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Churchill is in, but AP is light on liberty
College Board’s revised AP European History Course and Exam Description is better, but still light on liberty, writes David Randall in...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 15, 20171 min read
Teaching Veterans Day
What So Proudly We Hail has published a Veterans Day curriculum, which includes Mark Twain’s The War Prayer, an Ernie Pyle dispatch,...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 13, 20171 min read


Vets’ students don’t care about war
Students don’t care about America’s wars, writes Tyler Bonin, a Marine and combat veteran who now teaches history in North Carolina. When...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 12, 20171 min read


Teaching ‘social justice’ — or propaganda?
St. Louis teachers are turning their classrooms into “hubs of social justice,” reports Kristen Taketa for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20172 min read


California dumps ‘mission’ project
When California fourth-graders study state history, they build a model of a mission out of clay, cardboard, sugar cubes, popsicle sticks,...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 7, 20171 min read


Won’t know much about history
“They’re trying to take away our history,” said President Trump at an Arizona rally. He cited the middle-of-the-night removal of The...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 24, 20173 min read


Mattis: Study history
Learn history, Defense Secretary James Mattis said in an interview with the Mercer Island High School (Washington) Islander. He cited...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 13, 20172 min read


U.S. history curricula isn’t gender ‘inclusive’
U.S. history curricula remain mostly male, writes Elizabeth Weingarten in The Atlantic. The campaign to include women’s “stories” stalled...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 26, 20172 min read


For a more perfect union
Elementary schools have contributed to national discord by neglecting to teach American history and civic principles, writes E.D. Hirsch...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 10, 20172 min read
High school goes Hamilton
Students are “learning U.S. history” from Hamilton, the hottest show on Broadway,” reports Wayne D’Orio in Education Next. EduHam funds...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 10, 20171 min read


Teach knowledge to fight ‘fake’ facts
“Media literacy” — teaching students to distinguish between “fake” news, propaganda, hype and reliable information — is all the rage,...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 6, 20171 min read


Trump’s inauguration: Safe for kids?
“Every peaceful transition of power is a historic moment,” a fourth-grade teacher in Michigan told parents in an email. Brett Meteyer...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 20, 20172 min read
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