Where can I learn black history?

Best African American History Apps and Websites

• PBS LearningMedia. Treasure trove of lesson resources will benefit from adaptation.
• Learning for Justice.
• Library of Congress.
• EDSITEment.
• Alabama Civil Rights Trail.
• Ken Burns in the Classroom.
• National Archives.
• Slavery at Monticello: Life and Work at Mulberry Row.

Why should students learn American history?

Learning history helps children develop a sense of identity. American history can provide people of any age with a better sense of identity, and this absolutely includes children. Early exposure to American history will help your child develop his sense of patriotism and pride in his country.

Is there a dark side to American history?

It should be increasingly apparent to Americans, as they become aware, through new technologies, of white-on-black police killings, that there is a dark side to American history, requiring expiation.

Is the fight over our schools a culture war?

There is no mistaking it‑the fight over our schools is both national and partisan, another front in a wider culture war. Why does the American history issue resonate so widely? Why did our students empty their schools in protest? Because it’s about identity. American history matters because we are Americans.

Why don’t teachers focus on history?

VanSledright found that teachers didn’t focus on history because students aren’t tested on it at the state level. Why teach something you can’t test? A teacher I spoke with in Brooklyn confirmed this.

How many high school students in the US are proficient in history?

A 2014 report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that an abysmal 18 percent of American high school kids were proficient in US history.