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What If… Historians Were Honest About Counterfactuals?

A single choice can branch out to infinite realities.

“I was trying to write the life of a man who had no life. What other options did I have?”

Some called it the first evolution trial.

Despite challenging circumstances, students and teachers produced compelling digital history.

For this historian, the key in telling her subject’s story was to marry the personal with the public, as honestly as it might be possible to do.

Start at the beginning. Work towards the present day. This sounds simple, but it often gets overlooked.

Many who reach for this cliché want it to function as a shield against judgment altogether.

What is revisionist history–and is it dangerous?

What does doing history look like? Let today’s history students and teachers show you.

Veterans get the chance to tell their stories; my role is to facilitate that process.