Continuing our blog series on the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, last week we published an account of the integration process in the small Southern town of
As teachers, we know students become more interested in historical events if you can establish a local connection. Here is a story I used with my South Carolina students to
For most teachers and students of American history the decision seems like the no-brainer of all time. Napoleon of France was offering to sell the United States not just the
This summer, Suzanne Hunter Brown will join historian Jennifer Keene (Chapman University) to lead a course on the history and literature of the 20th century’s World Wars. Using primary historical
General Dwight Eisenhower was the most powerful man in the world in early June, 1944, and then a moment later, he was largely powerless. The invasion force of which he
Religious Rhetoric at the Front Among other equipment for battle on D-Day, the invading troops brought printed copies of Dwight David Eisenhower’s stirring yet succinct “Message to the Allied Expeditionary
Today marks the 65th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court decision mandating racial desegregation in public schools. Issued on May 17, 1954, the first of two decisions in Brown v.
In today’s national conversation, which lately seems more like a countrywide schoolyard brawl with citizens hurling insults and memes, it can be challenging to explore complex ideas. Politics and religion,
Teachers who aim to impart critical thinking skills must be willing to trust their students. Trust is essential to a range of teaching strategies, but one very interesting example appears
In March, the Minnesota Council of Social Studies named Heather Loeschke 2017 Teacher of the Year. Loeschke, a 2014 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government
