The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

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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Rosie the History Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2019

My 9th grade US History class is finishing up the World War I unit and they have learned so much! I focus on the US involvement in the war and students will learn about global perspectives in their World History class in 10th grade.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I’ve also got four preps, AP World History, Sociology, Psychology, and IB Theory of Knowledge. Some of these templates are available in my Free Resource Library. Economics and World History are fully structured this way. At the start of this school year, I was still assigning everything digitally.

Sociology 52

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Along with these solutions, I’ll be adding resources to my Free Resource Library that you can edit and use in your classroom. You can get access to the Library by signing up for my email list. Grab these inquiry-based lessons from my Free Resource Library when you sign up for my email list!

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Leah Cleary

JUNE 30, 2024

Mastering Close Reading The World History Project 1750 to the Present has a free template called “Three Close Reads.” I’ve got a Socratic Seminar Template for you in my free resource library. In looking at the text that way, the student is analyzing and interpreting. That’s what we want them to do in our classes and beyond.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes. Again, I point at them daily in my US History and Civics classes. World Flags – You may also love displaying flags from around the world if you teach World History or Current World Issues.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics History Sociology 52

Leah Cleary

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

I was assigning SAQs this way for AP World History. Share Printed Manipulatives Across PLCs A couple of years ago, our US History PLC worked together to print, laminate, and cut out class sets of manipulatives (diamond puzzles, true-false-fix, card sorts, visual flashcards, hexagonal thinking, etc.) I’d definitely check.

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Primary Sources World History Library Tradition 52

Rosie the History Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Teaching positions for history and biology were rather scarce in my area, so I applied pretty much everywhere in a 50 mile radius. I was going to be the founding history teacher at a little school in Metro Detroit! This is how I felt about being hired to teach history! That was a busy time! My space became the lobby/hallway.

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Museum Charter School History Project-Based Learning 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

Teaching Irish American History Mar. This overview of Irish American history can help you teach students why they see so many Irish influences today. But instead of helping these Irish immigrants, many US citizens blamed them for creating these unsanitary conditions, according to the Library of Congress.

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American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference Mar. 7, 2022 By Studies Weekly World history is full of remarkable women who changed the way we live today. Mamie Till-Mobley, Library of Congress Mamie Till-Mobley In 1955, Mamie Till-Mobleys son, Emmett, was tortured and killed because of his race.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Its “ 1776 Curriculum ” for grades K-12 has been criticized for revisionist history, including whitewashed accounts of US slavery and depictions of Jamestown as a failed communist colony. Meanwhile, according to documents published by WHYY shortly after the election, school administrators were imposing new restrictions.

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