Ask any history teacher in Michigan how their lessons could be better and they will tell you that they need to incorporate ...

“The connection between food and Black history just wasn’t taught when I was growing up in schools,” says FoodCorps service member Shalynn Brooks. This month, as elementary students take bites of ...

The culture war in education that began in response to the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has had a chilling effect on how race is discussed in classrooms. The Center for ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Division Chief Susan Vita discusses the Library of Congress' Music Division. This lesson provides an overview of the history of American music from ...

A survey of social studies teachers found that many find primary sources online for lesson plans. But a notable minority also rely on left-leaning materials, and a handful have turned to conservative ...

We have organized our activities and lesson plans by topic and identified their corresponding programs. We noted if they work best as a pre-visit, post-visit activities, or stand-alone lesson plan.

Use this lesson to help students deconstruct an episode of “History Detectives: Special Investigations.” The “Viewing Guide” allows students to map out the steps that the History Detectives follow to ...

First, they came with questions. Would there be a draft? Was this going to become World War III? What would an invasion of Ukraine mean for the United States? Then, as more and more information came ...