Wonderfully Horrible
Reading a review of a book exploring how “My Old Kentucky Home” has been used to change understandings of slavery the first Friday morning is wonderfully horrible.
Choosing Primary Documents on Purpose
All of our instructional choices will shape our students’ understanding of that period of history. But the vast majority of the history people’s lives remain hidden in the past, silent and unknown. If we gave the implications of our decisions the full weight of their responsibility, we’d be paralyzed.
Still Fighting the Civil War
As an educator who “got the calling” in the midst of the early 90s spate of Civil War history and nostalgia, its great to see how how our understanding of the past has to change with the present
The Pedagogy of Video Game Tutorials
Who teaches more skills to children – teachers or the video game industry? Perhaps the video game industry’s advice to developers designing player tutorials could help teachers design instructional experiences.
Back to Basics
I just had one of those transcendent teaching experiences walking out of a classroom fired up and ready to slay the dragon of ignorance. History teachers know that feeling and those lucky enough to experience soon become addicted.
Faster than a List Serve
Why trouble every person in a list serve with your question when a simple Google search will get the answer to your question – faster.