Happy Women's History Month!  This week's episode focuses on women's activism and the importance of women's history in K-12 schools as well as a strong, loud call for an AP Women's History course.  We talk about the ERA, a push for an AP Women's History Course, and the feminist activism of Catholic nuns. This was one of my favorite conversations to date, and I hope you'll weigh in by chatting with us about it on Twitter or Instagram. Want to get in touch with Kristen and Serene, read their articles, or sign their petition to College Board for an AP Women's History course? Twitter: h ..read more

ChatGPT, or Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer, is a technology that is sweeping across classrooms worldwide.  How can we better understand ChatGPT and its capabilities and limitations?  How can we leverage ChatGPT for and with our students?  An emphasis on media literacy and open conversations about technology use can go a long way.  Chat (see what I did there?) with me and Daniel Hutchinson, associate professor in the History Department at Belmont Abbey College developer of the experiment "What does AI know about history?" in a discussion about the implication of Chat ..read more

Black History Month is an opportunity for us to teach students about the rich history and culture of Black Americans.  I am so excited to celebrate Black History Month in my classroom and in my school with my students and colleagues.  There are so many reasons why you should be having Black History Month celebrations!  I share those reasons and some of the ways I celebrate and integrate Black History in my classes and in school life with my colleagues.  I'm so glad to have this conversation with you! Let's be friends and continue the conversation! Instagram: @teachinghisto ..read more

Join me and author Kitty Felde as we discuss civic education and her mystery series, Fina Mendoza, which introduces civic education to elementary students.  Our lively conversation will leave you with plenty of ideas and inspiration about how to get kids interested and involved in learning and participating in civics and government.  You are going to love hearing Kitty's insights as she is a wealth of knowledge and energy, and her expertise on reporting from Capitol Hill is unmatched. Let's be Friends! Instagram: @teachinghistoryherway Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/historyherway O ..read more

Why is social justice in the classroom so important?  How do we integrate social justice in our classrooms for our youngest learners all the way to our almost-adult learners?  Explore these questions and more with me and educational justice coach Lindsay Lyons in this episode, plus get your free Circle Planning resource from Lindsay by visiting my blog, www.teachinghistoryherway.com or going directly to http://www.lindsaybethlyons.com/herway ! Let's be Friends! Instagram: @teachinghistoryherway Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/historyherway On the Web/Blog: http://www.teachinghistory ..read more

I love our history and social studies teacher family, and I can't think of a better way for the Teaching History Her Way Podcast to welcome new and preservice teachers to the family than to give them some advice.  Hey, if they're listening (or you are) it technically isn't unsolicited advice, right?!  From building trust with students to gathering and building a personal learning network, I've identified six things that history and social studies teachers can do right now to make their lives easier as new teachers, preservice teachers, or teachers who aren't so new but might want a l ..read more

Throughout history, including during the American Civil War, women had and made choices.  We can't tell stories by downplaying women in our complicated and messy history.   Using women of the Civil War, as a vehicle, Tracy Garrison Feinberg and I discuss empowerment, agency, and purpose.  Women's drive to improve society in many ways gives them power, and there is no boilerplate woman!  There is no single story that tells the entirety of the experiences and impact of women in history, and each one somehow turned the tide of history, even those whose names we don't know. Jo ..read more

In a very special episode, master educators Angela Lee and Karalee Wong Nakatsuka enlighten our audience about their experiences as Asian American educators.  Together, they explore themes of empowerment, representation, and stereotypes, and offer suggestions to allies about how to best support our Asian American students, colleagues, and friends.  So much has changed for them as individuals and as a part of the AAPI community since the start of the pandemic, but much has also carried over since before the pandemic began.  This is an episode you don’t want to miss. Angela & ..read more

In this episode, join Neil Wrona, middle school special educator in Howard County, MD.   He has spent most of his 8 years teaching in alternative Special Ed schools helping students whose emotional disabilities have caused them to fall behind academically.  I have never been a special education teacher and talking to Neil about working with students with learning differences gave me a glimpse into his experience.  Neil shares strategies for helping his students learn that can be used in ALL classrooms, and he gives a special nod to support teachers.  Want to get in touch w ..read more

In this episode, I interview New York Historical Society Women and the American Story Ambassador, Lee Sharmat, about women soldiers in the Civil War.  In this intervew, we get to chat not only about women as fierce fighters in America's bloodiest conflict, but also about gender and sexuality and what those meant for these women and in the time period.  Lee highlights the bravery of these soldiers, but also reminds us that there is still SO much to uncover about the people about the past.  Just because we don't know, doesn't mean it's not so! Recommended Books: The Woman in Bat ..read more