Moving freedom forward: teaching a more inclusive history [national history day?s inclusive history initiative combines teacher training and curriculum development to enhance classroom teaching and…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,045 Project Grant to National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will fund the "Moving Freedom Forward: Teaching a More Inclusive History" initiative, which combines teacher training and curriculum development to enhance classroom teaching and student learning about the histories of marginalized communities. The project will produce a series of scholarly essays and lesson plans focused on Jewish and Jewish American history, to be published in May 2024. The initiative aims to move beyond traditional textbook approaches and promote inclusivity in the teaching of complex historical topics.

Moving freedom forward: teaching a more inclusive history [national history day?s inclusive history initiative combines teacher training and curriculum development to enhance classroom teaching and student learning, moving beyond the textbook and into the depth and breadth of history. That initiative includes a series of volumes of essays and lessons that address the histories of marginalized communities. The second volume will focus on jewish and jewish american history. NHD will begin in may 2024 to solicit historians and master teachers to research and write the essays and lessons for ?l?DOR v?DOR?: teaching jewish history from generation to generation. As with others in this series, the volume on jewish and jewish american history will comprise articles of approximately 1,500?2,500 words, each one by noted scholars, and lesson plans crafted by NHD identified teachers. NHD will collaborate with the NEH to identify the scholars to craft and edit the specific article topics.]