For educators in Illinois, this fall marks the first school year with a new state mandate to teach Native histories in elementary ... all students of core information about American history ...

The students sat around the library rug to watch the cultural presentation in celebration of Native American History Month. “Cherokees, all Native Americans, they live in our community ...

14, 1960 was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the deep ... “To remember the history that helped us to be able to interact and be with each other in such ...

Over the past month, 5th-graders at Lewis and Clark Elementary ... allows the students to learn from figures in history. “A lot of these people wouldn’t be considered great Americans if ...