Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 17, 2022

I taught a class on local history. When I was a teacher in Washington, D.C. Students got to learn about places they had visited and people they had heard about. I’ve never taught a class where students were more deeply engaged in the actual content of the class.

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Local History History 77

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

But too often, we fail to center our local contexts, and to explore all of the assets that our neighborhoods and communities could bring to our educational mission. Our local histories, our neighborhood green spaces and our students’ extended families offer all kinds of academic connections that can enrich our studies.

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Local History Civics Lesson Plan Social Science 128

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

Curriculum teams are supplementing this with additional units built with Baltimore students in mind – helping them understand their local history, for example. Already the district sees some anecdotal evidence that the changes are helping students.

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Local History Geography Education Policy Public School 112

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 28, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing a 5-6 Day Unit on Native American History: A Collaborative Journey with AI Introduction: As educators, we constantly strive to create units that not only align with educational standards but also address the specific needs and skills of our students—especially those with IEPs.

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American History Geography Local History History 72

Rosie the History Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

My first exposure to history was reading the Samantha American Girl books when I was in first or second grade. I quickly became obsessed with petit fours and fancy dresses and my love of history has never gone away! This past weekend I volunteered at my local historical society’s annual cemetery walk.

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Museum Local History History Lesson Plan 52

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 26, 2024

Congratulations to Robert Holschuh Simmons (Classics), David Wright (English), Anne Mamary (Philosophy), and Valerie Deisinger (History)! This humanities initiative will create a digital repository based on student projects that center issues of displacement and local history in West Central Illinois.

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Humanities Local History History 52

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community. Many cultural centers curate history, geography, and civic exhibits that connect the past with the present.

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Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

A student won’t perform well on a reading assessment if the content in the passage — American television shows or local history, for example — is something she’s unfamiliar with. Remember that newcomer students may face cultural barriers as well as language ones.

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Local History Cultures History High School 71

Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After this activity, I incorporated some local history for a second representative. Making connections between characters and historical/pop culture figures is challenging – only 15% answer these questions correctly on the AP exam according to 2021 data and my co-author Dr. Scott Petri.

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Local History History Cultures 52

Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 17, 2023

After contemplating options, I decided to put together some lessons on local history. Tuesday On Tuesday, I used the lesson I had developed over the summer about the history of Utopia, Ohio. The other option was to introduce some new EduProtocols with smart starts, but that works better when I’m actually in the classroom.

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Local History Economics History Critical Thinking 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

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. The teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. In Florida, Gov.

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Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. Donate so that we can continue to organize events like these and defend the right of teachers across the United States to teach peoples history. Or plan a history walking tour, book exchange, rally, etc.

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? One of the challenges we face as African Norwegians is that our history in the country we have come to call home often is not well known, both within and outside our communities. Otele, Olivette.

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Heritage Cultures History Archiving 52

Life and Landscapes

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

” You might find its French history and the relationship to Kentucky of interest! “CHARETTE AND JULES VERNE” It was an interesting question that no one was asking. The wide century surrounding the 1800s was a remarkably unstable period in French history. He was 32 years old.

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History Archiving Local History Cultures 98

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

We also used Wicked Hydra to spark curiosity, Number Mania to connect history to local stories, and Brain, Book, Buddy, Boss to strengthen review and collaboration. It’s been a week of reflection, practice, and making history come alive through active, creative engagement.

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History Local History Critical Thinking Middle School 77