Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. Primary sources are excellent tools to help students learn how to think like historians. Students should know that their family records are also primary sources!

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Primary Sources Heritage Social Studies History 52

Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

Teaching the Constitution is hard, especially to younger students. Every year I teach the Constitution I want to try something new. It’s the hardest primary source I teach and I’m sure many of you feel the same. Check it out here. Teaching the Constitution doesn’t have to be boring! I feel your pain.

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Primary Sources History Teaching 195

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.

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High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

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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Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

Active History Teacher

JULY 13, 2024

You can teach it with the best lesson you’ve ever taught and students will still forget it a couple of weeks later. Meanings of some vocabulary can change with the unit you teach. If you teach EARLY American history, some of the 17th and 18th century vocabulary is difficult to read and understand in primary sources.

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History Primary Sources American History Teaching 195

Thrive in Grade Five

APRIL 20, 2019

However, I have found that teaching about this unfortunate time gives students insight into the strict, oppressive beliefs of the Puritans. Primary source documents report that Bridget continued to proclaim her innocence up to the moment of her execution. Bridget’s trial and execution occurred within a span of eight days.

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Teaching Primary Sources History Social Studies 130

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

The librarians have created huge sets of primary source images by topic or time period. Library of Congress Primary Source Sets I encourage students to browse the primary source sets or to search for an image. My favorite place to send students to look for history-based images is the Library of Congress.

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History Primary Sources Social Studies Library 130

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For the past year, Teaching American Historys webinars have been about the presidential election. Excerpts for discussion, a pre-webinar discussion board, and links to webinar recordings and relevant primary sources will be made available to registrants. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election cycle.

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Primary Sources American History Professional Development History 52

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

History teacher Lauren Cella's "Gen Z Teaches History" series has earned about 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok combined. All three of these historic royals have been the subject of “Gen Z Teaches History,” a viral video series created by Lauren Cella, who teaches 10th grade history. And they're like, ‘No, Miss, they do.

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History Teaching Primary Sources Heritage 27

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Though the past year has put a spotlight on the limits and possibilities of using technology for teaching and learning, we began exploring the utility of using virtual reality as a medium for Holocaust education before the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape. The post OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors?

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Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 130

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

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

Therefore, I believe, the only way to combat racial violence is to teach young people to be “anti-racists,” which includes studying the history of U.S. There is only one way: teaching anti-racism. Use primary sources. Perhaps if schools had given more attention to teaching the truths about the U.S.

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Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 110

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Instead of being limited to my teaching and our textbook, we’d have access to an entire planet of experts.

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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Teacher vs. Teacher Competitions If there are multiple teachers in your school that teach the same subject and grade level, then try doing teacher vs. teacher competitions. There is always a lot to teach and little time to do so. It adds an extra incentive to motivate the class. You’d be amazed at what kids will do for Jolly Ranchers!

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Primary Sources American History History Cultures 195

Active History Teacher

JULY 9, 2021

If you teach in a state with a standardized test, then you know formative assessments are the KEY to success! I love watching students make connections as they sort primary sources , vocabulary and key people in US History. Formative assessments are so important in social studies!

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Social Studies Primary Sources American History History 195

Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2024

As Publications Manager at Teaching American History , I frequently hear the following from our teacher partners: I love teaching with primary sources! My district has dropped our textbook and we are switching to primary sources. Unlike textbooks, we won’t tell you what to teach or how to teach it.

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Library Primary Sources American History Social Studies 105

World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Teaching Buddhism or imperialism? Examining primary sources about the looting, Thompson notes that one soldier wrote his mother that in one monastery " I got rather a nice gong which no doubt you will find useful when I am able to get it home." The forces looted monasteries and then burned them to the ground.

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Primary Sources History Teaching 130

Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

It may seem simple, but the ability to use printed, colored text and images when teaching social studies is incredibly impactful, she explains. Studies Weekly does an excellent job of incorporating age-appropriate text and engaging activities, and I loved exploring the online components that make it such a robust program.

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Primary Sources American History World History Social Studies 52

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Supporting English Language Learners As Paul Fitchett, professor of curriculum and teaching at Auburn University’s College of Education, explains, “Understanding who you are and your place in society, that’s not something that just teenagers are thinking about.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Civics Critical Thinking 52

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. — We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. There are signs of progress. Nationally, in 2021, U.S.

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American History History Teaching Primary Sources 109

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

I often weave these historical narratives into content through primary sources. I love using primary sources and personal narratives to make history more relevant for my students, but that takes second place to tangible pieces of history like my family artifacts, such as my great-grandfather's World War I uniform.

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History Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies 139

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2019

I would argue this is a critical skill we need to be teaching in schools to ensure that our students develop the skills necessary to be informed consumers of media. I appreciate how easy NewseumED makes it to teach students to think critically about the media.

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Primary Sources Civics Lesson Plan Teaching 124

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Amid bans on teaching Black history and calculated attempts at falsifying history, we all need a recalibration in the importance of telling full stories about America’s past and present. 2021) Dillard’s “Spirit of Our Work” is transformative. King, Ph.D.,

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History Teaching Sociology Oral History 106

C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

These pilot experiences were invaluable we observed firsthand how students engaged in compelling questions, analyzed primary sources, and developed their own interpretations of historical events. Others worried about the complexities of multilingual learners engaging with rigorous primary sources.

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Social Studies Public School Primary Sources Civic Engagement 40

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Instead of overwhelming them, I shifted to teaching them how to work efficiently, meet deadlines, and build confidence with every task. The goal wasn’t just to cover content, but to teach them how to learn and apply skills independently. I realized I’ve been expecting too much from my students in a short amount of time.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 126

NCHE

MAY 1, 2023

Funded by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant, our 3-day long programming has guided hundreds of teachers in exploring how technology has shaped history while simultaneously developing teachers’ ability to design, implement, evaluate, and share primary source based historical inquiry.

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Primary Sources Archiving Library Museum 100

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. My teaching partner, Marika Neto, and I want our students to create their own learning environment each day to support and enhance the work they are doing in that moment.

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Primary Sources Teaching Research Education 141

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Friday Primary Sources Lesson Link , Thick Slide Summary Friday was a day off for me, so I set up an inquiry lesson for my students—a deep dive into the question, “Why is it important to have a voice in government? I asked it to rewrite the sources at a 7th-grade reading level , but still maintain the original tone and style.

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Primary Sources History Government Critical Thinking 126

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce. ISTE U serves as a digital hub offering top-tier professional learning courses designed to assist educators in developing fundamental skills for teaching and learning in a digital world.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Professional Development EdTech 137

Teaching American History

AUGUST 6, 2024

Staff and faculty members at Teaching American History have heard from our teacher partners that they want nonpartisan election resources that elevate classroom discourse beyond political bickering and horse race coverage. 2024 marks the 60 th time that Americans have gone to the polls to elect a new president.

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Primary Sources American History Professional Development History 72

4QM Teaching

MARCH 17, 2025

It turned out that we could get invited to conferences and we gave pretty good workshops that teachers liked a lot but very few of them went back home and revised their teaching materials to reflect the Four Question Method. who has read it and is actually revising their teaching materials based on its principles. Its all there.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan Private School 40

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the old model of education, the job of schools was to teach students everything they needed to know for life and work. 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.

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Primary Sources Library K-12 Geography 134

ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Your pursuit of this kind of assignment reminds me of an interview I did for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with Ken Bain , author of "What the Best College Teachers Do." Assess Creativity Ok, so how do you grade these creative assignments?

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Primary Sources History World History Digital Resources 127

Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

In this second post on our series on authentic learning with virtual exchange , HP Teaching Fellow Glen Coleman shares how students are using Skype to learn about history through the lens of contemporary issues. Prior to Skyping Julio, I thought that teaching history was something like deep annotation.

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History Primary Sources Social Studies Economics 113

Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

Teaching the Bill of Rights for Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body A virtual professional development workshop for K–12 educators. This online workshop will explore how to engage learners of all grade levels in the active exploration of primary sources that teach about the rights embodied in the Bill of Rights.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

We the People: Teaching the Constitution Workshop for Elementary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 07:46 Body Looking closely at the Preamble of the Constitution, teachers will work with primary sources from the National Archives and consider how the interpretation of “We the People” has changed over time.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In addition to the aspect of flexible time to watch others’ teaching, video-powered edtech for teachers can bridge geographical obstacles as well. Perhaps you’re teaching a unique content area or working on a skill that no one else in the building shares.

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EdTech Artifacts Primary Sources Educational Technology 97