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OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors? Show them what it was like

The Hechinger Report

Over the past decade, researchers, museum professionals and educators have started to explore the use of virtual and augmented reality in relation to Holocaust education and memory. It’s intended for larger museum, school and community spaces. Credit: The Rowan University Virtual Reality Lab. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Would You Rather: Transfer and Apply

Catlin Tucker

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

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2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships

Society for Classical Studies

In 2025, the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program will offer 16 two-year fellowship opportunities with mission-driven social justice nonprofits for recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs. The full roster of partnering organizations and positions is available here.

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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. We’d examine historical images of Native American life from the Museum of Photographic Arts, other historical photos from the U.K. Washington University in St.

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Reading, writing and arguing: Can a summer of big questions push students to college?

The Hechinger Report

Nearly half — 46 percent — major in the humanities or social sciences, Lee said. Carthage students visited the local Civil War museum to connect theory with history, while Columbia asks participants to spend their senior year of high school working on a civic leadership project.

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Call for Fellowship Applications: Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History

Society for Classical Studies

The Center for Premodern Studies (CPS) is the home for collaborative scholarship and outreach in the historical humanities and social sciences at the University of Minnesota. CPS’s connections within and beyond the UMN will support fellows in engaging regional scholars, special collections, and museums.

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OPINION: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree

The Hechinger Report

Occupational Versatility : Humanities graduates make up big portions of the legal, museum and library workforces across all states; other significant areas of humanities graduate employment are education, management and sales. Ann Ardis is dean of George Mason University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences.