Inside the March Journal of American History
The March 2021 issue of the JAH is now available online for subscribers. Three outstanding…
Browsing: Teaching
The Histories of Epidemics in the United States
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed daily life in the United States.…
No Syllabus Required: Notes from a Teaching Experiment
Late last summer, an article in the humor blog McSweeney’s titled “I Would Rather Do…
“Disasters Have Histories” Teaching and Researching American Disasters
This interview originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of The American Historian. A category 4 hurricane…
“Like a Fart in a Skillet” Trial & Error in Undergraduate Legal History Instruction
In Spring 2014, my second year as assistant professor of history at University of Nebraska,…
Teaching in the Wake of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Candlelight Vigil, Washington, D.C., August 13, 2017. Photo: Ted Eytan. Creative Commons license. …
“Doing” History in the Modern U.S. Survey Teaching with and Analyzing Academic Articles
Near the end of the spring semester, my department asked me to teach a summer…
Balancing Mobutu with Tutu Teaching “Africa” in U.S. History Classes
As a full-time instructor of United States history at a community college, most of my…
Teaching the History of Capitalism in the High School Classroom
As a teacher of foundational courses on World History and U.S. History to high-school students,…
Demonstrating the Value of History
David Trowbridge (Ph.D. Kansas, 2008) is an associate professor in the Department of History at…