C3 Teachers

MAY 5, 2025

I began restructuring units around compelling questions and primary sources. Ive always defined myself as a human rights educator, centering that theme throughout my 23 years of teaching. That concept changed my practice. My initial thoughts couldnt have been more wrong, and Ive never looked back. The shift was immediate.

Teaching 40

Teaching Museum Primary Sources Professional Development 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Standing in a recreated virtual space helps users learn something qualitatively different from simply looking at a photograph, reading primary source material or listening to survivor testimony. S tudents revealed that they were eager to spend more time with the experience.

Museum 135

Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 135

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources. #TeachTruth #BHM2022 pic.twitter.com/LFDfO1qcQM — Valencia Abbott (@vannabbott) November 8, 2022 In my U.S. Students read the James Thompson editorial “ Should I Sacrifice to Live Half American?

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

I tried to use it as an opportunity for the students, to get them to care about history and about human rights around the world.”. Some school districts prioritize students’ knowledge about the Civil Rights Movement in other creative ways. It changed me as an individual,” she said. “I

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

I had used AI to simplify the primary sources into 7th-grade-friendly readings, hoping this would keep students engaged and make the sources more accessible. This made the Loyalist primary source lesson from the Digital Inquiry group a perfect choice. They then designed a visual infographic.

Primary Sources 126

Primary Sources Government History Human Rights 126