About the Program
The AHA’s History and Policy Education Program (HPEP) brings the principles of the Congressional Briefings program into the classroom to help students appreciate the importance of bringing historical perspectives to contemporary policy conversations. This initiative provides a guide for history educators to develop and host briefings about the historical dimensions of current policy questions, using materials from past briefings.
HPEP in Perspectives on History
Dane Kennedy, Policy Briefings in the History Classroom: A Pedagogical Experiment (2018)
Jessica Choppin Roney, Making History Relevant to Policymaking: The NHC’s Mock Policy Briefing Program in History Classrooms (2016)
Kyra Chamberlain, Making History Relevant to Policymaking: Student Feedback on the NHC’s Mock Policy Briefing Program (2016)
Jessica Choppin Roney, Making History Relevant to Policymaking: A Classroom Guide on Implementing the Mock Policy Briefing Program
Recordings of HPEP Presentations
George Washington University, 2018
As part of the History and Policy Education program, in 2018 students at George Washington University held briefings on Victorian England.
Presentation on Wealth Inequality
Inequality in Victorian England
Presentation on Women’s Rights
Women’s Rights
Presentation on Religion vs. Science
Catholic University of America, 2016
As part of the History and Policy Education Program, students at the Catholic University of America presented a briefing on the history of religious liberty in the US and France.