February, 2025

article thumbnail

Using Images to Understand the Interwar Period

World History Teachers Blog

Atlantic Magazine published 45 black and white stunning black-and-white photographs of the interwar period around the world. Among the 45 images are Hitler and Mussolini shaking hands in Germany, Japanese aircraft carrying out air raids over China, Chinese General Chiang Kai-shek sitting with the chairman of the Yunan provincial government, and four Italian soldiers taking aim in Ethiopia in 1935.

article thumbnail

Why People Play Video Games

TeachThought

Gamers often throw around "escapism when talking about their hobby, but this is a hollow explanation for what motivates us to play games.

237
237
educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Message of Support

NCHE

Hello teachers. Im reaching out today as a fellow educator and historian, and as Executive Director of the National Council for History Education, to affirm your professionalism and the importance of your role as history educators. As you know, history is not the past its the study of the past. We, and our students, make sense of individuals, groups, and events by studying primary sources and the work of scholars.

article thumbnail

Small Changes to Make Your Classroom More Neurodiversity-Affirming

Cult of Pedagogy

Listen to the interview with Amanda Morin and Emily Kircher-Morris ( transcript ): Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and Brisk Teaching This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

Pedagogy 205
article thumbnail

Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

The Hechinger Report

Theres a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents and even some school officials dont know it exists. As a result, hundreds of thousands of students who could be getting help go without it. New Jersey had the nations lowest proportion roughly 2 percent of eligible students receiving these services in 2023.

article thumbnail

The Emic Perspective of Generative AI

Teaching Anthropology

Chloe Beckett, M.A., Nightingale College, South Dakota, US As I grade my Cultural Anthropoloy classs Emic and Etic Perspectives of Halloween essay, two things strike me: 1. How often I write the comment Capitalize proper nouns, and 2. How the Turnitin AI scores keep creeping higher and higher. For anyone who has been teaching anthropology over the last two years, the latter will be of no surprise to you.

article thumbnail

World War I: China & Africa Participate

World History Teachers Blog

Show your students the extent to which World War 1 was global with this excellent Twitter thread from Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Director of the Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism. She notes that China contributed much to the war effort and outlines the untold story of over 140,000 Chinese laborers who fought on the European frontlines beside French, Russian, and British troops.

History 208

More Trending

article thumbnail

Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy.

ED Surge

BROWNSVILLE, Texas Its nearly 5 p.m. on a Friday, and Dolores S. Perez is hard at work in the Brownsville Public Library. Shes also one of the people having the most fun. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Perez, known as Ms. D to her pupils, sits at a table with one of the young students she tutors as they clap and sing as part of their lesson.

Tutoring 116
article thumbnail

Three Ways You May Be Cognitively Overloading Your Students

Cult of Pedagogy

Listen to my interview with Blake Harvard ( transcript ): Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and Brisk Teaching This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

Pedagogy 132
article thumbnail

The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

Over the past decade, a majority of states have passed new science of reading laws or implemented policies that emphasize phonics in classrooms. Yet the 2024 results of an important national test, released last month, showed that the reading scores of elementary and middle schoolers continued their long downward slide, hitting new lows. The emphasis on phonics in many schools is still relatively new and may need more time to yield results.

Teaching 127
article thumbnail

WHN Reading List for LGBTQ+ History Month 2025

Women's History Network

For thirty years, the Womens History Network (WHN) have been publishing journal articles and blogs on myriad subjects about women. We have constructed this reading list for LGBTQ+ History Month, and beyond, to make visibility of our publications easier. Clicking on the title will link you to the relevant page.

History 134
article thumbnail

Re: [Teaching Anthropology] Password Reset

Teaching Anthropology

P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} I did not request a password reset. I need to get into the posts dashboard.= I only seem to be able to login to the journal administration. Sherry From: Teaching Anthropology= Editors <editors@teachinganthropology.org> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 2:37 PM To: Sherry Fukuzawa <s.fukuzawa@utoronto.ca> Subject: [Teaching Anthropology] Password Reset Someone has requested a password reset for the fol= lowing account: Site Name: Teaching Anthropol

article thumbnail

Food as Care: Stories of Forced Displacement and Connection

Anthropology News

When Shanthy left her coastal home in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1970 for Chicago, she carried ways of caring that would reshape her familys bonds through war and displacement. Over the next fifteen years, as violence against Tamils escalated, her eight siblingsShakuntala, Chandran, Babu, Nala, Saddan, Kala, Amutha, and Thushyand their parents would scatter across temporary homes in Europe, Africa, and the United States, each finding their own way to maintain connection through food.

article thumbnail

Teachers Say Parental Engagement Can Make or Break Efforts to Close Learning Gaps

ED Surge

The recent unveiling of national reading and math scores revealed some disheartening trends about learning recovery with the collective main headline: Students Are Doing Worse Than Before the Pandemic Started. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The factors behind the continued dip in scores are multilayered, but teachers might tell you that the key reason why some students arent making progress is that parents arent making schoolwork a priority at home.

K-12 107
article thumbnail

Elevating Innovation 2024: Conference Reflections and Takeaways from Educators

Digital Promise

In November 2024, Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning hosted the third annual Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference. The event attracted educators from across the country and around the world. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about the latest educational trends, emerging technologies, and innovative strategies shaping education directly from education and edtech experts like 2022 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year Whitney Aragaki; Hey, Mrs.

Education 111
article thumbnail

OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

The Hechinger Report

Last weeks reaction to the dismal scores on the nations report card, also known as NAEP, was familiar: panic and calls for reform. Heres an alternative response: Just say nope to NAEP. For decades, education policy has lurched from one test score panic to the next, diverting resources from what we know matters building students socioemotional skills, fostering strong relationships with teachers and peers and supporting enriched home environments that drive long-term success.

Economics 112
article thumbnail

1980’s Game Show

Passion for Social Studies

When was the last time you solved a Rubix Cube? How about listened to a cassette on your boom box? Honestly, I miss everything about the 80s! This transformative decade left a lasting impact on the entire world. There were technological innovations, political changes, and tons of new obsessions. Luckily, we get to bring some of this excitement back with the 1980’s Game Show.

Cultures 130
article thumbnail

The Wolves That Became Dogs: A New Model for Rapid Domestication

Anthropology.net

The Mystery of the First Dogs Dogs, our oldest animal companions, have walked beside humans for tens of thousands of years. But how did this ancient partnership begin? For decades, scientists have debated whether humans actively tamed wolves through selective breeding or whether some wolves self-domesticated by scavenging near human settlements, leading to a gradual shift in temperament and behavior.

article thumbnail

Were Twins the Norm in Our Primate Past?

Sapiens

New research uncovers how the last common primate ancestors typically birthed twins until evolutionary pressures began to favor singletonslikely driven by the advantages of birthing larger, brainier offspring. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special.

article thumbnail

Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

ED Surge

Its that time of year when seemingly everyone has the sniffles, and many people are laid up with a cold, the flu or some other unsavory affliction. While staff absences are rarely seamless in any setting, in K-12 schools, there is at least a system designed to support such occurrences. Public school districts have a reserve of substitute teachers they can tap into when sickness spreads and staff begin to call out.

K-12 110
article thumbnail

The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

Monday On Tuesday, I sat down to rewrite the Early Republic unit testnot just to make it easier, but to make it make sense. The original test was full of college-level questions that buried key concepts under overly complex wording. I want my students to be challenged, but I also want them to engage with historynot feel defeated by it. So, I kept some of the previous test questions but reworded them to align with how 8th graders actually talk and think.

History 69
article thumbnail

OPINION: Parents have the power to drive change and make sure that AI addresses inequality

The Hechinger Report

In an era when artificial intelligence increasingly shapes decisions in education, its critical to examine how these technologies impact historically marginalized communities. AI offers both promise and peril, and parents have the power to drive this change. By engaging with schools, collaborating with their communities and advocating for transparency and inclusivity, they can ensure that AI serves as a tool for empowerment rather than exclusion.

article thumbnail

How a Student Innovation Club Harnesses Solar Power for the Community

Digital Promise

The post How a Student Innovation Club Harnesses Solar Power for the Community appeared first on Digital Promise.

78
article thumbnail

Bones of Contention: New Evidence of Cannibalism in Magdalenian Culture

Anthropology.net

A Window into an Ancient Practice It is a haunting image: a group of Magdalenian hunter-gatherers gathered around a fire, consuming the flesh of their own kind. The idea of prehistoric cannibalism has long been a controversial topic, with scholars divided between those who see it as a survival necessity and those who argue for its role in ritual or warfare.

article thumbnail

Emic/Etic

Sapiens

A poet-anthropologist offers an anti-glossary to contest ways of knowing in social science that objectify people(s) into categories. Emic/Etic is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through. Read the introduction to the collection here. For more information on the history and uses of these two terms, see this entry. Emic and Etic – Listen Emic Find me (italicized) in the mouths of strangers knowable thing I sit pretty between text subtext white tongue, dull tooth.

article thumbnail

These Schools Are Banding Together to Make Better Use of AI in Education

ED Surge

DENVER In Zach Kennellys senior civics class, students are building custom chatbots with artificial intelligence. One student is working on a chatbot that better curates movie and television show recommendations based on a viewers recent watch history. Another is creating a chatbot that somewhat ironically helps members of Gen Z like herself practice their communication skills, such as by coming up with conversation starters.

Education 102
article thumbnail

Survey Research in Authoritarian States: Research Group Workshop | Deadline: February 14, 2025

Political Science Now

2025 APSA Virtual Research Meeting (VRM) April 10th and 11th | Research Group Workshop Survey Research in Authoritarian States Workshop Organizers: Grant M. Cohen (University of Colorado) This Virtual Research Group will examine the obstacles and challenges one may face when conducting survey research in authoritarian states, where governmental transparency is minimal and citizens often fear expressing their political opinions due to the risk of retaliation.

article thumbnail

America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend

The Hechinger Report

This story was produced by the Associated Press and reprinted with permission. Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and data chats at her middle school in Compton, California, have made a dramatic difference, the 11-year-old said. She proudly pulled up a performance tracker at a tutoring session last week, displaying a column of perfect 100 percent scores on all her weekly quizzes from January.

article thumbnail

10 Tips for Adopting an Interdisciplinary Approach to Science

Digital Promise

The post 10 Tips for Adopting an Interdisciplinary Approach to Science appeared first on Digital Promise.

70
article thumbnail

How Humans Reshaped the Pig's Skull in Just 100 Years

Anthropology.net

The evolution of species is often framed as a gradual process unfolding over millennia. Yet, sometimes evolution speeds up—not through natural selection but through human intervention. A new study, Evolution under Intensive Industrial Breeding: Skull Size and Shape Comparison Between Historic and Modern Pig Lineages 1 by Ashleigh Haruda and colleagues, reveals how industrial breeding has dramatically reshaped the skulls of domestic pigs within a mere century.

article thumbnail

Passing Notes

Sapiens

The speaker of a poem refuses linguistic erasure, passing secret notes with untranslated lines in Koreankeeping the language alive during Japanese occupation. Passing Notes is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through. Read the introduction to the collection here. Passing Notes – Listen For the preservers of the Korean language during Japanese Occupation (19101945) in secret today i got in trouble i didnt want my words shredded and force-fed to me so i () s

64
article thumbnail

Students Are Not Well, and It's Our Job to Save Them

ED Surge

During my eight-year teaching career in Colorado, Ive heard many schools and districts claim they want to develop the whole child. For example, the Colorado Department of Education supports statewide infrastructure and systems to promote a whole-child approach called Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child. Furthermore, Denver Public Schools Ends Policy requires all students to demonstrate a well-rounded educational experience.

article thumbnail

How to Choose High-Quality Social Studies Instructional Materials for Your District

TCI

Selecting high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for social studies is one of the most impactful decisions a district can make. It influences not only student achievement but also teacher effectiveness and overall district success. With the right HQIM, students develop critical thinking skills, engage meaningfully with historical content, and become informed citizens ready to tackle complex societal issues.

article thumbnail

Learn more about: Examining Women’s Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles

Political Science Now

Project Title:Examining Womens Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles Tessa Provins, University of Arizona Tessa Provins is an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, she was an assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Pittsburgh from 2018 to 2024.

article thumbnail

GA EDI Report - newly published

Living Geography

When I was serving on the GA's Governing Body , work started on a report exploring the diversity and inclusion of all aspects of the GA's activity. This was going to be produced by a Working Group called the DIWG. It has taken a while to carry out the research that underpins the report. Thanks to all those who were involved in producing this. Thanks to Steve Brace for sending me a copy of the report.

article thumbnail

Echoes from the Ice Age: DNA Unveils the Prehistoric Inhabitants of El Mirón Cave

Anthropology.net

More than 46,000 years ago, deep within the caves of what is now northern Spain, a silent drama unfolded between humans and the great beasts of the Ice Age. The remains of their existence—fragments of bones, scattered tools, and enigmatic carvings—have long been studied by archaeologists. But now, an unprecedented glimpse into this vanished world comes not from the bones themselves, but from the very dirt that once surrounded them.

article thumbnail

Reading Challenges

Social Studies Success

Getting kids to read informational text is always a challenge. Why not turn the challenge back on them? I have recently started writing a series of lessons that includes reading challenges – basically puzzles embedded into the readings that can only be solved with the key content of the informational text. These reading challenges will keep students engaged as they solve a series of puzzles to complete a map with images and summaries.