The Teaching History Her Way Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The time around the Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year. I love fall colors, the smell of the fire, and fall foods. I also love the idea of gratitude and that this is a time of thankfulness and reflection. However, there are so many myths surrounding Thanksgiving, some of which are downright lies, that we have to help our students unlearn, so this time of year also offers us...

Send us Fan Mail I had the best time at the George Washington Teacher's Institute!  I learned so much from many experts and I have quite a lot to tell you.  In this week's episode, I talk to you about George Washington's teeth, but not in the way you expect.  We can be really deliberate about who we center, even if we're talking about POTUS 1's crusty old dentures. Visit M...

Send us Fan Mail This spring and summer I got lucky enough to be a WAMS Ambassador for the Women and the American Story program at the New-York Historical Society.  I can't emphasize enough how wonderful this resource is, and in this episode, I tell you a bit about WAMS, but also highlight three women that struck me as incredibly interesting:  Weetamoo, a sachem in the Wampanoag confederacy,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with 2018  Idaho History Teacher of the Year, Kelly Holder, about teaching civil rights in the elementary classroom.  Kelly is a 5th-grade teacher at Maple Grove Elementary in Boise, Idaho.  She shares her expertise and some tips about how to help even our youngest students learn about justice and equality Let's be friends! Twitter: @historyherway Inst...

Send us Fan Mail Join me and Dr. Tanya Roth as we discuss her new book, Her Cold War: Women in the US Military 1945-1980 (published by UNCPress), which comes out on 9/30/2021.  Dr. Roth talks about the opportunities the military opened for women after World War II as well the changing definitions of equality as it pertained to military women.  It is a must-hear (and a must-read!) Order (or pre-ord...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Cynthia Gayton, director of the documentary "Hidden in Plain Sight - Revealing the Concealed Harpers Ferry Cemeteries" talks to teachers about why local history matters and is an important bridge to the past for students (and the public!)  She shares her insight into the process of researching local history and will help you and your class figure out whe...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode features historian and author Stephanie Hinnershitz.  As we frequently discuss on this podcast, the language we use in our history classrooms is so very important.  Stephanie discusses Japanese American Incarceration-- what it is and why it was incarceration and not just internment.   She also talks about her upcoming book, Japanese American Incarceration:...

Send us Fan Mail Rebecca Luebker feels passionate about including Native American History in history classes and as its own course and on this week's podcast she discusses not only why Indigenous history inclusion is important, but also how you- yes you!- can better include Indigenous history in your own classroom.  She also gives you book suggestions and suggestions of people to follow on In...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with 2018  Idaho History Teacher of the Year, Kelly Holder, about the importance of social studies in elementary classrooms.  Kelly is a 5th-grade teacher at Maple Grove Elementary in Boise, Idaho.  She shares her expertise in teaching empathy, listening, and helping kids see events from different points of view through her social studies classes.  Our youn...

Send us Fan Mail Join me and New Jersey teacher Ryan McLaughlin as we talk about teaching empathy in our world history classrooms as well as popular media not only to relate to our students but to also draw upon their individual and collective experiences to create community, engagement, and understanding in the classroom.   Let's be friends! Twitter: @historyherway Instagram: @teachinghistor...

Send us Fan Mail Are you working hard to be an anti-racist teacher in an anti-racist classroom?  What does it mean for a teacher and their curriculum to be truly anti-racist?  How do we start and what does the journey look like?  Ashley Lipscomb, CEO of the Institute for Anti-Racist Education, offers some practical, actionable advice and also talks about what the Institute for Anti-Racist Educatio...

Send us Fan Mail Founded in 1821 in the heart of Washington, D.C., Gonzaga is a Catholic college preparatory school for boys in grades 9-12.  Teacher Ed Donnellan and his students helped answer a student question about the connection between enslavement and their school... and they found a lot of answers that then led to changes in dialogue within their school community.  The work went far beyond...

Send us Fan Mail "Just because you don't know it doesn't make it controversial."-- wise words from this week's guest, Valencia Abbot, who is continuously pursuing new historical knowledge through research as well as ways to hone the art of teaching.  In this episode, Valencia teaches us new and deeper ways to teach about Black history, talks to us about professional develo...

Send us Fan Mail Black history month is in February, but we should be celebrating and teaching Black history all year long.  In this episode, I briefly talk about Black Wall Street, which was in the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma.  I didn't know about Black Wall Street until a couple of years ago (!), and if you haven't heard about it, I hope that I'm helping you learn somethi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk to Shane Gower, expert teacher, President of the Maine Council for the Social Studies, and founding member of Georgetown University’s Pivotal Network, about teaching in a homogenous classroom.  We chat about not only the challenges but also strategies to help our students grow. Georgetown University Pivotal Network: https://thepivotalnetwork.org/ Maine Coun...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jason Rude shares his expertise in project-based learning to help you Include this strategy In your history/social studies classes.  He also discusses the benefits of educational travel and why you should consider (when it is COVID safe!) bringing your students to new places to help them broaden their experiences and learn empathy.  He also makes the argument that...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, learn about the art of questioning.  Dan Fouts, the co-founder of Teach Different, talks to us about using questions to help students not only gain the courage to speak but also learn how to listen and be empathetic to others.  This is an episode you definitely don't want to miss- you'll get something you can implement in your classroom TODAY to start gi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, join me as I interview Annie Evans, Director of Education and Outreach for  New American History.    New American History "hope[s] to make visible what was previously invisible about our shared American story." Newamericanhistory.org uses interactive maps, multimedia, journalism, and other tools for educators to help make a more complete story of history...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I interview Bernadette Bacero, who shares her experiences  as a Filipino American Teacher & Student.  She offers ways to support students of Filipino descent in American History classes.  Bernadette is insightful and gives great ways of supporting Filipino students- and she's fun to listen to! Visit Bernadette's website: https://bernadettebacero.word...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I discuss how to avoid the pitfalls of teaching Indigenous peoples' histories in our classrooms and discuss the reoccupation of Alcatraz from the perspective of Indigenous women in the Indians of All Tribes movement. Let's be friends and continue the conversation! Instagram: @teachinghistoryherway X: http://www.twitter.com/historyherway On the Web/Blog:...

Send us Fan Mail How do we prepare ourselves as teachers and our students to have hard conversations in our history and social studies classrooms?  In this podcast, I give you the tools you need for upper elementary, middle school, and high school students to begin digging into conversations that include race, gender, sexuality, and more, and I also include a toolkit to help you prepare yourself....

Send us Fan Mail This episode details the facts of the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges which legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.  I talk about how to use this case as a part of your study of the Constitution and Supreme Court and about building empathy.  Using this case as a part of your curriculum is one way to include your LGBTQ+ students and families as a part of...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview Elizabeth Evans, the Manager of Regional Programs at the Bill of Rights Institute, based in Gilbert, Arizona. She is an award-winning teacher with 17 years of experience teaching the social sciences, including 8th-grade civics, AP U.S. History, and AP Government.  Elizabeth tells us all about her experiences using children's literature as a means o...

Send us Fan Mail Get to know me and the Teaching History Her Way Podcast: history, pedagogy, and lots of ways we can Improve our teaching and mindset so that our history and social studies classrooms tell a more complete, diverse human story! Let's be friends and continue the conversation! Instagram: @teachinghistoryherway X: http://www.twitter.com/historyherway On the Web/Blog: http://www.te...