Posts by Zachary Cote
Before Thinking Nation, Zachary taught history at both the middle and high school levels for five years at Bright Star Schools. As a teacher-mentor and department leader, his passion was to ensure that a rigorous history education that emphasized historical thinking was available to all students. He earned his BA in History from CSU Channel Islands, where his love for history and history education blossomed. He holds a MA in American History from Pace University.
Back to School? Implement the New Minimum Standard
If you’ve been following Thinking Nation this year, you’ve seen (and h...
The New Minimum Standard: Collaborative
[Spoiler Alert: There is a great free resource to help teachers embody...
Back to School PD's in Full Swing
School is back in session! Over the last three weeks, I've been workin...
The New Minimum Standard: Relevant
[Spoiler Alert: There is a great free resource to help teachers embody...
Happy 250th Birthday, America!
Tomorrow we celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Honestly, I am very ex...
Thinking Nation Goes Elementary!
For years now, we at Thinking Nation have been thinking about how to m...
Thinking Nation and Technology: A History
As a rightful reckoning of technology begins to take hold of public ed...
Teacher Appreciation: Free Formative Assessments on Historical Thinking
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
The New Minimum Standard: Student-Centered
Student-centered is an education buzzword if there ever was one. It fi...
History Education's New Minimum Standard Casts an America 250+ Vision
Earlier this month, The Fulcrumpublished my OpEd: "Commemorate America...
How will you transform social studies education?
Thinking Nation exists to transform social studies education for the f...
The New Minimum Standard: Literacy-Rich
Well, I am on the tail end of that civic whirlwind that was the subjec...
What a (Civic) Whirlwind.
I’ve been on the east coast for the past week, working with civic educ...
A Webinar to Make Thinking the Minimum in Your Class
Civic Learning Week is just 3 weeks away. I am excited to be emphasizi...
Recent Posts
- Happy Constitution Day! [From the Archives]
- When Data Becomes a Road Map for Instruction
- Back to School? Implement the New Minimum Standard
- The New Minimum Standard: Collaborative
- Back to School PD's in Full Swing
- The New Minimum Standard: Relevant
- A Literacy Strategy for Social Studies Teachers
- Happy 250th Birthday, America!
- Thinking Nation Goes Elementary!
- United to Make Thinking the Minimum