{"id":82540,"date":"2024-09-18T11:01:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/?page_id=82540"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:26:40","slug":"aha-state-history-standards-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/teaching-learning\/k-12-education\/aha-state-history-standards-support\/","title":{"rendered":"AHA State History Standards Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tSupporting K-12 Education\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\t\tGuidance & Support\t<\/h4>\n\t

Every state, federal district, and US territory has adopted some form of academic standards for history and social studies instruction in public schools between kindergarten and twelfth grade (K-12).<\/p>\n

The AHA is prepared to support standards revision in any way that education agencies and other stakeholders find helpful. Our organization has an unusually broad perspective on state K-12 standards.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"pete-alexopoulos-hNUNit89ZB8-unsplash\"\n

\n\t\t\tTexas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide\t<\/h5>\n\t

The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards for social studies establish academic benchmarks to evaluate student learning. The TEKS revisions process depends on robust participation from teachers, curriculum specialists, subject matter experts, and the wider public.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"alexis-brown-omeaHbEFlN4-unsplash\"\n

\n\t\t\tCriteria for Standards in History\/Social Studies\/Social Sciences\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA’s approach to state standards and related assessments starts from the premise that every student has the right to a history-rich education. History-rich standards provide the strongest possible foundation for a system of public education that cultivates deep historical knowledge as well as the skills necessary to navigate our world and participate responsibly in shaping its future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Five\n

\n\t\t\tAmerican Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools<\/i>\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA’s 2024 report shares findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"AHA\n

\n\t\t\tAHA Testimony Before Legislatures and Boards of Education\t<\/h5>\n\t

AHA staff have delivered public testimony highlighting the challenges educators face from legislation restricting the history education and issues related to teaching history with integrity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t

“You cannot censor your way to great schools.”<\/h4>\n
~Julia Brookins (AHA) before the Texas State Board of Education, 2022<\/em><\/h5>\n

\n\t\t\tRecent AHA Actions Supporting K-12 Education\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee All\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tLegislative Advocacy Letters: Behind the Scenes at the AHA\t<\/h4>\n\t

What is the process of putting together a letter responding to state legislatures? Read more in\u00a0Perspectives on History<\/em>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tAHA Initiatives\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Assignments\n
\n\t\t\n\t\t\tTeaching History with Integrity\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA, our members, and other historians find ourselves on the front lines of a conflict over America’s past, confronting opponents who are actively promoting ignorance in service of misleading notions of unity. Through Teaching History with Integrity, the AHA leads or participates in several initiatives to provide resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"robin-worrall-Q8HfuO9udts-unsplash\"\n

\n\t\t\tFreedom to Learn\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA’s Freedom to Learn initiative educates historians and others on how to advocate publicly for honest history education, responds directly to the bills themselves, and creates resources to help teachers directly affected by these bills think about how to maintain the integrity of their history courses.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"maxresdefault\"\n

\n\t\t\tTeaching with Integrity: Historians Speak\t<\/h5>\n\t

These videos feature historians describing how exploring America’s past honestly in the classroom benefits the nation’s students, and how the freedom to learn also strengthens our shared democracy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"li-weibin-3VP3U5pDkcg-unsplash\"\n

\n\t\t\tMapping the Landscape of Secondary US History Education\t<\/h5>\n\t

Americans care about how their history is taught, but they don’t always agree. Mapping the Landscape of Secondary US History Education is the AHA’s multi-stage effort to provide a research-based grounding for ongoing civic deliberations about the teaching of US history in American classrooms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t

Support the AHA<\/h3>\n\t\t

The AHA advocates on behalf of historians and history students everywhere, and promotes history’s importance and the critical role history plays in public life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tAHA News\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"kelli-tungay-2LJ4rqK2qfU-unsplash\"\n
\n\t\t\tJoint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism in American History\t<\/h5>\n\t

In June 2021, the American Association of University Professors, the American Historical Association, the Association of American Colleges & Universities, and PEN America authored a joint statement stating their “firm opposition” to legislation that would restrict the discussion of “divisive concepts” in public education institutions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the Statement\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Stock_2024_USFlag\"\n

\n\t\t\tHistory, the Past, and Public Culture: Results from a National Survey\t<\/h5>\n\t

With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the AHA partnered with Fairleigh Dickinson University to develop and implement a national survey to assess public perceptions of, and engagement with, the discipline of history and the past.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\t#AHRSyllabus\t<\/h4>\n\t

The #AHRSyllabus is a collaborative project designed to help teachers and students look “under the hood” at how historians in the early 21st century do the work of history. Each contribution to the syllabus features a practical hands-on teaching module that foregrounds innovative uses of historical method in the classroom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t

Good Question: Right-Sizing Inquiry with History Teachers<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Teaching How Official History Is Made: State Standards as Primary Sources<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tResources for Educators\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee All Resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"jonas-jacobsson-0FRJ2SCuY4k-unsplash\"\n
\n\t\t\tCollege, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework\t<\/h5>\n\t

In 2013, the AHA, National Council for the Social Studies, and 13 other professional organizations collaborated to produce the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. This document continues to influence education policy at the classroom, district, and state level.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Pen\"\n

\n\t\t\tFlashpoints: Free Speech in American History, Culture, and Society\t<\/h5>\n\t

PEN America and the AHA developed the Flashpoints event series to present the history of free speech in American democracy to public audiences around the United States.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Woman\n

\n\t\t\tFor Educators: Explaining Today\t<\/h5>\n\t

In 2022, the American Historical Association, the National Council for the Social Studies, the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, and New American History hosted a series of listening sessions for K-12 educators and higher education faculty.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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