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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”. The Library of Congress is developing a new education center that will break ground in the next few years.

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

TCI

TCI, a leader in K-12 educational content and curriculum, is proud to announce that its K-6 and 7-12 Social Studies programs have received favorable reviews in the latest textbook adoption reports released by the Office of Instructional Materials & Library Services within the Mississippi Instructional Materials Review Board.

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

The Hechinger Report

The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. They learned about the history of their neighborhoods and the origins of the music they listened to.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. As fun as it is to explore the maps collection of the British Library , it’s even better when we roll up our sleeves and get to work. Let’s take maps, for example.

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???“Å falle mellom to stoler”: Africans in Norway 

Anthropology News

How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? How do you write about Blackness in a place that tries to deny its existence? How do you write about Blackness while trying to resist the insidious pull of cultural and racial assimilation? References Ahmed, Sara.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

In Pasadena, Maryland, organizers invited people to a banned books “photo booth” at a local library. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. Students as Historians.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Donate so that we can continue to organize events like these and defend the right of teachers across the United States to teach peoples history. Host an information table at a public site (such as a library, bookstore, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. Sign up today. The group can be any size.