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US History Projects

Passion for Social Studies

Luckily, the US History Projects Bundle has everything you need to integrate engaging ways for students to demonstrate their learning. history can often feel distant or abstract, but projects help make it real by involving students in hands-on tasks. On top of this, projects help make history relevant.

History 130
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Summer Learning Loss: A National Dilemma

A Principal's Reflections

In 2010 Time Magazine published an article that clearly articulated The Case Against Summer Vacation. History, Calculus AB, English Language & Composition, and English Literature & Composition. We all can agree that this is a major problem across our country that the traditional school calendar of 180 days has created for us.

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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

For many schools, this flies in the face of a traditional schooling mindset that was more geared to learners having to buy-in to a one-size-fits-all system where success was determined by how well everyone did under the same conditions more or less. This is not a new concept in any sense.

Advocacy 254
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A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive

Sapiens

A Tanzanian historian and poet conjures alternative engagements with Black African women who were marginalized by violent colonial histories and imprisoned in the archives. As the 2024 poet-in-resident at the magazine, she imaginatively reaches for new possibilities. The time for that has passed.

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We Must Teach Black History Like Our Lives Depend on It

ED Surge

Much of that had to do with the fact that I was learning about Black histories for the first time. I live for these histories because they are grounded in formal and informal learning communities, whether in schools, public workshops or even my family home where I first saw the value of Black history.

History 110
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Call for Pitches: Care

Anthropology News

How do we care for objects, archives, words, history, traditions, animals, plants, ideas, and obligations? Think short-form magazine-style stories with scientific bite—low on jargon, high on storytelling—or compelling photo essays or multimedia pieces. How do we care for ourselves and others?

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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Petersburg Times , and Deborah Tannen for The New York Times Magazine , The Washington Post , and Vogue to name a few.