Oral History and Professional Development

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Benefits of Primary Sources: Humanizing History With primary sources, students as young as kindergarten age can grasp difficult concepts and glean meaning from past events.

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Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Elliott-High Eagle, Oral History, interviewed by David Zierler Oct. 2, 2020, for AIP.org. John Bennet Herrington, “Notable Native Americans,” American Indian Education Fund, nativepartnership.org and aiefprogram.org.

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Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology

“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

I’ve talked to [Monica Goldson, the chief executive officer of Prince George’s County Public Schools] about implementing a three-hour early dismissal once a month, for teachers to get that time for grading and planning that isn’t taken up by professional development. Teachers were taking their time off to spend on planning and grading.

Oral History

Oral History History High School Public School

Social Studies Network

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

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