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Practicing Digital History at the Intersection of Teaching, Research, and Outreach
May 1, 2009
Digital history offers college and university historians an opportunity to integrate different aspects of their professional activities. An instructional objective is realized through the creation of ...
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Letter to the Editor: Professors, the Profession, and Public Historians
December 1, 2010
Editor's Note: Perspectives on History welcomes letters to the editor on issues discussed in its pages or which are relevant to the profession. Letters should ideally be brief and should be sent to Le...
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On the Plain of Sand Creek, in the Valley of Washita
May 1, 2008
Editor's Note: The following essay is part of a series that is aimed at describing and discussing interpretive programs in the National Park Service. The series was conceived and coordinated by Art Go...
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Letters to the Editor: Should the Federal Government Fund History Teaching?
September 1, 2009
Editor's Note: Perspectives on History welcomes letters to the editor on issues discussed in its pages or which are relevant to the profession. Letters should ideally be brief and should be sent to Le...
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Doing the "Write" Thing: Reflections on Academic Integrity
December 1, 2008
Ninth-grade fingers flew over keyboards in fall 2002. Clicking, copying, and pasting, they prepared PowerPoint presentations on ancient civilizations. This student-centered activity incorporated techn...
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In Memoriam: James Matthew Kittelson
January 1, 2006
James Matthew Kittelson, professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University, died on November 10, 2003, at the age of 62. Kittelson graduated from Saint Olaf College in 1963. With the support of a...
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History down the Road: Why Local Historical Societies Should Be the Next Frontier for Your Classroom
December 1, 2013
My high school teaching job in Waukegan, Illinois, was supposed to be temporary: I pessimistically thought I couldn’t possibly be happy in an economically blighted city where gang violence and drug bu...
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In Memoriam: Stanley J. Idzerda
January 1, 2014
Historian of France, Documentary Editor, 60-Year AHA Member Stanley John Idzerda, a gifted teacher, academic leader, and specialist on the life and work of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, di...
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Unfinished Business
March 1, 2009
As readers of Perspectives on History know, on his first day in office President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order on Presidential Records that ended the practice, instituted during the early yea...
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In Memoriam: Mougo Nyaggah
October 1, 2013
Historian of Africa Dr. Mougo Nyaggah, an associate professor of African history and a nearly 40year faculty member at California State University (CSU), Fullerton, died on Friday, March 29, 2013, in...