The past is present
We invite innovative instructors who teach history beyond the conventions of the classroom and meet the challenges of the moment to contribute to the "History Beyond the Classroom" series .
If you teach a class in which students write a research paper, give undergraduate publication mentoring a try.
See how to schedule and organize a Reacting to the Past Game, with examples from After a Long Battle: Congressional Responses to the AIDS Epidemic, 1982-1985.
This course surveys the history of illness and medicine in the US with a focus on viral pandemics, the developments of treatments and prevention, and the experiences of patients, families, medical professionals, researchers, activists, and politicians.
Interested in adding a historical game to your history class but don't know where to start? Adding a Reacting to the Past game can be a great way to engage students and delve into specific historical events.
Students identifying source types often conflate digitally accessed journal or newspaper articles with websites in general. It is important that educators do not take for granted that students understand that the digital sources they are using can often be traced to a physical item.
This course traces hip hop culture's emergence and development in the United States and globally from the 1970s to the present. With a strong emphasis on rap music, the course investigates the culture's intersections with local, urban, and regional histories, as well as technology, politics, capitalism, race, gender, sexuality, and class.
The historian's training prepares them for diverse career paths, but departments must better relate the component skills of historical research to the responsibilities of non-academic professions.
The Business of History syllabus challenges students to merge the often creative, open-ended nature of academic inquiry with the outcomes-oriented and deadline-driven world of business.
The podcast review assignment is an engaging way to teach students basic historical skills while giving them the agency to explore historical topics of their choosing.
Clio and the Contemporary 