• Why Study You-Know-What?

  From the President

  Jacqueline Jones | Jan 13, 2021

  Historians have our own reasons for studying the past but must often explain the value of historical thinking to people not in the discipline.
• History Enrollment Edges Slightly Lower

  Features

  Julia Brookins | Dec 22, 2020

  Undergraduate history enrollment trends continue to range widely, but there have been only small changes to the overall number of...
• Core of the Matter

  Features

  Norm Jones | Dec 21, 2020

  History courses are in demand but governed by competing understandings of their value and role in general education.
• Professional Skills, Historical Thinking

  Perspectives Daily

  Shannon Bontrager | Dec 1, 2020

  One historian explains how using Microsoft Teams reduced his grading load and improved student learning.  

Most Recent

• Turning Inquiry into Action

  Caleb Wood Richardson | Nov 18, 2020

  The University of New Mexico uses communities of practice to evaluate and improve introductory history courses.
• Consider the Student View

  Monique Dufour | Nov 17, 2020

  How often do we think about our classes from the viewpoint of our students? Such a shift could radically change our approach.
• Collaborating on the Intro Course

  Trevor R. Getz and Steven M. Harris | Nov 10, 2020

  In collaboration, historians are creating global history modules to share with other teachers with the History for the 21st Century Project.
• Boldly Going

  Shane Markowitz | Nov 2, 2020

  A high school world history teacher uses Star Trek: Voyager to introduce his students to historiography.
• Practicing History

  Evan Faulkenbury | Oct 20, 2020

  SUNY Cortland decided to require a public history course because of its potential to attract new students, retain majors, and...

 

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