Tag: professional development
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM ET (4:00 PM – 6:15 PM PT) Many students in U.S. classrooms can trace their roots to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as other Central American countries, yet the history of the region is largely absent from U.S. curriculum. There is even less regional-specific …
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching for Change hosted an online teach-in with the theme sovereignty and treaties. More than 400 teachers from all over the United States and some internationally attended the keynote by Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee) and two rounds of interactive workshops featuring …
Teaching for Change was honored to partner with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) for Art and the African American Experience, a program for teachers in celebration of the 2016 grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on October 13, 2016. The goal of the evening was to share classroom lessons on African American art …
On Friday, February 12, twenty teachers took part in a workshop on go-go at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and toured the new exhibit Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington, 1963-1975 on February 12, 2016. Led by Teaching for Change staff Julian Hipkins III and Deborah Menkart, participants experienced the go-go lessons available online for teachers to download. These include …
Tag: professional development
Indigenous Central America Educator Workshop
Posted: October 20, 2022 by Allison Acosta
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM ET (4:00 PM – 6:15 PM PT) Many students in U.S. classrooms can trace their roots to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as other Central American countries, yet the history of the region is largely absent from U.S. curriculum. There is even less regional-specific …
Category: News, News Articles Tags: Central America, professional development
2022 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In Highlights
Posted: October 18, 2022 by Allison Acosta
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching for Change hosted an online teach-in with the theme sovereignty and treaties. More than 400 teachers from all over the United States and some internationally attended the keynote by Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee) and two rounds of interactive workshops featuring …
Category: 2022, News, News Articles Tags: Events, NMAI, professional development
African American Art and History
Posted: October 24, 2016 by Mykella
Teaching for Change was honored to partner with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) for Art and the African American Experience, a program for teachers in celebration of the 2016 grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on October 13, 2016. The goal of the evening was to share classroom lessons on African American art …
Category: 2016, News, News Articles Tags: Art, professional development, Smithsonian
Anacostia Museum Teach the Beat Workshop
Posted: February 1, 2016 by Allison Acosta
On Friday, February 12, twenty teachers took part in a workshop on go-go at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and toured the new exhibit Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington, 1963-1975 on February 12, 2016. Led by Teaching for Change staff Julian Hipkins III and Deborah Menkart, participants experienced the go-go lessons available online for teachers to download. These include …
Category: 2016, News Tags: go-go, Julian Hipkins, professional development, Teach the Beat