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This blog examines the biblical texts that Texas intends to assign to its 5.4 million students. The overview does not cover proposed changes to the history curriculum. Texas uses different English versions for the different readings. When quoting a biblical text, I have used the text chosen by Texas. In these English versions the translators […]
The State of American History The American Historical Association Conference Summary January 6, 2026 by Peter Feinman This blog is a summary blog and the sessions at the annual conference of the American Historical Association in 2025. There were too many presentations I consider to be of interest to the history to include in one […]
State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Native American History AHA Session 57 Saturday, January 4, 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Chair: Karen Marrero, Wayne State University Comment: Dalton Savage, National Council for History Education and Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Session Abstract “If our schools and university classrooms are to remain vital civic institutions,” Ned Blackhawk […]
State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Africa in World History AHA Session 29 Friday, January 3, 2025: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Chair: Sandra E. Greene, Cornell University Comment: Jennifer Hart, Virginia Tech, John Terry, Paideia School and Kyra Dezjot, Fordham University Session Abstract Historians of Africa have made foundational contributions to the effort to establish […]
Part of the conference was on the history infrastructure. One session was dedicated to the founder of museums. A second was on including the community. The third one was on the challenges facing museums at a divided moment in American history. The participants had no idea about the carnage that was about to happen. Mobilizing […]
The two sessions at the conference specifically devoted to the “Black” experience in the United States encompass a disparate range of topics. The first involves the centennial of the publication of the New Negro in 1925. The subject of the New Negro has been touched upon in earlier blogs along with the New Negro Woman […]
Religious Modernists, Scientists, and the Culture Wars of the Scopes Era 2025 was the centennial of the Scopes trial. When it occurred it was the center of media attention in the United States. It later became a play and movie that were based on the trial but took liberties with the facts. The enemy in […]
This session includes examples of teachers using local history at the college level. Some students have never been before in the area they now walked. There often was a public presentation of the students’ findings which attracted media attention. Using Local History to Engage Students AHA Session 221 Sunday, January 5, 2025: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM […]
This blog is part of an ongoing series about the presentations in the annual conference of the American Historical Association in January, 2025. This blog focuses on the American Revolution. Snippets from the new documentary were previewed. The Plenary Sunday January 5 8:00-9:30 American Revolution-A New Film Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David […]
I am writing this post wearing my “Defend History!” button. The button was distributed by David Blight, Yale University, president of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) at the annual conference last spring. Blight has been quite active and prominent in defending history from the assault by Donald Trump, president of the United States. My […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
