Author: Daniel Niessen

The Zinn Education Project is a resource hub dedicated to promoting the teaching of people’s history in classrooms. It provides a collection of lesson plans, articles, and teaching materials inspired by the work of historian Howard Zinn. Educators can access a wide range of resources that challenge traditional narratives and explore marginalized perspectives in history. The website encourages critical thinking, empathy, and civic engagement among students.

Docsteach.org is a website created by the National Archives that offers a range of educational resources for teaching history. It features ready-to-use document-based activities and lesson plans with detailed teacher guides. It serves as a valuable resource for teachers looking to incorporate primary sources into their history curriculum and foster historical inquiry among students.

The “Reading Like a Historian” and “Beyond the Bubble” sections of the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) provide innovative approaches to history education. “Reading Like a Historian” offers a collection of historical documents accompanied by lesson plans that help students develop historical analysis skills through document-based investigations. “Beyond the Bubble” provides online assessments that assess students’ historical thinking skills through short, interactive exercises. It offers a platform for teachers to gauge students’ abilities to analyze and interpret historical evidence in a digital format.

Facing History offers lesson plans, multimedia materials, teaching strategies, and readings that focus on topics such as history, social justice, and human rights. Teachers can utilize these resources to engage students in critical thinking, empathy-building, and understanding of historical events and their impact on society.