Over the next 24 hours thousands, if not tens of thousands, of pages of text will appear on the Internet that will be of use to historians–books via Google, government documents, primary sources from archives, and many more. This blessing and curse of the digital age presents those of us who teach history with a…
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A Crisis of Diminishing Expectations (cont’d)
On Thursday I wrote about a comment I’ve received from many students over the years that spoke to their declining expectations from history classes and the need to rethink what we’re doing to make history courses more appealing, more fun, while remaining rigorous and true to our discipline. I set myself the task of thinking…
A Crisis Diminishing Expectations?
“You made history enjoyable, which let me tell you is no easy task!” This particular quotation came from one of my undergraduate students last semester who wrote this in the comment field of our end-of-semester course evaluation form. I’ve been reflecting on it for a couple of weeks now, because over the past few years…
Making the History of 1989
I’m pleased to announce that after more than two years of steady work our project team at CHNM has launched Making the History of 1989: The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. This project offers users hundreds of primary sources on the events of 1989 and the end of the Cold War in Europe, interviews…