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Passion for Social Studies
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Luckily, the US History Projects Bundle has everything you need to integrate engaging ways for students to demonstrate their learning. history can often feel distant or abstract, but projects help make it real by involving students in hands-on tasks. On top of this, projects help make history relevant.
Sapiens
DECEMBER 3, 2024
A team of archaeologists working in Southeast Asia is pushing toward a deeper understanding of history that amplifies Indigenous and local perspectives to challenge traditional archaeological timelines. Instead, we advocate for “deep history.” The post It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History” appeared first on SAPIENS.
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Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A whole-genome study 1 challenges Herodotus’ theory that Armenians are descendants of Phrygian settlers from the Balkans, providing new evidence that reshapes our understanding of the region’s deep genetic history. These claims, grounded in biblical references and cuneiform texts, have been refuted by the study’s findings.
NCHE
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
After Valencia Abbott’s school day ended, we met to discuss her experiences as a history teacher. I’m supposed to be a history teacher. But she was determined: “Yeah, I am.” “It made history a part of my life, not just, ‘I’m teaching this subject and I’m going home and doing this and creating this lesson plan.’
Zinn Education Project
MARCH 7, 2025
Here is why: In Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future , Jason Stanley exposes the ways authoritarian regimes manipulate historical narratives to maintain power. In fact, he references teachers using lessons from the Zinn Education Project as playing a key role in teaching peoples history, outside the textbook.
Sapiens
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Spain has a deep and far-reaching colonial history, particularly in Latin America. The claim that Spain’s imperialism isn’t true colonization reflects a reluctance to confront the darker aspects of the country’s history, which involved widespread exploitation, violence, and cultural erasure across continents.
Anthropology.net
MARCH 6, 2025
A Missing Chapter in Mesopotamian History Most of what we know about Mesopotamian irrigation comes from the Parthian and Sasanian periods, roughly a thousand years after the newly discovered Eridu canals were in use. This is a rare case where nature has preserved a vital piece of human history. Water History, 7 , 397–418.
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