Teaching and Learning at AHA18

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Teaching and Learning at AHA18

The AHA is committed to making resources available to educators at all levels and at every stage of their careers. That’s why the annual meeting’s teaching and learning program offers dozens of workshops, networking opportunities, and sessions to keep historians engaged with new and innovative teaching tools and scholarship. Use this guide to navigate the full spread of teaching events and topical sessions at AHA18.

Workshops and Events

Learning from Evidence: Using Student Work to Understand Their Learning
This preconference session, organized by the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History, will focus on deep analysis of student work and how it can guide teaching. Thursday, January 4, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Symposium on Advanced Placement History
The Symposium on Advanced Placement History, hosted by the College Board and presented in collaboration with the AHA Teaching Division, invites undergraduate instructors of European, US, and world history to explore how historical reasoning and a deeper understanding of the past can be developed in survey-level courses at both the college and high school levels. Thursday, January 4, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

K-16 Teaching Workshop: Assignments Charrette
The K-16 “Assignments Charrette,” organized in partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration, welcomes teachers to work in small groups with a facilitator in order to gather in-depth feedback on each other’s assignments from history courses in any field. Information on signing up for this event will be available in the coming weeks. Friday, January 5, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Two-Year Faculty Reception
Educators from two-year and community colleges are invited to attend the Reception for Two-Year Faculty at the Marriott Wardman Park. Friday, January 5, 8:00-9:00 PM

K-16 Educators’ Workshop: Perspectives on World War I: The Everyday and the Global
The AHA invites K-12 and undergraduate teachers to participate in a workshop on how recent scholarship can inform teaching World War I. Leila Fawaz (Tufts Univ.) will lead with a keynote address on World War I in the Middle East, followed by a two-hour document analysis workshop facilitated by primary source material from Library of Congress collections. This event is sponsored by the College Board and organized in conjunction with the Society for Military History, the United States World War I Centennial Commission, and the Library of Congress. Saturday, January 6, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM

Teaching and Learning Networking Opportunity
AHA’s annual Teaching and Learning Networking Opportunity is an open event for educators at all levels to build professional networks and advance the cause of teaching and learning issues among the larger community of historians. Saturday, January 6, 3:45-4:45 PM

K-12 Reception
Sponsored by HISTORY®, the K-12 Reception invites teachers to network and share ideas with colleagues. Members of the AHA Council’s Teaching Division will be in attendance. Saturday, January 6, 6:30-7:30 PM

Thematic Sessions

A variety of sessions focus on specific themes and problems in the world of teaching, such as the recent Texas textbook controversy, declines in history course enrollments, and emerging educational tools. From time periods and geographic regions to classroom concerns, there’s a session that caters to you.

Tackling the Issue of Enrollments in History Courses: Strategies and Ideas from the Frontlines
Part 1: Friday, January 5, 8:30-10:00 AM
Part 2: Friday, January 5, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Part 3: Friday, January 5, 1:30-3:00 PM

What Will They Do Today? Five Ideas for Doing History with Students
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3:00 PM

Curricular Innovation for Transforming Enrollment
Sunday, January 7, 9:00-10:30 AM

Incorporating Queer History into African History Survey Courses: A Roundtable
Sunday, January 7, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

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Teaching and Learning at AHA18

Workshops and Events

Thematic Sessions

Textbooks and Curricular Design

Teaching with Digital Tools

Undergraduate Teaching, Survey Courses, and Enrollments

Other Topical Sessions