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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

The third-generation Japanese American congresswoman was a trailblazer who advocated for women’s rights, civil rights, education, and social justice. In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. Inc, according to ilctr.org.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial. Sign Up to Host an Event 3. Here are other ways to participate.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Host an information table at a public site (like a library, bookstore, museum, festival, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. The group can be any size. Every voice and action counts! Select your activity.

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Integrating Arab Narratives Across the Curriculum

Cult of Pedagogy

Now she returns with three other educators — Fatma Elsamra, math, Reem Fakhry, science, and Abeer Ramadan-Shinnawi, social studies — to focus more specifically on the curriculum piece of this work, approaches we can take to integrate Arab narratives into our teaching and curriculum. “They tend to be overlooked. .

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019. Next she handed out VR headsets and asked her students to grab their cellphones and head to her Google classroom, where posted three different experiences that showcase Afrofuturism: an Afrofuturism art museum, a short VR film and a musical performance.

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