Some Thoughts About Teaching Reconstruction or Why Is History So Damn Depressing?

It happens every year in at least one of my classes and usually around the time of Reconstruction. One of my students comments or asks a question that reveals a deep frustration with American history and particularly the role of racism in it. And when the issue is raised everything stops in my class to [...]

0 comments

New Civil War/Lincoln Blog: Check

0 comments

New Abraham Lincoln Website

New Abraham Lincoln Website: Check out Abraham Lincoln’s Classroom, which is sponsored by The Lincoln Institute and The Lehrman Institute. It contains plenty of primary sources for classroom use and a section for “Teachers Only.” It looks to be quite interactive.

0 comments

Update on African American History and Culture Museum

0 comments

350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366FirstLast