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The Futile Quest for Coverage
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May 05, 2016 03:24 PM
“How are we supposed to get through all of this material?”
By Beth Slutsky
Many teachers like California's new History-Social Science Framework , which is scheduled for adoption this ...
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HSS Education
How Does Money Impact a Presidential Election?
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May 02, 2016 02:18 PM
Note: The following article is excerpted from the April 2016 edition of Teach the Election , "Money, Influence, and Presidential Elections." For the full issue (and all other issues), subscribe ...
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Shifting Instruction
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Apr 18, 2016 02:13 PM
How to change the conversation in our classrooms
by Nancy McTygue
First, the bad news. We’re not getting new standards anytime soon. I know we need them, and maybe the powers that be ...
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HSS Education,
Charting the War in Syria
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Apr 13, 2016 04:20 PM
by Shelley Brooks
The civil war in Syria is difficult to teach because of the diverse number of groups involved, the complex religious factors, and the duration of the war and its atrocities. ...
Interdisciplinarity
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Apr 06, 2016 04:14 PM
by Nancy McTygue
In a recent blog post, I listed six things that history teachers need to know now about the new framework, textbooks, and the possibility of statewide assessments. It was a ...
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HSS Education,
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