I was once, after all, one of them. I spent the first seven years of my career as a high-school history teacher in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, in the 1970s. I still maintain that in those ...

In 1971, I began teaching history much the same way it was taught ... Here’s a few key ideas I considered when making the transition to student as historian. Note: For more, see my Slideshare ...

And she notes that students can use Thanksgiving and their new tools for thinking about culture to learn and share more about their own family’s history ... get your teaching ideas there ...

Here are some ideas on making social studies classes ... Not only will you use important primary sources for teaching history, you will add voice and depth to the content that will enhance ...

As a young teacher ... and ideas overlap and communicate. If this dialogue is muted through an unwillingness to embrace difference, the value of reading is nullified. Black history, after all ...

Teaching history requires selection of which facts ... just as overemphasis on accomplishments may lead to exaggerated ideas about the country’s strengths and reputation. Overall, students ...

All these ideas were reflected in grade-school textbooks ... She is the author of “The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession.” Apple's Influence on China: Patrick ...

Marcee Hinds is a history and social studies teacher at Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies, the first public school in Alabama. The school reopened in 2021 and currently serves grades 6-9.