About page 2022 FALL NEWSLETTER As we head back to school, we celebrate America’s history teachers and their dedication to primary source learning. We must also pause to mourn the passing of David McCullough, a “master of the art of narrative history” and “a...
History Now Essay From The Editor Carol Berkin Urbanization is a major theme in modern American history and it is intimately connected to such events as the revolutions in transportation and manufacturing and the expansion of our borders to the Pacific Ocean and the Rio Grande. In... Appears in: 11 | American Cities Spring 2007
Lesson Plan The Transcontinental Railroad: Interpreting Images Art 10, 11, 12 Objectives Students will be able to apply the distinction between inferring (inference) and implying (implication). analyze primary source illustrations, including paintings, political cartoons, and promotional posters. Essential...