What to Expect From a High School Trip to France With ACIS

Paris. The name evokes images of the Eiffel tower, the Champs-Élysées, the Louvre, bistros with café au lait and croissants. All of us have this...

Spotlight on Berlin

This guest post is written by ACIS Tour Manager Abi Welshman. One of the most frequent questions asked of me as a Tour Manager is...

Semana Santa in Seville

This guest post is written by Sonia Beck. Sonia was born in northern England, but at age 10 moved to Spain and then Belgium, and...

The Importance of Teaching Hard History to Your Students

Growing up I always appreciated having a social studies teacher for a mother. Our summers were spent on cross country road trips, visiting presidents’ childhood...

Recommended Reading for Black History Month

February is Black History Month, so we asked Group Leaders around the country to share the books that resonate with them and their students in...

The Power of People

From personal experience, I know that it’s terribly hard for children, and even adults sometimes, to grasp the concept of the Holocaust. When I was...

Classroom Resources In Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The past year has shined a harsh spotlight on the reality that our country is still grappling with deep rooted hate and social injustice. As...

5 Podcasts to Make You a Better Global Citizen

Become a citizen of the world from wherever you live by tuning into podcasts that will take you around the globe, back in time and...

New Content Release: Historical Moments – 2020 Calendar

Making the past seem relevant to the present can be a challenge in the classroom, right? That's why we created a tool for teachers to...

Pearls of the Mediterranean

There are over 3,000 Greek islands sprinkled through the Mediterranean, so don’t expect to visit them all at once! Most of them are uninhabited in...