/history History en-US 2021 (c) 91Ö±²¥ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:29:33 GMT /teaching-learning/black-history-month-a-time-of-reflection-and-celebration Read all of 91Ö±²¥ Opinion’s Black history projects guest edited by educator LaGarrett J. King. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:29:33 GMT /teaching-learning/black-history-month-a-time-of-reflection-and-celebration /teaching-learning/why-we-need-black-history-education-a-collection This year’s special 91Ö±²¥ Opinion project offers perspectives and guidance from educators for improving Black history education. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:28:52 GMT /teaching-learning/why-we-need-black-history-education-a-collection /teaching-learning/opinion-what-we-lose-when-we-only-teach-respectable-black-history/2025/01 It’s tempting to overcompensate for the absence of Black history by teaching only perfect, pristine, and pure histories. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:23:52 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-what-we-lose-when-we-only-teach-respectable-black-history/2025/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-what-we-can-all-learn-from-black-women-in-education/2025/01 These eight extraordinary women in history have a lot to teach us today. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:23:31 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-what-we-can-all-learn-from-black-women-in-education/2025/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-cant-teach-ap-african-american-studies-start-a-club/2025/01 My students wanted more Black history than our school curriculum offered. Here’s what we did. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:23:08 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-cant-teach-ap-african-american-studies-start-a-club/2025/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-the-problem-with-primary-sources-in-black-history-education/2025/01 Do you know how to put Black history sources in context? Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:22:44 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-the-problem-with-primary-sources-in-black-history-education/2025/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-the-three-essentials-of-teaching-a-black-history-class/2025/01 Launching a new Black history course is a challenge. It should be. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:21:49 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-the-three-essentials-of-teaching-a-black-history-class/2025/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-black-history-to-spark-meaningful-conversations-a-resource-list/2025/01 Here are several books and a film to empower educators to engage with Black history and racial literacy. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:21:22 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-black-history-to-spark-meaningful-conversations-a-resource-list/2025/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-what-students-have-to-say-about-their-black-history-class/2025/01 Here’s what made these high school seniors sign up for an African American studies course—and what they’ve learned. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:20:25 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-what-students-have-to-say-about-their-black-history-class/2025/01 /teaching-learning/how-history-class-can-foster-lifelong-literacy-skills/2024/12 Parsing historical documents can train students to be critical consumers of information in their own lives, experts say. Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/how-history-class-can-foster-lifelong-literacy-skills/2024/12 /teaching-learning/opinion-this-native-american-heritage-month-we-must-confront-our-nations-violence/2024/11 Presenting students with a fuller, authentic account of U.S. history is no easy task. It is, however, a necessary one. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:06:54 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-this-native-american-heritage-month-we-must-confront-our-nations-violence/2024/11 /teaching-learning/opinion-boys-dont-love-to-read-could-this-former-teacher-be-on-to-something/2024/11 Boys are falling behind in reading. Books with military-history themes may help reverse this trend. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-boys-dont-love-to-read-could-this-former-teacher-be-on-to-something/2024/11 /teaching-learning/can-we-trust-this-source-and-other-questions-readers-ask-in-history/2024/10 Historical texts require students to weigh authors' bias, context, and audience. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/can-we-trust-this-source-and-other-questions-readers-ask-in-history/2024/10 /teaching-learning/the-topics-that-dominate-u-s-history-classes-and-the-ones-teachers-want-help-on/2024/09 The "inquiry" method is popular but not always structured well, a new report finds. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:17:25 GMT /teaching-learning/the-topics-that-dominate-u-s-history-classes-and-the-ones-teachers-want-help-on/2024/09 /teaching-learning/theres-no-evidence-that-history-teachers-are-indoctrinating-students-report-says/2024/09 Teachers largely use nonpartisan resources, and want to provide multiple perspectives. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:54:30 GMT /teaching-learning/theres-no-evidence-that-history-teachers-are-indoctrinating-students-report-says/2024/09 /leadership/video-a-unique-pd-experience-to-deepen-history-teaching/2024/08 A PD program helps educators tell a fuller story by tapping into the power of place. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:16:24 GMT /leadership/video-a-unique-pd-experience-to-deepen-history-teaching/2024/08 /leadership/why-this-workshop-is-bringing-teachers-to-a-former-japanese-incarceration-camp/2024/08 The history PD program offers lessons for art, math, and literature teachers too by emphasizing the power of place. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:15:06 GMT /leadership/why-this-workshop-is-bringing-teachers-to-a-former-japanese-incarceration-camp/2024/08 /teaching-learning/opinion-make-history-exciting-again-for-students/2024/05 National History Day seeks to engage young people in deep examination of the past. Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-make-history-exciting-again-for-students/2024/05 /teaching-learning/video-teachers-try-this-a-method-for-navigating-political-debates-in-social-studies/2024/04 Through the use of primary sources, and students' own critical thinking skills, this Texas teacher navigates the current political climate. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:51:00 GMT /teaching-learning/video-teachers-try-this-a-method-for-navigating-political-debates-in-social-studies/2024/04 /teaching-learning/oral-history-offers-a-model-for-how-schools-can-introduce-students-to-complex-topics/2024/04 Community history projects like a curriculum in Memphis, Tenn. can help students grapple with issues like school segregation, experts say. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:02:56 GMT /teaching-learning/oral-history-offers-a-model-for-how-schools-can-introduce-students-to-complex-topics/2024/04 /teaching-learning/how-these-teachers-build-curriculum-beyond-black-history/2024/04 A pilot to infuse Black history and culture in social studies is gaining ground in New York. Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:32:18 GMT /teaching-learning/how-these-teachers-build-curriculum-beyond-black-history/2024/04 /teaching-learning/heres-how-ap-african-american-studies-helps-teachers-get-students-to-think/2024/04 Ahenewa El-Amin in Kentucky is teaching the second year pilot of the College Board's new course set to officially launch this fall. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:15:05 GMT /teaching-learning/heres-how-ap-african-american-studies-helps-teachers-get-students-to-think/2024/04 /teaching-learning/what-students-have-to-say-about-ap-african-american-studies/2024/04 Students at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., share their takeaways from the pilot course that officially launches this fall. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:14:34 GMT /teaching-learning/what-students-have-to-say-about-ap-african-american-studies/2024/04 /teaching-learning/photos-inside-an-ap-african-american-studies-class/2024/03 The AP African American studies course has sparked national debate since the pilot kicked off in 2022. Here's a look inside the classroom. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:28:43 GMT /teaching-learning/photos-inside-an-ap-african-american-studies-class/2024/03 /teaching-learning/video-what-ap-african-american-studies-looks-like-in-practice/2024/03 The AP African American studies course has sparked national debate since the pilot kicked off in 2022. A look inside the classroom. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:28:37 GMT /teaching-learning/video-what-ap-african-american-studies-looks-like-in-practice/2024/03 /teaching-learning/how-ap-african-american-studies-works-in-a-state-that-limits-teaching-about-race/2024/03 Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., is offering the final pilot year of the course before it officially launches this fall. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:28:31 GMT /teaching-learning/how-ap-african-american-studies-works-in-a-state-that-limits-teaching-about-race/2024/03 /teaching-learning/opinion-housework-is-a-topic-worthy-of-study-in-our-schools/2024/03 Keeping housework out of our curricula reflects a broader social indifference toward this traditionally female labor. Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-housework-is-a-topic-worthy-of-study-in-our-schools/2024/03 /teaching-learning/history-group-finds-little-evidence-of-k-12-indoctrination/2024/03 Most social science educators say they keep politics out of the classroom, but need help identifying good curriculum resources Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:21:50 GMT /teaching-learning/history-group-finds-little-evidence-of-k-12-indoctrination/2024/03 /teaching-learning/opinion-what-black-parents-think-about-how-black-history-is-taught/2024/02 The preferences of Black parents are rarely the focus in debates over Black history instruction. Here’s what these survey respondents had to say. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:03:16 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-what-black-parents-think-about-how-black-history-is-taught/2024/02 /teaching-learning/opinion-what-i-wish-i-knew-about-teaching-black-history-before-i-left-the-classroom/2024/02 Bettina L. Love explains how she struggled to portray Black icons as real people in the early days of her teaching career. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:42:36 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-what-i-wish-i-knew-about-teaching-black-history-before-i-left-the-classroom/2024/02