The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

High-income children are more likely to travel, go to museums and attend live performances. It also plans to analyze lesson plans created by the 1619 Project , which grew out of a series of New York Times stories that reframe American history around slavery and its consequences. who started kindergarten in 2011.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

Seven-year-old Kate Stabenow and her five-year old brother Jack put the finishing touches on the buildings they designed and built at the Bay Area Discovery Museum’s new early-childhood fab lab. The museum staffers were testing a prototype, too. Elizabeth Rood, vice president of education strategy, Bay Area Discovery Museum. “We

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Learning can happen anywhere — in a classroom, in a park, on a field trip or at a museum. We taught lessons, organized student materials and met with families in this space. Coordinating schedules, tailoring lesson plans and constantly shifting my dyads and triads to ensure students are best placed with peers is no easy feat.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2018

An exhibit at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Local AP-certified supervisory teachers also support in-class instructors with detailed lesson plans and pedagogical guidance. The new Civil Rights Museum honors the Mule Train and other historic efforts to achieve equality. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. the New York State Archives and Museum , and the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site ) is essential to my instructional practice.

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Civics for All of US

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting. Attendees will receive a digital Voting Rights Photo Book, access to 1963: The Struggle for Civil Rights microsite and a variety of civil rights related activities and lesson plans.

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Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

As a history teacher with a background in museum work, my biggest goal is for my students to learn to curate their knowledge to be able to share it with others. Smithsonian Learning Lab Last year, I attended the Museum Computer Network Conference to present on my work as the Education Advisor with Girl Museum.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Toymail has invented a two-way communications device that can be used to transmit lessons. Yannier’s invention, by contrast, is a giant piece of furniture intended for schools and museums. Both lessons guided students to discover concepts through a series of questions, rather than just teaching kids to memorize and regurgitate facts.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Last school year, the district piloted a new set of lessons created by the Newseum , a museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to news and journalism; the lessons were developed with the support of the For Action Initiative.

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Rosie the History Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I dressed the part and memorized her life story and headed to the museum. The event at the museum included a speakeasy and a variety of historical props such as this sign from a famous Temperance Movement photograph – this Victorian Era lady couldn’t resist getting a photograph!

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. For further reading, visit jacl.org , the National Women’s History Museum , or the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese American computer programmer who founded Yahoo!

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Rosie the History Teacher

JULY 31, 2020

I am one of the lucky teachers who did not have to figure out how to change all of my lesson plans and adapt to online teaching overnight, because I have been teaching at a virtual school for a couple of years now. Now I do all of my lesson planning during the school day. It is pretty mind-blowing.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The National Women’s History Museum documents how Truth advocated for voting rights for all and argued that gender or race should not restrict any human rights. Her speeches, including her famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” ” address, challenged the prejudices against both Black Americans and women.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences. In another example, a student of Bette Bramante’s assumed the role of a museum curator.

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Maitri Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Museums The first thing I have to say is to get yourself to some museums!! Conversations at a Picture Once your walls are feeling museum-esque, anytime you and a child have a few moments, invite them to have a conversation about one of the pictures. You can read more details about this in our Fine Art Cards Lesson Plan.

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Maitri Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Museums The first thing I have to say is to get yourself to some museums!! Conversations at a Picture Once your walls are feeling museum-esque, anytime you and a child have a few moments, invite them to have a conversation about one of the pictures. You can read more details about this in our Fine Art Cards Lesson Plan.

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Museum Lesson Plan Cultures Geography 52

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Some helpful tips for utilizing Studies Weekly resources can be found in this article: [link] Utilizing Community Resources: Local museums, science centers, botanical gardens, and nature reserves often offer educational programs and activities for students. Learn more about Studies Weekly’s science programs at studiesweekly.com/science.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Parker’s uncle by marriage was Mark Raymond Harrington, director of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California. He hired Parker as a secretary and cook for the museum’s excavations of Pueblo Indian sites. She is believed to be the first indigenous female archaeologist. She was of Abenaki and Seneca descent.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2016

Families must register in advance because, like any school, there is a specific curriculum with lesson plans that build on one another. Libraries are popular locations, but so are community centers, schools, churches, public housing, local YMCA centers, and museums.

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History Tech

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I got the chance this week to chat a bit with my kids – both now in Minnesota. And during the convo with the youngest, we ended up talking about a letter written by a Norwegian ski instructor in 1943. The guy was teaching US and Canadian special ops guys to ski as part of […]

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Impressed with her work, the national museum hired her as the director of archaeology. Later in life, she was one of the first women to work in Mexican archaeology and the first person to study the pre-Columbian site of Chalcatzingo. Her life proves women can not only break into male-dominated fields but excel in them.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The plan was to make it a museum that focuses on the history of Black Americans’ struggles both during and after enslavement. In using the How We Remember lesson plan, our students engaged with Smith’s writing and started to explore the spaces he visited where the history of enslavement is either remembered or forgotten.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

His village was an expensive 12-hour bus ride from the Nairobi National Museum , where most of Kenyas fossils are housed, studied, and displayed. RIPO members and excavators Mackey Otwal (lower left) and Cliff Ocheing of the National Museums of Kenya uncover and document animal bones at Nyang Rise. Next come the questions.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Hundreds of oil-and-gas-centric lesson plans are now available at the click of a mouse. Participants are reimbursed for supplies year-round and can register their classes for free museum field trips — so long as the exhibits highlight petroleum. The idea caught on.

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