Welcome to H-High-S! The primary purpose of H-High-S is to facilitate an ongoing discussion of curriculum, instructional strategies, and educational resources involved in teaching history, social studies, and related subjects in American secondary schools.
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After a successful first program on teaching with primary sources in a history classroom, our second program will be on ChatGPT on Monday, March 20 at 3pm EST.
Creative writing and digital humanities scholar Nika Mavrody and history doctoral candidate Shu Wan will provide some basic information about ChatGPT followed by an informal conversation about the possible uses and misuses of this new technology in the classroom.
PEN America is inviting submissions for a national student essay competition about the role of free expression in today’s world. If you’re in high school or college, PEN America wants to know what you think about the threats to this crucial right! Essays will be judged for their originality, clarity of thought, and relevance to free expression by experts at PEN America and prominent guest judges. Winning essays will be published on PEN America’s website, and promoted on our social media channels. We are very pleased to offer a total of $6,500 in prizes to the competition winners.
Upcoming AHA Online Roundtable:
"Don’t Say Gay, Stop WOKE, Banned Books, and Anti-Trans Laws: Teaching through the Backlash"
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 | Author: Stephen J Jackson Title: The Patchwork of World History in Texas High Schools: Unpacking Eurocentrism, Imperialism, and Nationalism in the Curriculum, 1920-2021 (Routledge |
The World History Association's Under the Baobab Series will commence with its first session in 2023 with session XV, “Teaching and Learning World History in a time of ‘Divisive Concepts.’ Baobab XV will take place Thursday, January 26 @ 7 pm EST. This session will not be recorded.
