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The Four Questions That Make History Come Alive | History Matters Podcast
Many teachers build history lessons on primary sources like letters and legal documents. But without context and historical thinking skills, students…
9 months, 1 week ago
Building Teachers' Historical Knowledge | History Matters Podcast
What do teachers need to successfully teach high-quality history lessons in elementary school?
A strong curriculum is a great start, but teachers also…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Massachusetts' Big Move on Elementary History | History Matters Podcast
In Medway, Massachusetts, “social studies is a subject to be valued,” fifth-grade teacher Jennifer Lindsey explains in this episode. “It’s the place …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
History Can’t Wait Until High School | History Matters Podcast
In the typical American high school, 9th-grade history students are expected to dive into the historical content, grapple with complex ideas, and eng…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Power of Historical Knowledge | History Matters Podcast
The more history young students know, the more they want to know. That’s one of the joyful discoveries that elementary teachers are making in Ouachit…
10 months ago
What Makes Great Elementary History Curriculum | History Matters Podcast
Teaching history involves balance: too many facts and it’s boring, too few and students don’t have enough information to make sense of what they’ve l…
10 months ago
A Case for Teaching History in Elementary School | History Matters Podcast
Elementary schools spend almost no time teaching history. How did we get here, and how can we reprioritize this crucial foundation for literacy and k…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Natalie Wexler on How Writing Promotes Clear Thinking | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 6 | “Teaching students to write clearly was actually teaching them to think clearly.”
In the Season 3 finale, host Natalie Wexler br…
1 year ago
Natalie Wexler on Memory and the Writing Effect | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 5 | Writing is hard—and teaching writing is even harder. But science tells us it’s well worth the effort, because writing flexes the…
1 year ago
Doug Lemov on the Power of Whole Books | Literacy and the Science of Learning
Season 3 Episode 4 | “The book is in a death struggle with electronic and social media. And right now, it’s losing.”
Host Doug Lemov makes a spirited …
1 year, 1 month ago