Ask any history teacher in Michigan how their lessons could be better and they will tell you that they need to incorporate ...
The culture war in education that began in response to the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has had a chilling effect on how race is discussed in classrooms. The Center for ...
When it comes to learning about Black history, students today are tuning in to TikTok for lessons not learned in the classroom. Well-versed on the basic facts about prominent figures such as Martin ...
I often start a new class by asking why we should study history. I don’t allow the cliché “History repeats itself,” without specific examples. The history of epidemics provides some: racist ...
For years, bands of educators have been trying to free history instruction from the mire of memorization and propel it instead with the kinds of inquiry that drive historians themselves. Now, the ...
With inflation a meaningful economic factor after a decades-long hiatus in many countries, households need no tutorial on its impact on their day-to-day spending, as budgets are stretched thin by ...
S+B: Historians have, well, historically been content to leave current events to journalists. But you spend a lot of time writing, teaching, and thinking about what is happening now. How do you ...
Lindaman and Ward had a brilliant idea: show Americans what the rest of the world teaches its children about U.S. history by excerpting history textbooks from around the world. Unfortunately, they ...
On the morning of March 17, Liz Kleinrock contemplated calling out of work. The shootings at three Atlanta-area spas had happened the night before, leaving eight dead including six women of Asian ...
LaGarrett King is the director of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the Univesity at Buffalo. (Photo courtesy St. Thomas University) This is your first of three free ...