Thinking Historically About
In each episode of "Thinking Historically About," a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students should think through when engaging with a particular historical topic.
Episodes
21 episodes
Thinking Historically About Immigration Policy Perspectives with Dr. Jennifer Cullison
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Jennifer Cullison, Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus. Dr. Cullison helps us think historically about our present. Specifically, we discuss the follow...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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29:57
Thinking Historically About the 1798 Sedition Act with Dr. Katlyn Carter
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Katlyn Carter, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Carter helps us think about the 1798 Sedition Act's relationship to the First Amendment to the Constitutio...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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24:38
Thinking Historically About the Labor Movement with Dr. Dylan Shearer
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Dylan Shearer, historian of labor and memory in American History. Dr. Shearer helps us think about the growth of the American Labor Movement between 1865 to 1920.This episode is par...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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25:15
Thinking Historically About Japanese Incarceration during World War II with Dr. Lily Anne Welty Tamai
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Lily Anne Welty Tamai, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Channel Islands. Dr. Welty Tamai helps us think about how the forced relocation and inca...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:43
Thinking Historically About LGBTQ Protest Dr. J.B. Mayo, Jr.
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. J.B. Mayo, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education. Dr. Mayo helps us think about how LGBTQ people resisted and protested cultural norms in the United States before the Stonewall Up...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:00
Thinking Historically with Dr. Catherine O'Donnell - Why Should We Think Historically?
In this episode of Thinking Historically About, we go back to the basics. Why should we think historically? What is historical thinking? Why does it matter. Our guest is Dr. Catherine O'Donnell, Professor of History at Arizona State University....
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:04
Thinking Historically About the Relationship between American Indians and Europeans Dr. James Merrell
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. James Merrell, Professor of History Emeritus at Vassar College. Dr. Merrell helps us think about how trade influenced the relationship between American Indians and Europeans in Colonial Nor...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:59
Thinking Historically About AI, Education, Democracy, and Social Cohesion with Ace Parsi
In this episode, we are thinking historically about artificial intelligence at the intersection of education, democracy, and social cohesion. Today, July 16th, is AI Appreciation Day. But what does that mean? What should we appreciate? What sho...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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41:35
Thinking Historically About the Concept of American Freedom with Dr. Adam Seagrave
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor at the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. Dr. Seagrave helps us think about how the interpretation and appli...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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30:12
Thinking Historically About The Citizen's Role in a Democracy with Dr. Benjamin Gross
In this episode, we are thinking historically (ok, actually politically) with Dr. Benjamin Gross, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the General Education Program at the Jacksonville State University. Dr. Gross helps us th...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:18
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Shawn Healy
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with Shawn Healy, the Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy at iCivics. In this episode, Sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:16
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Dr. Janet Tran
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with Dr. Janet Tran, the Director of The Center for Civics, Education, and Opportunity for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:43
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Andrea Foggy-Paxton
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with the Andrea Foggy-Paxton, the entrepreneur-in-residence and founder of
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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26:59
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Dr. Lawrence Paska
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with the Executive Director of the National Council for Social Studies, Dr. Lawrence Paska<...
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30:22
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Jessica Ellison
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with the Executive Director of the National Council for History Education, Jessica Ellison. For the next s...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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26:22
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Sarah Jencks and Elizabeth Grant
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with two leaders in the museum world. For the next six weeks, Thinking Nation's Executive Director, Zachary Cote, will interview various leaders in social...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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35:57
Thinking Historically about Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Human Nature with Dr. John Fea
In this episode, we are thinking historically with John Fea, professor of history at Messiah University. Dr. Fea helps us better understand how Alexander Hamilton's and Thomas Jefferson's divergent views on human nature shaped their vision for ...
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16:58
Thinking Historically About Women and the Civil War with Dr. Pearl Young
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Pearl Young, Assistant Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty member in the Women's and Gender Studies program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Dr. Young helps us think about t...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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18:27
Thinking Historically About Ancient Greece with Dr. Nadya Williams
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Nadya Williams. At the time of recording, Dr. Williams was professor of Ancient History at the University of West Georgia. Currently, she is Book Review Editor at Current, where she also ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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18:56
Thinking Historically About The New Deal with Dr. H. Paul Thompson, Jr.
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. H. Paul Thompson, Jr. Dr. Thompson is Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of History at North Greenville University. His teaching and research interests include the...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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24:59
Thinking Historically About Ancient Rome with Dr. Nadya Williams
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Nadya Williams. At the time of recording, Dr. Williams was professor of Ancient History at the University of West Georgia. Currently, she is Book Review Editor at Current, where she also ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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16:15