ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper. Photo by Ryan Kelly for EdSurge.

Library 113

Library Psychology Primary Sources Humanities 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

When the AP United States history students at Aragon High School in San Mateo California, scanned the professionally designed pages of www.minimumwage.com , most concluded that it was a solid, unbiased source of facts and analysis. They got duped.”. Or, as one student put it, loudly, “fudge nuggets!”.

K-12 101

K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 101

Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies broadly conceived, enables visiting scholars to conduct research using the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in Sacramento, CA. There is a broad representation of languages in the collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials.

Research 40

Research Archiving Primary Sources Artifacts 40

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Christopher Lowman built a writing course for the era of ChatGPT, introducing anthropology majors to Large Language Models (LLMs) and their ability to prompt research topics and improve writing while teaching students to recognize AI’s limitations. Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai

Anthropology 105

Anthropology Archaeology Pedagogy Archiving 105

ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Civics Archiving Government 52

Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Along with these solutions, I’ll be adding resources to my Free Resource Library that you can edit and use in your classroom. You can get access to the Library by signing up for my email list. It doesn’t allow room for creativity, research, or curiosity. A really good question can spark curiosity and drive research.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Library Geography World History 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

What I found during my research to create the lesson drove home the whole purpose of why we teach history and why I teach history the way I do. I was able to locate Topeka’s “shut down” order through the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America. But the development of the Coronavirus required the creation of a whole new “case study.”

Lesson Plan 67

Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

NCHE

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Local History Professional Development 130

Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nathan has also been named a Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , Master Teacher Fellow, Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes , Fellow, and a George Washington Library , Lifeguard Teacher Fellow. First up, the LOC (aka Library of Congress): The Library of Congress has an amazing treasure trove of primary source materials.

Primary Sources 67

Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2020

Masterman High School, the rising junior was doing research for a proposal to convince the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to erect a marker to commemorate the walkouts, when thousands of local students marched to protest racial injustice more than 50 years earlier. It was the summer of 2019, and Nia was 15. But it really was.”

Archiving 139

Archiving Museum History Primary Sources 139

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

You can’t skip the slavery unit, or you can’t think to skip Harriet Jacobs’ primary source of her narratives of a slave girl, where she’s talking about being sexually harassed by slaveholder,” she said. “I don’t know how you really cherry-pick what you’d like to cover in an AP class. Santana goes deep.”

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Distribution of Delmont’s book is a direct challenge to the widespread removal of books from libraries and classrooms across the country. History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources. Students read the James Thompson editorial “ Should I Sacrifice to Live Half American?

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mamie Till-Mobley, Library of Congress Mamie Till-Mobley In 1955, Mamie Till-Mobleys son, Emmett, was tortured and killed because of his race. She sought opportunities to research in Antarctica, but the people who headed expeditions kept turning her down because of her gender. In 1931, she co-won the Nobel Peace Prize.

World History 98

World History History Archaeology Social Studies 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The teachers learned about the Tougaloo Nine , a group of students from historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, who staged read-ins at the white-only Jackson Municipal Library in 1961. 0 — Number of fourth-grade classrooms in Mississippi that use a social studies textbook published more recently than 2006.

K-12 95

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 95

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The CUNY Digital History Archive is now recruiting volunteer researchers to join our project team. Research and Editorial Board The editorial team reviews new collections and assists with research and writing, identifies relevant archival materials and works with collection curators to contextualize primary sources.

Archiving 40

Archiving History Oral History Primary Sources 40

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

Hagopian: Incredible research you did on that. For example, what number do you put on the thousands of Indigenous remains that are still on the property of Harvard University today, or the stolen bodies that were used for scientific research? So, stuck on stupid. Hagopian: Wow. And of course, history and social studies teachers.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Formally, he was the director of a place that we hold very dear, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Hagopian: Incredible research you did on that. You are often limited in your ability to teach certain topics by the dependence upon primary sources rather than secondary sources. Thanks, T.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52