Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

Image & Source Analysis (8 Parts) A picture is worth a thousand wordsbut only if students know how to analyze it! Post a primary source image (painting, political cartoon, propaganda poster) on Snorkl and have students: Identify nouns, adjectives, and verbs within the image. Add images or drawings to represent key ideas.

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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”. One example of the work that will be presented in The Source is students’ discoveries in their hometown of Thomaston, Georgia.

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Library Primary Sources Local History Professional Development 130

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

Hattie’s and Timperley’s (2007) research on feedback identified it as having a significant impact on student achievement and learning. Despite a growing body of research on the power of feedback, it is easy to neglect in classrooms because teachers feel pressure to cover content.

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ASHP CML

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This week, researcher Carli Snyder shares a primary source. Stay tuned for more documents in the coming weeks both on our website and on our primary source database, Social History for Every Classroom. The record features Giovanni reciting some of her poems, laid over soul, gospel, and blues music.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, recent research highlights the crucial role of social studies instruction in developing strong reading skills. While schools often increase ELA instruction to improve literacy rates, research suggests that allocating more time to social studies is actually more effective.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

While some students also receive one-on-one remediation, Fisher said that research shows those interventions aren’t enough to close the gap. “We HSHMC’s approach of integrating literacy into content classes is something that researchers are calling for. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. This time allocation persists despite research showing that knowledge-rich instruction in these subjects significantly boosts literacy development.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Critical Thinking Professional Development 52

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

For most of their education, my students have spent their days in classrooms where the teacher was the primary source of information. Instead, we use that time to get students exploring, researching, collaborating, and, ultimately, leading the learning. We intentionally don’t use our valuable time together in class to lecture.

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Primary Sources Teaching Research Education 141

History Tech

MARCH 15, 2023

I’ve had the chance to meet a lot of people who work at the Library of Congress. And they’ve all been awesome. I’m sure there’s probably one or two who work over there who are Las Vegas Raiders fans or who will tell you that they don’t like Kansas City Joe’s burnt ends. And other […]

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Library Research Primary Sources Lesson Plan 130

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Through the analysis of a complete genome from an individual of the Yayoi period, researchers have provided evidence linking the majority of ancient immigrants to the Japanese Archipelago directly to the Korean Peninsula. he roots of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago Despite these findings, further research remains critical.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Education researchers and neuroscientists are learning more about how people learn. With the internet, students can access primary source documents, research just about anything, and support their own understanding with explanations accompanied by video, animations, or other helpful visualizations. Access Resources.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Simplifying Primary Sources with AI My goal was to simplify the lesson while still helping students build confidence and learn. Whether you’re learning about religious freedom in Rhode Island or the tobacco economy in Virginia, this tool offers a conversational approach to make research more dynamic and memorable.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 126

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

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. Sara Pitcairn is the product developer and researcher for Future Projects at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 132

Thrive in Grade Five

APRIL 20, 2019

Primary source documents report that Bridget continued to proclaim her innocence up to the moment of her execution. During her research, Parker learned of Esther Ewell, her tenth great-grandmother. Ask students to research an accused witch. The History of Massachusetts website is an excellent source of information. ●

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

We need to invest as an organization [in an] effort that will allow us to really focus on projects, initiatives, challenges and research that really is centered in this idea of inclusive innovation,” Smith said in an interview. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.

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Primary Sources Social Science Professional Development Critical Thinking 125

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds live off the stipends from financial aid as their primary source of income. Research on online learning in both K-12 and higher-education settings points consistently to uneven benefits of online learning by student subgroups. Unequal risks.

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Primary Sources Library K-12 Economics 119

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.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

First up, the LOC (aka Library of Congress): The Library of Congress has an amazing treasure trove of primary source materials. Clicking the Growth topic will take you to subjects with connections to primary sources. CitationTip: at the bottom of each Pdf document is the necessary citation for the source.

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Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

4QM Teaching

MARCH 17, 2025

The 4QM team wrote our own narratives for all the Question One lessons, edited primary sources for all the Question Twos, researched data for all the Question Threes, and hashed out all the Question Fours. Each lesson has a complete lesson plan, slides, student handouts, and teacher exemplars for everything. Its all there.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan Private School 40

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These six books, with varying perspectives, retell significant well-researched stories about eras of Black history — clearing up some myths, providing context, and offering resources for teaching, learning and understanding the wholeness of Black history. Du Bois, Ph.D. 1920) “Darkwater” is within my top three favorite Du Bois classics.

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History Teaching Sociology Oral History 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. — not only to foster more understanding and tolerance, but also to show the beauty and complexity of cultures often neglected. There are signs of progress.

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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.”

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Archiving Museum History Primary Sources 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

said Eliana La Ferrara, a professor of economics at Bocconi University and a researcher in the study with whom I corresponded by email. The researchers are hopeful that online tutoring could be more potent if they can increase attendance. I would ask them if they wanted to switch things up and do something different,” said Pedron.

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Tutoring Middle School Primary Sources Economics 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Our new research shows that homes in black neighborhoods are devalued, draining critical sources of revenue for school districts – property taxes. Property taxes are not only a key source of school district funding, they are the primary source of revenue for the communities they sit in. localities.

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TCI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Review the list to find seasonal social studies lessons, primary source activities, and biographies for K-12 classrooms. Explore our free lessons, primary source activities, and biographies of empowering women from around the world. Explore our collection of primary-source poems and activities.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

This is critical because in addition to improving student well-being, research shows that when students feel represented in school and learn about the experiences and stories of people who look like them, academic performance and attendance rise. In fact, diverse representation and multicultural awareness benefits all students.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. I could garner ideas from the City University of New York’s American Social History Project.

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

That was true four decades ago, when researcher Linda Smith—now director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative—was starting her career in early childhood education by establishing a child care center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. And yet, they are the least likely demographic to get it.

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Primary Sources K-12 Professional Development Cultures 106

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.

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Primary Sources Civics Archiving Government 52

4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. Question Two) — is most appropriately addressed by interpreting primary sources. Reading primary sources sounds like the authentic activity of professional historians. I noticed something strange, however.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They write brief papers and give short oral reports, building skills and stamina they eventually will need to complete and present a capstone research project, their final assignment before they graduate. The course is called Transformations.

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Library Psychology Primary Sources Humanities 115

ASHP CML

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In spring 2024, Trystin Curbelo joined ASHP as an intern to work with researcher Carli Snyder on a new collection for our popular database, Social History for Every Classroom (SHEC). Carli and Trystin compiled primary sources and collaboratively wrote teaching activities, essential questions, and a background essay.

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Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

It doesn’t allow room for creativity, research, or curiosity. A really good question can spark curiosity and drive research. These questions are designed to be thought-provoking and to guide research: How would the world be different if nationalism didn’t rise? These 11 questions will drive student research.

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Anthroholic

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Secondary sources refer to materials that interpret, evaluate, or analyze data or information from primary sources. They offer a second-hand perspective on a subject or event and are often derived from primary source data.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

“The research projects, presentations, games, etc. Studies Weekly made it easy for me to learn along with my students by providing everything I needed.” ” As gifted education teachers, Morgan and Taylor love the extension activities that allow their students to further their knowledge of the material.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

I have loved researching and trying fun techniques to recenter and regulate emotions. Students can then use these exercises any time they need to refocus and feel peaceful. Breathing exercises to try As a Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate , I love to pass along information that can benefit you too.

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Heritage Primary Sources Lesson Plan Elementary School 52

Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

According to the 2022 report on this national assessment by a team of researchers at Stanford and Harvard, the data showed that while students with mostly remote classes had lower scores on average, remote learning had little impact on a student’s performance. Hogan in the New York Times article.

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Heritage Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan 52