The $12 million project called “Foundations and Futures” is designed for high school and college educators. It covers a wide ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

Oprah Winfrey, George Saunders, David Sedaris, Tayari Jones, and 21 others pick the books that speak to a country as a ...

While Perl-Rosenthal sees the ideals of the Revolution at the center of the American story, Yii-Jan Lin puts the Book of ...

In one of the earlier chapters of historian Walter A. McDougall’s recently compiled volume The Gems of American History: A Lecturer’s Art, we are treated to a pregnant aside. McDougall describes a ...

Each February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have shaped the nation. If you're struggling with the best way to educate children about Black history, this ...

The teaching of history has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. But while the battle is fierce, it’s not new. An earlier round in the conflict in the 1920s — over the teaching of the American ...

Founder Pleasant Rowland called the American Girl approach "finding the girl in history.'"The brand is celebrating its 40th ...

How does a writer update her history of America when the past is a battleground and the President wants to erase the truth?