Dani Vaughn-Tucker
Librarian and Instructor, Darton State College
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I am a librarian at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia, where I also teach the second half of an American history survey course. Before moving to Georgia via Missouri, I taught both sections of American history as well as political science for a small private university in Dallas, Pennsylvania in both face-to-face and online formats and for traditional as well as non-traditional students. I have worked as a librarian in both the academic and public sector for over ten years.

One of the first things I tell my students is that I’m nosy and I want them to be nosy too. I want them to not only understand what happened but why it happened. To that end, my students and I read and discuss primary sources, we talk about various cultural and social movements, and, last but not least, we talk about how history shapes the world in which we live. I don’t want history to exist in a vacuum for my students. I want them to understand why the study of history is important and how it shapes our current political, social, and cultural climates.

I found Teaching United States History while looking for ways to broach difficult historical subjects in a sensitive but educational manner and was happy to find that there are others who have the same questions I have. I was even more delighted to find that there is no right or wrong way to introduce these topics. I hope to contribute to the discussions around cultural/historical sensitivity and how being a librarian helps me to bring a unique perspective to the classroom.

I am a librarian at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia, where I also teach the second half of an American history survey course. Before moving to Georgia via Missouri, I taught both sections of American history as well as political science for a small private university in Dallas, Pennsylvania in both face-to-face and online formats and for traditional as well as non-traditional students. I have worked as a librarian in both the academic and public sector for over ten years.

One of the first things I tell my students is that I’m nosy and I want them to be nosy too. I want them to not only understand what happened but why it happened. To that end, my students and I read and discuss primary sources, we talk about various cultural and social movements, and, last but not least, we talk about how history shapes the world in which we live. I don’t want history to exist in a vacuum for my students. I want them to understand why the study of history is important and how it shapes our current political, social, and cultural climates.

I found Teaching United States History while looking for ways to broach difficult historical subjects in a sensitive but educational manner and was happy to find that there are others who have the same questions I have. I was even more delighted to find that there is no right or wrong way to introduce these topics. I hope to contribute to the discussions around cultural/historical sensitivity and how being a librarian helps me to bring a unique perspective to the classroom.