Texas Students Decry Politicized Social Studies Overhaul

Texas students are unhappy with the new social studies curriculum changes. They say it's too political and not inclusive. The State Board of Education will vote soon.

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https://newsletter.tf/texas-students-protest-political-social-studies-overhaul/

Students in Texas are speaking out against changes to their social studies classes. They feel the new rules focus too much on politics instead of teaching a full history.

#TexasEducation, #SocialStudies, #CurriculumDebate, #StudentVoice, #TexasPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/texas-students-protest-political-social-studies-overhaul/

Texas Students Protest New Social Studies Rules for Being Too Political

Texas students are unhappy with the new social studies curriculum changes. They say it's too political and not inclusive. The State Board of Education will vote soon.

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Plan ahead to teach with film for Civic Learning Week March 9-13! Boost student engagement with award-winning films to bring civics to life and inspire civic participation. For grades 5-12 plus adult/higher ed.

We've updated our Civic Engagement Lesson Collection with new teaching resources for films from around the world, including And So It Begins, Dark Money, Majority Rules, Resisterhood, and The Crisis Scientists.

⭐ This collection includes films that are also great to teach for Women's History Month: And So It Begins, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down, He Named Me Malala, Resisterhood and The Neighborhood Storyteller.

Check out our newest classroom-ready civics lesson plans!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/civics-and-civic-engagement-lessons/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=Civic+Learning+Week&utm_term=Plan+Ahead&utm_content=Link

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@openfactbook This is wonderful!

We just added OpenFactBook to our list of geography resources that we recommend to teachers.

https://journeysinfilm.org/teach-world-geography-with-film/

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Teach World Geography with Film - Journeys in Film

Teach World Geography with Film and classroom ready lesson plans for middle school from Journeys in Film. Fee teaching resources.

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Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/

Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

We offer a range of educational resources for Searching for Amani, designed for grades 7-12, college and adult learning communities. They are also great for after school clubs, community education, service learning spaces and public screenings. Learn about Kenya, conservation, settler colonialism, journalism and more. 2/2

https://journeysinfilm.org/searching-for-amani-teaching-resources-new-at-journeys-in-film/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=BHM&utm_term=african+heritage+week&utm_content=Link2

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Our Queen of Katwe Discussion Guide can help you introduce students to Phiona Mutesi and Uganda, and get them excited about chess, and start conversations about the power of mentorship and mentors. For grades 5-12, adult/higher ed. 2/2

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/queen-of-katwe/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=BHM&utm_term=african+heritage+week&utm_content=Link2

#Education #Homeschooling #AfricanHeritage #BlackHistoryMonth #Uganda #PhionaMutesi #Chess #Geography #SocialStudies #Mentors #Mentorship #BlackVoices #WomensHistoryMonth

So how does one explain to the white man that the idea of race was created by kings and he has been hoodwinked for 400 years?

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We know that educators who relied on the The World Factbook as a reference for teaching geography are reeling at the news that it has been taken offline.

We've put together a collection of other free, online resources that can help fill that gap, along with our best regional geography lessons (which are also free!)

Take a look and please share this with your educator friends.

https://journeysinfilm.org/teach-world-geography-with-film/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=World+Fact+Book&utm_content=link

#WorldFactBook #CIAWorldFactBook #Geography #Education #Edutooters #Homeschooling #Teaching #Teachers #TeachingResources #SocialStudies #MiddleSchool