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

The Fuller Story of Jamestown with Mark Summers – The Teaching History Her Way Podcast

Send us Fan MailHistory teachers know about the English colonizing Jamestown in 1607 and that 1619 shows up in the curriculum as a date and a sentence, but how do we help students understand what actually happened, and whose story we’ve been telling?In this episode of Teaching History Her Way, I’m joined by Mark Summers, public historian at Jamestown Rediscovery. Historic Jamestowne is a place I bring my students every year, and Mark and I talk about the fuller story of what happened there. We explore what we really know about the first Africans who arrived at Point Comfort in 1619, the archaeological and documentary evidence that helps us understand their experience, and the misconceptions students (and teachers) often bring with them.We also talk about the Powhatan people, whose land this was (is), and how Jamestown works to center their perspective rather than treating them as a side note in the story of English settlement. Mark shares resources and artifacts teachers can use whether or not a field trip to Virginia is possible, and where to start if you only have 15 minutes.Listening to this episode will help you bring the fuller story of Jamestown into your classroom and you teach students more than only part of the history that happened.  Visit Jamestowne Rediscovery's website: http://www.historicjamestowne.orgLet'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. The Fuller Story of Jamestown with Mark Summers
  2. Retro Report: History Isn’t Over with Dave Olson
  3. Portrait of a Citizen: Rethinking Civic Education with Darcy Daniels & Denise Furlong
  4. Presidential Conspiracies 101 with Stephen Knott
  5. From Research to Exhibit: Letting Students Tell the Story of History

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

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