Tag: middle school education

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October 16, 2025

Neil Armstrong: Famous Ohioans Transform Interdisciplinary Learning

Special thanks to our guest contributor Chris Moynihan at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum for writing this month's blog. At the Armstrong Air & Space Museum, one of our favorite ways to engage students in history is by sharing stories about Neil Armstrong. Unless they live under a (moon) rock, students likely know that […]
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August 4, 2025

From Temperance Tracts to TikTok: Teaching How Ohio’s 1800s Activists Went Viral

Welcome back to school, fellow history educators! As you're stocking up on hand sanitizer and wondering if this is the year you'll finally remember all your students' names by October, you face that perennial challenge of transforming a collection of disparate young minds into a community of engaged learners. But that’s not new. In fact, […]
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December 13, 2024

Remembering a Forgotten Legend: Hallie Q. Brown

Special thanks to our guest contributor Kevin Lydy at the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center (NAAMCC) for writing this blog. So I pay my tribute to you While you live to hear me say That I pride myself in knowing you, And in seeing you each day. While I see your smile and hear […]
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October 1, 2024

Bringing Children’s Voices into the Social Studies Classroom

“Children should be seen but not heard,” goes the old adage. But what if we can help our students view their role in history differently? What if we taught students to view children not as mere background players in history, but as a key part of unlocking historical curiosity? Though children’s voices are often underrepresented […]