Every history teacher is a professional.
They are historians, librarians, storytellers, researchers, and mentors. They are the bridges that connect students to the past.
NCHE celebrates your daily commitment to bringing history to life for your students.
Looking to inspire a high school student you know to get more interested in history this summer? Subscribe to The Concord Review, since 1987 the only quarterly journal in the world for the history essays of high school students.
Find out more at https://t.co/AiTJAd0O8d
Building a state council from the ground up takes years of dedication from people who believe deeply in this work. We're proud to celebrate our colleagues at VCHE and grateful to everyone who helped make it happen.
Educators of Color Community Workshop, Tues June 2, 7–8 p.m. ET
"History Begins at Home: Teaching with Community Archives" with LaPortia Mosley of the Georgia Historical Society.
Still time to register for hands-on, classroom-ready strategies: https://t.co/Lx6tMOTAIr
History education starts with local leadership, and NCHE’s state councils are leading the way.
Explore our councils' upcoming programming:
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New Educators of Color Community workshop! "History Begins at Home: Teaching with Community Archives" 6/2, 7–8 p.m. ET on Zoom.
Learn place-based strategies for using community archives & primary sources to connect students with local history.
https://t.co/QQb69kQClL
History teachers: You are the reason history education matters, and we are so grateful to walk alongside you in this work.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from NCHE. 💚
We'd love to hear from you: What's a teaching moment you'll never forget? Share it in the comments!
This spring and summer, Colonial Williamsburg is offering a series of dynamic online workshops designed to bring history to life in your classroom.
• Cultivating Civil Discourse
• The Road to Juneteenth
• Paths to Independence
Learn more and register:
https://t.co/FElwmhlymp
Shopping lists. Invoices. IOUs. Tomorrow at 7 PM ET, Dr. Catherine Person (American Philosophical Society) shows how the everyday paperwork of Revolutionary-era Philadelphia can open up a whole world for your students.
Free webinar: https://t.co/IzU4m0Thxb
A grounded, jargon-free look at GenAI in the history classroom. Amy Allen and David Hicks share what's actually working in their own teaching, and what isn't. Tomorrow, 7 PM ET.
Free webinar: https://t.co/L9ZTtRTtFC
Tavern tabs, laundry bills, flour receipts: how historians rebuild Revolutionary-era Philadelphia from the documents most people throw away. With Dr. Catherine Person, American Philosophical Society.
Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 PM ET. Register: https://t.co/IzU4m0Thxb
Tomorrow at 7:00 PM ET, Dave Serio of the Arab American National Museum leads a session on Arab American history, culture, and identity you can carry into your teaching all year long.
Free registration: https://t.co/zERALX9XHY
Most AI-in-the-classroom PD is either techno-utopia or doom. One week from tonight, our webinar with Amy Allen and David Hicks of Virginia Tech does the harder middle conversation: lesson planning, assessment, and representation.
Free, April 27, 7 PM ET
https://t.co/L9ZTtRTtFC
Tomorrow night, Sarah Westbrook walks us through the Question Formulation Technique, a simple strategy that gets students generating and refining their own questions about any primary source you teach with.
7:00 PM ET. Register for free: https://t.co/IDTaTbmo4J
Arab Americans trace their roots to 22 countries and four waves of immigration to the U.S. One week from tonight, Dave Serio walks us through that history and how to bring it into your classroom.
Free webinar, Tues 4/21, 7 PM ET. [link]
Register: https://t.co/zERALX9XHY
Round two of breakout session for the EDGE conference!
Civics vocabulary, the Bill of Rights, Seminole and Miccosukee voices, source credibility in the age of AI, the Afro-Caribbean South, and civil rights in the Cold War. #historymatters
Breakout Session 1 is underway at the EDGE conference!
Eight sessions running — vocabulary strategies, Holocaust history, the Seminole Tribe through STREAMSS, escape room design, and more. 👏 #historymatters
The National Women's History Museum is seeking K–12 educators committed to building rigorous, primary source-based lessons that place women's history at the center of the American story. Selected participants receive a $350 honorarium. Learn more at: https://t.co/U9Vx7pWRXN
TOMORROW: Westward expansion began on the Wilderness Road. Join Alex Long for part three of our Appalachian history series.
April 9 | 7 PM EST
https://t.co/wSUgVJQLTs