Zinn Education Project

JUNE 16, 2024

In this election year, the Zinn Education Project developed an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display to raise awareness about the growing threat of anti-history education laws and book bans.

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HistoryRewriter

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Game of Quotes can be easily adapted to help students master historical thinking skills, whether you use the College Board (AP) definitions, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) definitions aka Digital Inquiry Group (DIG), or use the definitions from The American Historical Association (AHA).

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 25, 2024

His piece, “Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also a War on History, Education, and Children,” connects the attacks in the United States on teaching about race and gender to Israel’s attacks on children, schools, and historical memory in Palestine.

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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”.

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Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson High School, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education.

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History Psychology Leadership History Education 98

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A Good Civics Education Includes History When teachers, administrators and legislators talk about history education, we must consider it an exercise in civics. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

Donate so that we can continue to organize events like these and defend the right of teachers across the United States to teach people’s history. Read about a 4th-grade class ’ s banned books study and share your teaching stories Get involved with the school board. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. What to Say?

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

The goal is to raise awareness about how anti-history education laws and book bans — and their chilling effect — threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy. For a list of locations and activities, click here.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2024

The institutes featured below are a few of the ones that could be of interest to people’s history educators. The deadline to apply is March 5, 2024. Visit the NEH website to browse all of the 2024 summer programs.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For a long portion of their history, education schools didn’t have to think much about recruitment. “We We just said, ‘Here we are, come, we’re ready for you,’” says Stan Harward, the associate dean of Utah Valley University’s College of Education. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below.

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ASHP CML

MARCH 5, 2024

Position Overview: The American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning (ASHP/CML) is seeking a resourceful project director, with strong organizational and fundraising skills and an interest in public history and history education as an Assistant Director for Digital Projects to develop and produce a wide range of educational materials (..)

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History American History Pedagogy Professional Development 40

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

This network of professionals has helped transform my teaching practice and feeds my teacher soul.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, educators will host more than 170 grassroots events on Saturday, June 8 and throughout the month. Here are highlights from the remarks.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Right now the educators may be in one of the greatest exoduses in history. Educators are and will continue to leave in record numbers. All of this is demoralizing. We love teaching, we love students. All we want is a true say in how our schools are run. Teachers will either leave silently or will leave fighting.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

But I believe that by allowing students to follow their own curiosity about our local history–whether this means something good or something less flattering–I am allowing them a stake in the future development of our community.

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Oral History Public History History Museum 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the coming months, Stanford’s History Education Group plans to release materials to help teachers do so. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Civics Advocacy Elementary School Middle School 112

Diane Ravitch

JUNE 20, 2021

“This study is not an indictment of the students—they did what they’ve been taught to do—but the study should be troubling to anyone who cares about the future of democracy,” said Joel Breakstone, director of the Stanford History Education Group and the study’s lead author. “We

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

history, education leaders have started to reckon with how to comprehensively teach history with an antiracism lens. Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind.

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Teaching Social Justice Elementary School American History 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Arizona State University, for example, is rapidly increasing the number of online courses in its continuing and professional education division, which confers both badges and certificates.

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History Education History Tradition Research 94

Digital Promise

JULY 2, 2018

When the Stanford History Education Group released findings showing that most students couldn’t tell sponsored ads from real articles, among other miscues, it intensified the scramble for tools and strategies to help students discern better. Read the original version here.

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History Education History Research Teaching 51

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement.

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Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now! Share your teaching story and we’ll send you a free copy of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine by Norman Solomon.

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Quality Media Literacy Requires More Than Toothless Laws, Educators Say lee_2 Tue, 03/12/2024 - 17:47 03/12/24 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

DECEMBER 6, 2023

‘There’s Nothing More Critical’: California Makes Schools Teach Kids to Spot Fake News kerrd Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:10 12/05/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

DECEMBER 6, 2023

‘There’s Nothing More Critical’: California Makes Schools Teach Kids to Spot Fake News kerrd Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:10 12/05/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 21, 2022

Media Literacy is Desperately Needed in Classrooms Around the Country, Advocates Say kerrd Mon, 03/21/2022 - 10:03 03/18/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 21, 2022

Media Literacy is Desperately Needed in Classrooms Around the Country, Advocates Say kerrd Mon, 03/21/2022 - 10:03 03/18/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out. kerrd Thu, 02/16/2023 - 13:52 01/24/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out. kerrd Thu, 02/16/2023 - 13:52 01/24/23 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 25, 2022

How Improving Civic Literacy Can Reinforce Democracy kerrd Fri, 03/25/2022 - 10:03 03/25/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

MARCH 25, 2022

How Improving Civic Literacy Can Reinforce Democracy kerrd Fri, 03/25/2022 - 10:03 03/25/22 [link]

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.

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Stanford History Education Group

AUGUST 24, 2022

Illinois High School Students to Receive Media Literacy Instruction This Year kerrd Wed, 08/24/2022 - 10:13 08/22/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

AUGUST 24, 2022

Illinois High School Students to Receive Media Literacy Instruction This Year kerrd Wed, 08/24/2022 - 10:13 08/22/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Lies Spread Faster Than the Truth. Can Communities Change That? kerrd Tue, 11/08/2022 - 10:33 11/08/22 [link]

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Stanford History Education Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Lies Spread Faster Than the Truth. Can Communities Change That? kerrd Tue, 11/08/2022 - 10:33 11/08/22 [link]

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