We’ve long admired the good work that EDSITEment, the learning hub for the National Endowment for the Humanities, does for teachers. Their website is full of resources, lesson plans, and educational links that bring “the best of the humanities on the web” to both teachers and students. (And, while you’re perusing the website, be sure to check out our “Meaning of America” curriculum as part of their Launchpad series of lesson plans.)
So we are especially excited to welcome EDSITEment to the blogosphere, which they joined late on Monday afternoon. Writing at their “Closer Readings” blog at Thinkfinity, they explain the purpose of the new blog:
For the past year, EDSITEment has been watching as the Common Core State Standards are slowly rolled out across the nation. As the new year begins, we decided to start a blog to further knowledge and discussion of noteworthy developments in this educational arena. Here are some of the purposes this new blog aims to serve:
We’ll be covering all this and more… In addition, look forward to a guest blogger from the education community once a month who will be online at the Community to respond to your questions about her/his posts.
Some of the helpful tips from this week’s post include:
Distinguished scholar-teachers Amy and Leon Kass demonstrate how short stories, speeches, and songs can be used to enhance civic education and how a pedagogical approach that stresses learning through inquiry can make primary sources come alive for students of all ages.
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