The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Dunning followed up with a traditional class discussion in which students were eager to share what they learned. 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.

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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

I designed the digital pages I created to look like traditional notebooks - vertically aligned and in the style of the "cut-and-paste" activities we were already doing. Thankfully, I had been using digital notebooks in my classes for a few years. It started with occasional trips to the computer lab.

Social Studies 52

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Unlike algebra or world history, there is no bubble sheet by which to judge students’ soft skills, let alone evaluate their growth over time. In addition to traditional academic grades, student report cards include marks from 1 to 4 on qualities such as organization, timeliness and accountability.

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World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 14, 2022

Consider the existing archaeological periodizations of the Americas as well as the effects on Native peoples today What does historical reconstruction art offer that more traditional academic output might not? What compromises must an artist make that a historian writing an article or book might not have to think about or might not accept?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Students in a world history class at Northview High School spent an afternoon course comparing multiple definitions of terrorism and discussing common threads among them. The mind-set was evident in the district’s three high schools last May, where in any given essentials classroom students were working through grade-level material.

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Leah Cleary

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Teachers and students alike realized that some lessons are better learned in a more traditional manner. I was assigning SAQs this way for AP World History. Does this sound familiar? It’s not surprising if it does. One legacy of quarantine is digital burnout. About putting pen to paper. About manually annotating.

Primary Sources 52

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

One time, a teacher gave his special education world history class all of the answers to their final exam. high school with a traditional diploma, proving that his disability didn’t prevent him from meeting the same standards as his peers. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A.

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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. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, she is considered one of the most powerful empresses in Chinese history.

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Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

history and world history courses. Opponents of DeSantis’ efforts argued the real aim was to prevent children from learning about tough topics such as slavery and racial discrimination and said they feared it would lead to a whitewashing of history.

Social Studies 40

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

In another essay called " You Can't Teach the age of Revolutions without the Black Intellectual Tradition, Robert D. Another example includes book recommendations about the history of slavery. Here three historians offer book suggestions for educating ourselves about the history of slavery.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

History students. For the full 90-minute block period students discussed, jotted down notes, and exclaimed in both horror and shock as they learned about a sliver of our country’s hidden history. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

History 52

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