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An Inquiry Discussion Guide

C3 Teachers

I wanted discussion in the context of disciplinary tasks, and I found a new opportunity with the Library of Congress’ “Primary Source Analysis Tool.” I have implemented this tool with my students in a high school World History classroom and feel good about the outcomes.

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Classroom Behavior Management Ideas to Try

Studies Weekly

Students can help move books from their teacher’s desk to the class library and stacking on the shelves during clean-up time Being the door helper and holding open the door for their class to go through is a favorite for sure because it makes them feel so special!

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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now

Teaching American History

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Then we went to the Reagan Library and learned more about the era. This is US history happening right now! Lohrdingborn in the late ninetieshas no memory of Reagans presidency.

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Book Review: Lovely War

HistoryRewriter

I thought it would be too slow and boring for my 10th-grade World History students. I hope it is well-stocked in school libraries. I remember skimming it in Barnes and Noble and putting it down because it starts off with a romantic triangle between Aphrodite, Ares, and Hephaestus in a New York City hotel suite in 1942.

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Timbuktu Manuscripts: Really Cool Google Arts and Culture Site

World History Teachers Blog

Click on the history volume and you can learn the history of empire from Ghana to the Sultanate of Massina. Learn about the Mosque of Djenne here and its importance as a library for manuscripts. In another section, you can click on the different topics that the manuscripts cover and read a summary of what they say.

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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. I felt like I’d won my own History Day contest!”

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How one high-poverty district is adding virtual reality to its classrooms

The Hechinger Report

The AIU is also adding virtual reality equipment to its lending library for educators. Sometimes technology is cool but not particularly educational, said Cornell teacher Andrew Erwin, whose sophomore world history class took a virtual field trip to Rome. The kids do remember facts better when they use virtual reality.”.

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