understanding of the material as they progress.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This catalog will hopefully generate updated estimates of the number of active languages and information on how these languages are being used. My task set me on a path to understanding the history and craft of counting languages. They also need to translate information to ensure as many people as possible can access various resources.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 15, 2014

New Milford High School teachers Jessica Groff and Joanna Westbrook created a Common Core aligned English Language Arts (ELA) task that incorporated Twitter into their unit on Julius Caesar and built on content authentic to the Shakespeare''s history play – i.e. social media re-purposed with and for academic discourse.

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Educational Technology High School History Education 355

TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

Critical thinking is an ongoing process emphasizing the fluid and continued interpretation of information rather than the formation of static beliefs and opinions. Research about cognitively demanding skills provides formal academic content that we can extend to less formal settings, including K-12 classrooms.

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Critical Thinking K-12 History Research 352

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2023

When Troy Grant was looking at colleges as a prospective student, he had little idea how much they would actually cost, whether certain degrees would lead to good jobs or other basic information that helps young people make one of the most expensive decisions of their lives.

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Education Government High School History 139

NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

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). For more information, contact Great Plains TPS Project Director Kathleen Barker at kathleen@ncheteach.org.

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

history, Oklahoma History, U.S./Virginia Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. History for 8 years, a wealth of experience that informs the way he structures his programming at NCHE. I got to watch information click for my students in real-time.”

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Geography History Library Humanities 279

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 19, 2025

These texts get more complex as students get older, and the people who know those subjects teachers of history, science, art, technology, health these are the best people to help students navigate those discipline-specific texts. But many of them don’t really know how to do that. .”

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Pedagogy Digital Resources Lesson Plan Library 270

ASHP CML

APRIL 10, 2025

” In addition, the agency was severely hobbled by mass firings: reportedly about 75% of its staff were abruptly informed that they had been fired. the LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States summer institute for teachers, and games in the Mission US series.

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Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

They will even learn about tests that presidential succession has experienced throughout US History. To help them process the information, there is an 18-page Google Slide presentation, video links, and a student handout. After learning about presidential succession, there is even a fun matching activity to check for understanding.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

The rest is now history. If interested, email info@connecteddpublishing.com for more information. That leader was Nicki Slaugh , my co-author of our book Personalize. Once I saw personalization through her lens and that of her staff, I immediately knew we needed to collaborate. There is an impressive discount on bulk orders.

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Tradition Critical Thinking Cultures Leadership 420

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

School leaders must build trust, foster a positive school culture, and make informed decisions based on data and human judgment. While observing a 7th-grade history teacher, I saw him telling jokes to build relationships at the beginning of the class. Prompt all you want. While these were funny, they did not connect to the content.

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Leadership Pedagogy Humanities Library 410

Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Donate Today Right wing politicians and media outlets are attacking the very heart of the Zinn Education Project — teaching people’s history in classrooms across the country. Officials in at least 44 states have sought — and in many cases succeeded — to enact restrictions on what teachers can say about history and current events.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Data is now everywhere in our lives, informing our decisions about which new show to watch, what path to take or whether to grab an umbrella. But it’s practically absent from the way our kids learn. Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in 1995.

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Every Zinn Education Project session not only impacts my teaching, but unravels the damage done by whitewashed histories. Tara Micham, social studies teacher, Kansas City, Kansas Tara Micham is one of thousands of teachers learning the history missing from their own education in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes.

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Social Studies History High School Teaching 98

Thrive in Grade Five

APRIL 13, 2025

Asking students to write about what they are learning in social studies is super beneficial because they have time to process the nonfiction information they are learning WHILE refining their writing skills. But remember, you should also ask students to write informally, such as through journal prompts or free writing.

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C3 Teachers

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But despite my students’ success in producing rich products from their work on formative performance tasks, arguments, and taking informed actions, the sensory experience of walking into my classroom did not reflect the intellectual energy that I knew was pulsing in my students’ heads. It was just unnervingly quiet most days.

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Primary Sources Pedagogy World History Library 111

Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. On the other hand, because students now rely increasingly on cell phones for information, Messick spends more class time helping them identify credible news sources.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Each has been a disruptive force that has changed how people watch movies, book hotels, listen to music, access information, get assistance, store files, or get from one place to another. Sure, it might not work, but history has taught us that some of the greatest successes of all time resulted from failure.

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Cultures History Research Education 371

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When teaching US History, there is a strong focus on heroic individuals. MLK vs Malcolm X Lesson There is so much fascinating information to learn when studying MLK vs. Malcolm X. The Civil Rights Movement is imperative to teach during any US History course as it significantly transformed the world we live in today.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. Fordham Institute evaluated the state-of-state standards for civics and history across all fifty states. History in elementary and middle school; also require at least one year of U.S.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“Locals inform us that the ponds still concentrate fish during the dry season today,” the researchers reported. It offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between environmental adaptation and cultural development in human history. This imaging was crucial in uncovering the scale of the network.

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History Humanities Cultures Research 98

Sapiens

APRIL 9, 2025

and the likethat dont convey any information about the topic of the conversation itself. For most of the history of linguistics, scholars have tended to focus on written language, in large part because thats what they had records of. The AI hosts seem to flip back and forth on which one knows which pieces of information.

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History Humanities Research Teaching 118

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

” In MTC schools, this information is recorded on a Mastery Transcript. While skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking are valuable, it’s hard not to wonder what happens to content areas like history and algebra do these just go away? This video shows how these work: What About Content?

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Artifacts Tradition Psychology Critical Thinking 173

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The use of perforations suggests they may have been tied to other objects, highlighting an innovative approach to recording information in this early urban society. "Without a means to translate the writing, we can only speculate," Schwartz explained. The find also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary archaeological work.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I was always interested in history. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown.

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Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

He insisted that it be better: more historically informed, more ethically aware, and more honest about its blind spots. It named the empirical complexity of human differenceits clines, overlaps, and histories, without collapsing those patterns into racial categories. He helps you see the assumptions hiding in the questions.

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Moler's Musing

MARCH 1, 2025

The combination of these strategies helped students interact with history in meaningful ways while reinforcing critical thinking and writingexactly the kind of skills they need as we approach testing season. What does this headline tell us about how history is remembered? Who was upset by this, and why?

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History Critical Thinking Government Research 122

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The purposeful use of technology can innovate assessment, transform time frames around learning, increase collaboration, enable learning about information and research thanks to unprecedented access, and provide a level of student ownership like never before. Just using it to access information is also not a sound use.

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Pedagogy Library History High School 435

TeachThought

JULY 12, 2024

How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology by Terry Heick It’s possible that there is no time in the history of education that our systems of educating have been so out of touch with the communities. Parents have always been ‘informed’—but of what? None of this is new, really. None of this is new, really.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. These living conditions foster a unique informal learning environment where children can observe, imitate, and practice critical skills without formal instruction. 1 Hewlett, B.

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Cultures Humanities History Tradition 98

Becoming a History Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, in this situation, it is unclear why the students need to get this information from source material, let alone dig up this this source material from underneath their desks. History and Literacy in Year 7, History in Practice. 3 This week, in history…how I use card sorts (and why I’ve fallen back in love with them).

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value. The ability to preserve history is a form of power, and that power is rarely in the hands of the public. But migration is never neutral.

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Archiving Artifacts Anthropology Museum 86

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Dr. Tourette said, “The Hardy ecospecies turns out to be exceptionally informative about what the bacteria need to do to survive in our stomach.” ” The Implications of This Research for Human Evolution This study reveals much more than the evolutionary history of a bacterial pathogen. 1 Tourrette, E., Torres, R.C.,

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