Book Recommendation: Bring History and Civics to Life:

Do I have an awesome book for you to preorder! You can hear all about it in my latest podcast, linked in the above menu or you can listen to the embedded episode OR you can listen from wherever you stream podcasts. In the latest book review episode, I talk to Karalee Wong Nakatsuka and Laurel Aguilar-Kirchhoff about their upcoming publication, “Bring History and Civics to Life: Lessons and Strategies to Cultivate Informed, Empathetic Citizens.”  Their book is an invitation to history, civics, and social studies teachers (and all teachers, actually!) to bring empathy, educational technology, and community into the classroom.  Karalee & Laurel offer teachers, from beginners to the most advanced, ways to make their classrooms places where representation matters and educational technology can be used to help drive learning and social-emotional learning skills.  You really don’t want to miss this episode or miss out on reading their fantastic book. The book is published by The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and is set to come out in August 2022.

You can pre-order from the ISTE website by clicking here or going to http://iste.org/History2Life.   Use discount code HISTORY-HERWAY

Retro Report: History Isn’t Over with Dave Olson – The Teaching History Her Way Podcast

Send us Fan MailHistory teachers are constantly asking students to make connections between the past and the present, but how do we help them see those connections in meaningful ways?In this episode of Teaching History Her Way, I’m joined by Dave Olson, Director of Education at Retro Report and a former classroom teacher. Retro Report creates journalism and classroom resources that connect today’s issues to the history behind them, giving students an opportunity to look beyond the headlines and ask how we got here. Dave and I talk about what makes Retro Report different from simply showing students a documentary or assigning a news article, and how teachers can use its videos and resources as part of an inquiry, a lesson, a source analysis, or a way to connect historical background to issues students are encountering today.We also talk about something that matters more than ever in the classroom: teaching students to think critically when they are surrounded by information, misinformation, and competing narratives.Middle and high school social studies teachers: listening to this episode will help you help students understand that history isn’t just something that happened, instead it’s something that can help explain the world they live in.Explore Retro Report by clicking here.Let's be friends and continue the conversation!Instagram: @teachinghistoryherwayX: http://www.twitter.com/historyherwayOn the Web/Blog: https://www.teachinghistoryherway.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/teachinghistoryherwayBlueSky: @historyherway.bsky.socialSupport the production of the Teaching History Her Way Podcast by purchasing some really great history tees.  Click here to shop now or go to www.teachinghistoryherway.com and click on "Merch."
  1. Retro Report: History Isn’t Over with Dave Olson
  2. Portrait of a Citizen: Rethinking Civic Education with Darcy Daniels & Denise Furlong
  3. Presidential Conspiracies 101 with Stephen Knott
  4. From Research to Exhibit: Letting Students Tell the Story of History
  5. Moving Beyond Memorization: Using Hexagonal Thinking to Deepen Student Thinking

“Bring History and Civics to Life: Lessons and Strategies to Cultivate Informed, Empathetic Citizens” ISBN: 9781564849359

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