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Digging Up Rural Roots: The Source at the Library of Congress

NCHE

Since 2021, the National Council for History Education has partnered with the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program on a nationwide program, “The Rural Experience in America”. If you or someone you know is interested, information can be found at ncheteach.org and/or contact Regina Holland at regina@ncheteach.org.

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Mississippi Reports Praise TCI’s K-12 Social Studies Programs

TCI

The reports highlight TCIs focus on state-specific customization and its ability to meet diverse district needs, including the integration of local history, standards, and educational goals. For more information, visit www.teachtci.com. More than 4.5

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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. If your community is like mine, it’s likely much of your town’s rural history hasn’t been preserved in a meaningful way.

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OPINION: Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught

The Hechinger Report

are experts at filtering, organizing and connecting information. This generation of students interacts with more content than any other generation in history. They are experts at filtering, organizing and connecting information. There are hundreds of national parks, many of which focus on local history.

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Crafting a Standards-Aligned, Skill-Focused Unit with AI Collaboration

Moler's Musing

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through how I collaborated with AI (ChatGPT) to develop a comprehensive 5-6 day unit on Native American history, tailored specifically for my 8th-grade students. Prompt: “What do you notice about the style of writing for these textbook sections?”

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Another would be Wayland (MA) High School’s yearly student history projects , in which students engage in digital storytelling projects, scanning historical images and creating audio podcasts, interviewing local Vietnam-era veterans , and analyzing the papers of the commander of the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation.

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Newcomer Students in Rural and Suburban Communities

Digital Promise

Some recent immigrants may have had highly disrupted, informal educational experiences, and others may have regularly attended western-style schools. Some recent immigrants may have had highly disrupted, limited, or informal educational experiences, and others may have regularly attended western-style schools.