After last week’s lecture on “fright night, antebellum style,” where we examined the new freakiness of pre-Civil War America, I was excited to follow it up with perhaps my favorite lecture: “1830 America”. The lecture gives us some perspective on the development of the United States from the revolutionary era to the rise of the…
To report back on just one part of the brilliance of my co-blogger (a full report would be quite lengthy): The other day I was teaching how to write an essay, a normal topic I’ve gone over a hundred times. This time, I used an analogy first proffered in this space by Ed. He once…
I’m currently teaching an upper-division course on post-Civil War American history, on the various contestations over American national identity since 1865. It’s called, “Who are we?” We debate “the melting pot” versus “multiculturalism,” we explore Malcolm X versus MLK, we examine how things like the Great Depression and World War II and the Vietnam War…
I have previously written about the little SkillBuilder papers I use in my survey course. In addition to exams and quizzes, I also have students create two projects. One, a paper, falls about midterm (due next week) and the other, called “History in Our Time,” is due at the end of the term so I’ll…
The AHA is having a series of round table discussions after the debates. Here is a preview from eminent historian Daniel Rodgers: The “j” word, jobs, was the dominant term in the evening’s debate: how best to encourage their growth and keep them at home. But the more striking word, from the historian’s perspective, was “I.” …
Does anyone have a book they would like to feature here at TUSH.0 or discuss? For instance, I just received an email from Harper about “a riveting narrative history that explores the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution: DESPERATE SONS: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals…
Today’s Post comes from FOB (friend of blog) Matt Moore and his blog: Teaching Beyond the TextbookTeaching the Causes of the American Revolution (as a parent/child fight)A few years ago, I was reading two books at the same time, Gordon Wood’s The Radicalism of the American Revolution and Chip and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick. Both books were…
Back when I was planning for this semester, I got enthused about a free/paperless online textbook option. Maybe you’re wondering how that’s working out for me. 76% of my students decided to spend nothing and just read the textbook online. Another 17% of them purchased the “access pass” which allows them to download all or…
Anyone teaching US race, segregation, or special needs history … check out this story of Minnesota teacher segregating African American and special needs students.
Seeing as conversation has already begun in the comments section below “Little Boxes,” thought I’d alert our readers that our very own Ed Blum is featured as the lead Op-Ed in today’s New York Times. The link is here. Oh, and if you hadn’t heard yet, Ed published a book recently…what’s it called again?
