Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels. At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. How MAHG Expanded Czarnecki’s Teaching Czarnecki’s MAHG studies more than prepared her to take on such questions.

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Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. Cori Schwarzrock is an AP Psychology teacher at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Il.

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Psychology Sociology Anthropology World History 218

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher.

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Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

I designed the digital pages I created to look like traditional notebooks - vertically aligned and in the style of the "cut-and-paste" activities we were already doing. Thankfully, I had been using digital notebooks in my classes for a few years. It started with occasional trips to the computer lab.

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Social Studies Primary Sources World History Civics 52

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. Unlike traditional textbooks, Studies Weekly removes barriers and allows for a dynamic, interactive approach to learning.

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Primary Sources American History World History Professional Development 52

Teaching American History

MAY 6, 2025

Paradoxically, her love of this history had led her to major in classics as an undergraduate at UCLA, so as to read the Latin and Greek texts the Founding Fathers read as they formulated their plans for self-government. She needed more knowledge to answer students questions.

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Primary Sources American History Library Government 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the middle of all this activity, seventh-grader Jacob Higuera sat alone with his laptop, intently typing out a social studies assignment. Many classrooms resemble a traditional setup, with a teacher at the front of the room and students sitting in rows, at desks, completing assignments with pen and paper.

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Elementary School Tutoring Middle School Tradition 111