Shorts
A Profession, If You Can Keep It
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Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.
Mailbag
Why Wasn’t This in My Textbook?
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In both versions of this question, the assumption is that there’s a pure history out there somewhere, perhaps with answers in the appendix.
How I Do History
How Naomi Rendina Does History
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“I wrote my entire dissertation between the hours of 10 PM and 3 AM.”
Featured in Category
History of The Present/Contemporary History Resources
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A history of the present is by its nature a speculative exercise.
Shorts
The Strange World of AP U.S. History
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Born out of the Cold War, the course has a great contradiction at its heart: why do we teach history?
Featured in Category
Expressions Of Radical Hope
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My agency in choosing modes of expression must extend to my students.
Reviews
Radical Hope and a Liberal Education
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What is the purpose of education? Is it just to fill jobs with skilled workers?
Reviews
Contingency Is Not Complacency
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Just as Gannon calls for seeing students as humans we can trust, we also need to humanize and trust adjuncts.
Reviews
Kevin Gannon’s “Radical Hope”: A Roundtable Introduction
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The book is a call to arms, and more necessary than ever.
How I Do History
How Chris Deutsch Does History
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“No one listens unless we tell a good story, so we try to tell good stories.”
Bonus
Teaching In The Age Of COVID Part IV
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“I think that one misconception about teaching is that love for your subject is enough. You have to have love for your students.”
Features
Teaching In The Age Of COVID Part III
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“I always felt like I’d find answers in the past. I don’t really find any answers.”
Features
Teaching In The Age Of COVID Part II
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“This experience was so ridiculously traumatic for everyone—and it’s not over yet, either.”
Features
Teaching In The Age Of COVID Part I
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“We’re trying to help our students navigate this while also trying to navigate the situation ourselves.”
Field Trip
2020 Student Digital History Roundup
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Despite challenging circumstances, students and teachers produced compelling digital history.
How I Do History
How Kate Shuster Does History
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Through her work at SPLC, Kate Shuster helps educators teach hard histories.
Features
History Now
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How is the pandemic shaping the work of history and the lives of those who do that work?
Featured in Category
The Process of Writing History
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How do we make sure faculty and students are on the same page when approaching a writing assignment?
Reviews
Starting With The Essentials
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Most undergraduate history writing is done by non-majors. Does history writing instruction reflect that?
Mailbag
Don’t We Have To Judge People By The Standards Of Their Time?
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Many who reach for this cliché want it to function as a shield against judgment altogether.
Field Trip
2019 Student Digital History Roundup
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What does doing history look like? Let today’s history students and teachers show you.