One of the most contentious issues in pedagogy, at least in my experience, has been the proper use and place of technology–both in and outside…
One of the greatest challenges I face teaching history is students’ dogged insistence–not always consciously held or explicitly articulated–that history is the story of progress.…
It’s been awhile since I’ve appeared in these parts. The first three weeks of classes + my new position + brain-dead Kevin at the end of…
So I’ve been reading a lot of pushback against the new AP US history curriculum lately, much of it from the political right, and almost…
Every semester, I do it. I plan on comparing my syllabi to make sure that I spread out exams and papers between my various classes…
They’re on display in the “1863” half of the 1863/1963 exhibit in the African American History Gallery on the second floor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum…