AP African American Studies
The kerfuffle over the new AP African American Studies course, engendered by critical comments by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, has thankfully come to a swift conclusion. Last week, the College Board announced it had...
Category: U.S. History
Julian Zelizer on Mistakes Historians Make
Princeton history professor Julian Zelizer has a fascinating article in The Atlantic today about mistakes historians make when appearing as news analysts. Zelizer’s position is that there are five common stock phrases historians misuse...
How to Discuss Controversial Issues in Class
I ran across a good discussion on a podcast about how to discuss controversial issues in classrooms. It involves several teachers, including Robert Pondiscio who is a fellow at AEI, and a Texas state...
The Four Question Method
I recently ran across a post from earlier in the summer about using the Four Question method in discussion of controversial issues in class. Gary Shiffman and Jonathan Bassett propose that discussions should revolve...
The Woman King and its Historical Accuracy
The new movie the Woman King has opened at the #1 spot in the box office. It is an entertaining film featuring female warriors known as the Agojie. They are from Dahomey, an actual...
Essay Series on a Madisonian Constitution
As Constitution Day approaches, I thought I would post a link to a series of essays the Constitution Center posted in 2017. The series features essays on how we have drifted away from Madison’s...
Distorted Use of History
The President of the American Historical Association (AHA) James Sweet found himself in hot water recently for his monthly remarks. In his August column, Sweet challenged his discipline’s recent use of history to buttress...
Review of To Rescue the Republic
Sometimes a book becomes more timely due to circumstance. And that’s exactly what happened with Fox News Correspondent Bret Baier’s new book, To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis...
Book Review of Debunking the 1619 Project
Since the 1619 Project was released by the New York Times in August of 2019, it has generated a lot of publicity, both positive and negative. Its lead writer, Nikole Hannah-Jones won the Pulitzer for commentary. Hundreds of schools...
Book Review of American Schism
Seth Radwell’s new book, American Schism, is an attempt to explain the current political gridlock in America by looking back at the history of American politics and the principles that undergird it. Currently, political discourse...