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September is National Literacy Month, and the Supreme Court Historical Society is encouraging students to continue developing their civic literacy in order to become more informed and engaged citizens. The Society promotes civic engagement through its national Supreme Court and My Hometown program, as well as through a civic education website.
On Constitution Day (September 18 in schools), students can experience the history of how the US Constitution was developed. Constitutional …
Grand strategy games can help students not only learn important historical facts but also improve their critical thinking skills. Players …
Harvard University’s Democratic Knowledge Project will make its yearlong eighth-grade curriculum, Civic Engagement in Our Democracy, open-source this summer. The …
North Star is a new interactive and educational webpage of the National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC), …
More than 155 million treasures fill the Smithsonian Institution’s vaults. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archeologists, zookeepers, and …
Each month we publish newsletters full of digital learning, funding, professional growth, social media, and STEM resources. Below are items from our blogs and newsletters that educators turned to the most in February.
Each month we publish blogs and newsletters full of digital learning, funding, professional growth, social media, and STEM resources. Below are items from our blogs and newsletters that educators turned to the most in June.
I am completely unmoved by the debate over the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools. I fully understand that CRT is an esoteric theory that’s used in law school and doctoral programs as one of many frameworks of analyzing historic and present policies and phenomena. But I understand what people really mean when they argue that CRT should not be present in schools: schools should not talk about things that make children feel uncomfortable, like antiracism. Schools should not indoctrinate children or make them feel bad about what they learn in school, especially if school is teaching them to feel guilty about being the big, bad, evil, privileged white oppressor.
Each month we publish blogs and newsletters full of digital learning, funding, professional growth, social media, and STEM resources. Below are items from our blogs and newsletters that educators turned to the most in October.