Radford students head to state history competition after Radford U event RADFORD - A group of students from Radford City Public Schools are heading to a state history competition after their performance at the recent regional event held at Radford University. Since 1996, R...

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Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.

Good clear explanation starting w Constitutional text and including primary & secondary evidence-help your students understand the 14th Amendment & #birthrightcitizenship From @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social 🎁 #sschat #civics #teachinghistory

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March 25th Is “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” – Here Are Teaching Resources The United Nations has declared March 25th to be the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. You might be interested in USEFUL RESOURCES…

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Trump’s top counterterrorism official resigns over Iran Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.”

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Hear why the U.S.'s top counter-terrorism official resigned and discuss public opinion on the Trump administration's strategy in Iran. #sschat #EDUSky

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I was just thinking about this the other day... #sschat

Would love to do this!

Yeah, it’s a brilliant idea to teach about the legislative process in the context of the standards that state legislatures and the departments of education require teachers to follow and students to learn in K-12 social studies.

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The framework is from the SIM Content Enhancement series. www.kucrl.org Before you get into the specific steps, you would teach students about sources and give them strategies for analyzing sources. They are expected to consider evidence to both support and refute the claim within the framework.

When civics and government teachers have legislation like this in their state news, it’s an opportunity to teach valuable critical thinking skills in the context of current and historical events. Thank you again for sparking this discussion. #SSChat 7/7

•Clarify the claim with any qualifier and define key terms.
•List the evidence.
•Analyze the reasoning.
•Identify other arguments for or against the claim.
•Make a judgement about quality of evidence, reasoning, and other arguments.
•State why you accept or reject the claim.
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Ultimately, we need to prepare teachers with tools to facilitate higher order thinking and reasoning to help students examine historical and political narratives. I posted a thread about a tool called Cross-Curricular Argumentation to give students explicit guidance for examining claims. #SSChat 5/7

I question whether Jan. 6 is brought up in units of study. It might be addressed in the context of an “On this day” activity or current event (like discussion of this legislation in a government class), but a U.S. History class is lucky to get into the early 2000s before the year is up! #SSChat 4/7

I understand concerns raised about passing legislation that specifically addresses how to teach a particular historical event, and it is important to discuss these concerns. Honestly one of my criticisms is that we never get to recent history in our middle and secondary history courses. 3/7 #SSChat

Screenshot of Oklahoma standard requiring teachers to teach about ”discrepancies” in the 2020 election.

Other states (like Oklahoma) have overtly politicized their standards by requiring teachers to teach particular topics through a particular lens. 2/7 #SSChat

I want to say that I appreciate this thread with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social and the points addressed. There is no mention of of Jan. 6 in Virginia standards and I think it’s fair to claim this Virginia law is a political response to other narratives about Jan 6 and “stolen elections” 1/7 #SSChat

Get ready for #CivicLearningWeek March 9–13! This page houses open-access, ready-to-use NCSS resources on civil discourse, constitutional inquiry, political polarization, and culturally responsive civic engagement: hubs.li/Q0431ByK0 #edusky

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Plus a chance for a copy of Tim Smyth's @historycomics.bsky.social book "Teaching w/ Comics & Graphic Novels" ---> in this case, the Constitution!!📜

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As America turns 250, historian Joseph Ellis examines the founders’ promise and their failures Learn more why Ellis describes slavery and the treatment of Native Americans as great contradictions in American history

PBS News @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson:

As America turns 250, historian Joseph Ellis examines the founders’ promise & their failures

Ask students: What does it mean to be an American / live in America today? #sschat #America250 https://loom.ly/FTdHxj4

We need to do a better job teaching media literacy and helping students understand media ethics in our social studies classrooms. #SSChat

Social studies teachers: How are you approaching U.S. authoritarianism in your classrooms? Are there discussions about ways to save democracy? What are the reactions of your students? Here is an article with some recent international examples that may be helpful for your students. #sschat #edusky

Black and Blue Trailer YouTube video by Brian Kruger

A great story to share with students during Black History Month on President’s Day. youtu.be/VAxx5UzKqPA #SSChat #EduSky

#OnThisDay 1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation https://youtu.be/tjeVqNcN5yI #history#OTD 1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation https://youtu.be/tjeVqNcN5yI #historyteacher #sschat

Teach critical analysis of propaganda. #sschat

This looks so good! Saturday, Jan 31.
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A little bit of a panic: keeping calm to make in-lesson adaptations in the classroom Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com Yesterday, I had a little bit of a crisis while I was on a tight deadline leaving work to make the school run.  It had just started to rain and there I was, s…

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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…

I just published Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced medium.com/age-of-aware... #media #journalism @bostonglobe.com @washingtonpost.com @columjournreview.bsky.social #edchat #sschat #studentvoice

Trump administration's posts echo rhetoric linked to extremist groups Just weeks into the new year, the Trump administration has rolled out a campaign across departments that draws on images and ideas borrowed from right-wing and white nationalist circles. Liz Landers r...

Educators: This is a useful news story for teaching about the Trump administration's use of White supremacist propaganda.
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Re-upping this on the Legislative Branch #sschat

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PBS News Hour Classroom Educator Voice: Teachers, if we don’t teach Maduro’s capture in Venezuela, TikTok will. Here’s my plan.

"If you teach any subject touching on power and law, this is your curriculum. Not next week. Tomorrow."

by David Cutler, teacher

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Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela after capturing Maduro in surprise military attack Discuss the strike and implications for Venezuelans and global security

PBS News Hour Classroom Daily News Lesson: Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela after capturing Maduro in surprise military attack

Ask students: Why did the U.S. attacked Venezuela? Do you think one country has the right to attack another sovereign nation? Explain.

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