Because of its unique role in civic education, U.S. history receives more curricular attention than any other area of the social studies. But World History is the fastest-growing course title in the ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Nick Kryczka about the American Historical Association's new report on how U.S. history is taught in middle and high schools across America. In the last decade, at least ...

In Alysha Butler’s history classroom, one of the boards reads, “Until the lion becomes the historian, the hunter will always be the hero.” It is an African proverb, and it stays up year-round, she ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the biggest mistakes made in social science instruction and what should teachers do instead? We all make mistakes in the classroom, and this post is the last ...

An Idaho teacher is in a standoff with her own school district after officials ordered her to remove classroom signs, including one that reads, “Everyone is welcome here.” Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade ...

KENTWOOD, MI – When passing by Matt Vriesman’s classroom during a typical school day, it’s not uncommon to hear shouts, debates and laughter coming from his students. Vriesman, who teaches history in ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Daniel Flint loves to teach history. Absolutely loves it. When he was nominated for Florida History Teacher of the Year, he was ecstatic. His students at Westside High in ...

A sixth-grade teacher took Black History Month to the next level with a door-size letter to her students about slavery. Bradshaw, 40, also told WLOX, “So many of our African-American students don’t ...