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Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum

A Principal's Reflections

Holocaust Memorial Museum to research their assigned cluster of non-Jewish victims of Nazi oppression. (i.e. Holocaust Memorial Museum through online access of the collections, students will cite in MLA format their sources. To begin, I asked students to utilize a specific chapter in Nazi Ideology and the Holocaust by The U.S.

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Bantu Migrations: Resources

World History Teachers Blog

Items in museums are often not dated either or from more recent times. It is difficult to find examples of early African iron. Almost all pictures found on the net relate to commercial items, either without a date or the 19th / 20th century.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S. A more inclusive U.S.

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Undertanding the Middle Ages as Global

World History Teachers Blog

One called the Global Middle Ages includes twenty projects from around the world.

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My First Year

Rosie the History Teacher

My Job Hunt I graduated with my teaching degree in December 2013 and landed my dream job at a children’s museum working as their education director/exhibit designer/volunteer coordinator. I was teaching World History and we were studying ancient civilizations at the beginning of the year.

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

I have a thorough World History PBL packet that can be used in any unit. For example, you could take your students on a field trip to a local museum or historic site, or have them participate in a role-playing activity to learn about a particular historical event.

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15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference

Studies Weekly

15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference Mar. 7, 2022 By Studies Weekly World history is full of remarkable women who changed the way we live today. Impressed with her work, the national museum hired her as the director of archaeology. Her work during that time contributed to the first Antarctic atlas.