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Aguilera, Jocelyn Isabel – History Teacher, 2023
Examining the political activism of high school students provides a window to fully understand the rich history and resistance of young people of color from South Central Los Angeles who blazed the trail in many crucial battles during the civil rights era. Researching John C. Fremont High School's history shows that the high school reflects a…
Descriptors: Activism, High School Students, Females, Minority Groups
deGuzman, Jean-Paul R. Contreras – History Teacher, 2023
"Why do people hate history classes?" That is a common question that the author, like countless other history instructors, poses to his students on the first day of class. From a recent survey of the author's "Introduction to Asian American History" course, which the author has taught at the University of California, Los…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, United States History, Museums, History Instruction
Kokozos, Michael – History Teacher, 2023
As a Social Studies teacher and LGBTQ+ educator, the author has explored and critiqued the shortcomings of inclusion in education, especially by exposing curricular patterns that neglect or oversimplify the identities of queer individuals, if not erase them altogether. Through leading workshops, the author has learned about the challenges faced by…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, United States History, Social Studies, Inclusion
Laura Civillico – History Teacher, 2023
A pioneer for women's rights and a prominent pop culture icon in a striking white collar, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is best known for her work on the bench; her fiery dissents and scathing arguments are legendary. Ginsburg's legal work in the 1970s marked a major advancement for women's rights, driven by the novel legal strategy she developed to…
Descriptors: Federal Courts, Court Litigation, Sex Role, Gender Discrimination
Henry Jones – History Teacher, 2023
Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis," described the frontier as the lifeblood of American ideals and warned that the frontier's closing would mean the factors that once enabled America to prosper could no longer be relied on in the century ahead. Boy scouting was shaped by a similar nostalgia for the vanishing frontier as well as…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Males, Extracurricular Activities, Progressive Education
Marcus, Kenneth H.; Hall, Jon – History Teacher, 2022
Art can be of great benefit for students to learn about history. This article presents results of a three-year research project at the university level on the use of specific examples from the arts for a variety of courses in U.S. and European history as well as a course on history methods. All the examples used consisted of images (painting and…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Art Education, College Students, United States History
Monte-Sano, Chauncey; Thomson, Sarah – History Teacher, 2022
Analytical reading and writing are embedded in a disciplinary approach to history instruction and present opportunities to extend students' literacy practices. U.S. educators and researchers have come to rely on the Document-Based Question (DBQ) to assess and develop students' historical knowledge and argument writing. However, this task has been…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Persuasive Discourse
La Vaglio, Michael – History Teacher, 2022
This article offers a case study on the history of the tattoo in the United States and the rise of American imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century. It models how high school history teachers can use the tattoo to teach about the rise of American imperialism. It also illustrates the author's primary argument: American imperialism fueled…
Descriptors: Art, Human Body, History Instruction, Foreign Policy
Schocker, Jessica B. – History Teacher, 2021
In this paper, the author outlines the results of a research study conducted on one class cohort, focusing on the impacts of teaching Black women's history through Anne Moody's 1968 memoir, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," on their understandings of race and the experiences of Black women. Specifically, Moody's memoir provides a rich…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Females, African Americans, African American History
Demoiny, Sara B.; Waters, Stewart – History Teacher, 2021
The United States' collective memory focuses on the nation's story as one of progress and freedom, yet the experiences of many citizens, particularly citizens of color, are in contradiction to this collective memory. Today, there is a small yet growing collection of counter-monument installations around the country that tell a counter-story to…
Descriptors: United States History, Memory, Freedom, Historic Sites
Lindaman, Matthew – History Teacher, 2021
Inspired by participation in the 2014 version of the Stewardship of Public Lands seminar, hosted by the Yellowstone Association Institute and sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' American Democracy Project, the author's first goal was the creation of a "Sophomore Seminar" course themed on "Parks,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, United States History, Parks, Seminars
Kotzin, Daniel P. – History Teacher, 2021
Orin M. Jameson, a twenty-one year-old clerk in the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, and James B. Fowler, also a clerk in the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, both kept daily diaries during their time in the Civil War. In their diaries, neither Jameson nor Fowler ever explained their motives for enlisting, nor did they ruminate on the meaning of the Civil War.…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Diaries, War, United States History
Bickford, John H. – History Teacher, 2021
Young children can engage in close reading, critical thinking, and historical thinking when age-appropriate texts are coupled with discipline-specific tasks. Prior knowledge is an impediment, though. Primary elementary learners simply do not have much of a historical schema. Because of primary elementary students' familiarity with Thanksgiving,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, United States History, Social Studies
Sdunzik, Jennifer; Johnson, Chrystal S.; Kong, Ningning N. – History Teacher, 2021
United States history classrooms have the potential to simultaneously foster an understanding of students' cultures and experiences today in relation to the nation's history and develop critical thinking and technology literacy. Yet classroom materials and instructors tend to avoid, ignore, or misrepresent controversial topics such as race and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, History Instruction, Academic Achievement, African American History
Kindling the Flame of Revolution: Communication and Committees of Correspondence in Colonial America
Miao, Michelle – History Teacher, 2021
According to John Adams, the real American Revolution occurred "in the minds and hearts of the people" long before the armed conflict ever began. This shared anti-British sentiment in prewar colonial America was largely fostered by committees of correspondence. Formed a decade before the revolution, the committees were the first…
Descriptors: History Instruction, United States History, Colonialism, Democracy