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Black history deserves more than critical race theory debates

One critical argument made in the book was the lackluster way Negro history was presented (or not presented) in schools. History education ...

The Right Side of History | The New Yorker

It was almost as if he were responding to a diffuse political sensibility in his field, rather than arguing against a particular person or ...

All History Is Controversial; Here's How To Teach It - Forbes

A new report on college-level teaching puts history in the spotlight -- with lots of fresh thinking about how to make the most of ...

Getting Back to the Why: Why is History Such a Key Subject?

Students are required to take at least one, but they have many choices, depending on the school's options. Thus, in this context of student and ...

John Dewey on History Education and the Historical Method

Proponents of historical thinking argue that authentic teaching in history should move beyond the ... conversations Dewey had that may have been relevant to my ...

All people are living histories – which is why History matters

In all cases, understanding History is integral to a good understanding of the condition of being human. That allows people to build, and, as may well be ...

History in the Curriculum: Debate on Aims and Values - jstor

arguments that have been advanced for the value of the study of history - an ... The second justification of the educational value of history has been its.

History in the Education of Scientists: Encouraging Judgment and ...

As history of science does more to confront the ways in which modern science has been intertwined with structures of racism and colonialism, historians will ...

What the Culture War Gets Wrong About American History Class

This does not mean that threats to the integrity of good history teaching don't exist or that everything in state standards and local curricula ...

Thinking like a historian (video) - Khan Academy

Over time, people have documented history, and historians are able to analyze the conditions during a certain time period to come up with an argument explaining ...

The Untold History of Charter Schools - Democracy Journal

Today, this story has been ... The truth is that the modern fight over education reform has changed less than the people fighting would have us ...

Writing a Good History Paper - Hamilton College

And sometimes you need a technical term, be it ontological argument or ecological fallacy. ... If the document was not published, how has it been preserved?

History Has No Lessons for You: A Warning for Policymakers

As a historian working in professional military education, I find myself in the awkward position of warning strategists and students alike ...

What Happened and Why? Helping Students Read and Write Like ...

© Society for History Education, Inc. Page 2. 24. Patrick Rael. What Historians Explain. Most high school and college history students have long been told that.

About the Field | National Council on Public History

In fact, applied history was a term used synonymously and interchangeably with public history for a number of years. Although public history has gained ...

Independent Work in History: A Guide

The study of history is, by nature, an interdisciplinary enterprise, bringing together the social sciences and the humanities. What distinguishes historical ...

Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do

Learning honest history—history that is accurate, comprehensive and inclusive of perspectives beyond traditional, dominant narratives—helps students to ...

3 Misconceptions in the History Classroom and How to Address Them

The problem of a “single” History stems from a reluctance to teach historiography—the study of the study of history. I've heard some teachers ...

Digital History & Argument white paper

The original aim of the workshop was to promote digital history that directly engaged with historiographical arguments by producing a white ...

Guide for Writing in History

As you set out to craft your argument, keep a few things in mind: ○ What are you being asked to do? Read over your assignment guidelines carefully. If possible, ...