Rethinking the job of history — and the American Historical Association — after the veto of the Gaza “scholasticide” ...

Duration: One 40-50 minute lesson. Goal: Students will understand the key principles that form the basis of the Constitution. Students will be able to describe the issues Founding Fathers had to ...

Mr. Wittner is Professor of History at the State University of New York at Albany. Editor's Note: The following article is based on fresh research explored in the newest volume of Mr. Wittner's ...

Q: Do you think the Kurds will achieve their aim of having their own and unified state? Answer: The Kurds are an ethnic group of about 35 million people who have their own language, culture and ...

Key concepts: Boston Tea Party vs. Tea Party 2009, Preamble of the Constitution, constitutional concepts of “originalism” vs. “living document,” Section 1 Article 8 of the Constitution, Grassroots ...

English Language Arts Standards - History/Social Studies - Grades 6-8: 3) How did the legislation influence the development of society? Was there an increase in voting? Did this legislation allow more ...

Duration: One 40-50 minute lesson. Goal: Students will understand the differing national voting characteristics of various groups in America. Students will be able to identify characteristics of the ...

Mr. Shenkman is the editor of HNN. Mr. Burstein is the author of the book, Jefferson's Secrets. In your book you look at Jefferson’s last years, the most neglected of his life. When did you reach the ...

Mr. Wood is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History (Penguin paperback, 2009), from which the following article is excerpted. In 1969 the ...

Michael Honey teaches African-American and U.S. history, civil rights and labor studies and specializes in work on Martin Luther King, Jr. He holds the Fred T. and Dorothy G. Haley Endowed ...

Cody J. Foster is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Kentucky. He can be found here on twitter: @codyjfoster 1896 lithograph A house divided reunited to remove the Confederate flag from ...