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Welcome to H-High-S! The primary purpose of H-High-S is to facilitate an ongoing discussion of curriculum, instructional strategies, and educational resources involved in teaching history, social studies, and related subjects in American secondary schools.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Approaching Challenging Topics in History
Teaching hard history—topics from wars and genocide to slavery—is an uncomfortable but necessary task for social studies educators. These resources from ABC-CLIO’s Educator Support Site offer strategies and case studies for approaching hard history topics with students, addressing the roles of bias, historical context, cultural sensitivity, and balancing rigor and relevance.
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This collection of classroom activities and biographies highlights the pivotal roles women have played throughout American History, from early women’s suffrage to World War II, in fields ranging from literature to labor activism to medicine.
Content includes:
American Lesson Plan:
Mapping the Landscape of Secondary US History Education
Thursday, March 14, 2 p.m. ET