When I left the classroom last year I was still wedded to the traditional history textbook. I supplemented my text with a wide range of digital tools and resources, but the text itself had not changed. My experience with e-textbooks has been very limited until now. For the next four months I will be working [...]
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Yesterday I was interviewed by Patricia Gay, who is a reporter with the Weston Forum in Weston, Connecticut. You might wonder why a Connecticut paper is so interested in this story. Well, it turns out that Five Ponds Press is located in that town. In fact, it turns out that author Joy Massoff is married [...]
Many of you wonder why I am so focused and committed to challenging the mythology of black Confederates. In recent weeks I’ve written about the sale of toy soldiers at the Museum of the Confederacy, a brief reference in a NPS handout in New York City, and, of course, the anticipated release of Ann DeWitt’s [...]
My AP America History students began yesterday’s class by considering the following list of assorted acts and agencies that appeared on my white board: Environmental Protection Agency Occupation Safety & Health Administration National Transportation & Safety Board Endangered Species Act Clean Air Act Aid to Families with Dependent Children Adjustment of Social Security to Inflation [...]