Conversations

The National Council for History Education is dedicated to providing pedagogically sound and historically significant resources to support teachers and historians. Our Conversations series reflects NCHE’s dedication to provide powerful and interactive opportunities for our members and guests to  work with leading scholars and thinkers on issues about history and history education. Each conversation page provides one or more discussions that help us understand the context of history better, our place in history, and how we can teach it.

History Matters (…and so does coffee!)

Conversations About History For Everyone with Joanne Freeman

History Matters (…and so does coffee!) is a weekly webcast sponsored by the National Council for History Education featuring the teaching and scholarship of Dr. Joanne Freeman, a professor of history at Yale University and former NCHE board member. Each episode features a conversation about an historic person, place, event, or piece of evidence; what it reveals; and how it emerges (or reemerges) in America today. Dr. Freeman begins with a short discussion of a topic, often connecting it to documents in the historical record, and then shows how it connects with the challenges and responsibilities of American citizenship in the here and now. Dr. Freeman also takes questions from the live webcast audience about the day’s topic. History Matters (…and so does coffee!) is a fun, funny, interactive, educational, and — amidst our current challenges — important webcast for understanding how history happens and its vital relevance today.

Fridays at 10:00 AM EST!

Next Episode:
March 8, 2024

TBD

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The National Council for History Education is dedicated to providing pedagogically sound and historically significant resources to support teachers and historians. Our Conversations series reflects NCHE’s dedication to provide powerful and interactive opportunities for our members and guests to  work with leading scholars and thinkers on issues about history and history education. Each conversation page provides one or more discussions that help us understand the context of history better, our place in history, and how we can teach it.

Equity Summit

2023 Equity Summit: In Pursuit of Equity:
Book-Banning and Censorship

Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Location: Online

Book bans in schools and libraries are on the rise. Last school year, more than 850 individual titles were impacted by censorship efforts of local groups and state decision-makers. How can educators and students navigate censorship in their communities?

NCHE and NCSS are uniting for a fourth virtual Equity Summit, in support of our history and social studies educators and students, with a focus on book-banning and censorship. Join us for a day of virtual learning, featuring classroom teachers, media specialists, and education organizations, including a keynote by Dr. Yohuru Williams, Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas.

The event is free, but registration is required. Educators from all levels are welcome to attend.

Register for the Equity Summit

Preliminary Schedule:

11:00 AM (EST) – Introductory Panel
-Jessica Ellison, Executive Director, National Council for History Education
-Larry Paska, Executive Director, National Council for the Social Studies
-Jenny Nicholas, Board Chair, National Council for History Education
-Wesley Hedgepeth, President, National Council for the Social Studies
Learn from the Past, Learn from the Present

12:00 PM (EST) – Lunch Break

12:30 PM (EST) – Panel
Ann D. David, Incoming Chair of NCTE’s Standing Committee Against Censorship
Tasslyn Magnusson, PEN America
Courtney Pentland, AASL President
The Current Landscape of Book-Banning and Censorship, and What We Can Do About It

1:30 PM (EST) – Break

1:45 PM (EST) – Breakout Sessions
Shernita Wynder, Dixon School of Arts & Sciences
Teaching Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Florida’s “Stop WOKE Era”

LaTonya Amboree, Region 4 Education Service Center
Using Primary Sources to Combat Book Bans in Middle School Social Studies

Jeffery White, John Jay College and Brooklyn Preparatory High School
From Erasure to Empowerment: Redefining Education through Truth & Equity

Jay M. Shuttleworth, City University of New York
Navigating Limits on Teaching History: Empowering Conversations in the Social Studies Methods Classroom

Jaime Gregory, Christ Church Episcopal School
Media Literacy Instruction and Current Censorship Trends in Education

2:45 PM (EST) – Break

3:00 PM (EST) – Keynote Session
Yohuru Williams, University of St. Thomas
Be the Challenger

This program is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with
Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University

 

2022 Equity Summit: In Pursuit of Equity

In partnership, the National Council for History Education and the National Council for the Social Studies present “In Pursuit of Equity.” The purpose of this Equity Summit is to engage multiple communities in deliberative discussions about opportunities for and challenges to equity in the United States’ past, present, and future. Drawing upon the complex history of race, ethnicity, enslavement, poverty, and immigration in the American experience, sessions will emphasize opportunities, activism, and student empowerment. This Equity Summit fosters actively engaged and informed communities, fueled by the power of history.

Cultural Institutions as Spaces for Equity
Panel Discussion
-Linda Doornbos, Oakland University (Moderator)
-Candra Flanagan,
National Museum of African American History
-Orlando Serrano, Jr,
National Museum of American History
-Christopher Zarr,
National Archives and Records Administration
Session Video
Classrooms as a Space for Equity
Panel Discussion
-Linda Doornbos, Oakland University (Moderator)
-John Arthur,
Meadowlark Elementary School
-Michael Skomba,
Somerville High School
-Amy Trenkle,
Alice Deal Middle School
Session Video
Community Assets in Support of Teaching and Learning:
Celebrating the Golden Blocks through Multigenre Texts

Breakout Session
-Juan Walker, Augusta University
Session Video
Dialogues on Racial Justice
Breakout Session
Terry Roberts, National Paideia Center
Session Video
Visualizing Environmental Justice and Activism
Breakout Session
Michelle LeBlanc, Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Session Video
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Primary Sources
Breakout Session
Jessica Ellison, Minnesota Historical Society
Session Video
Examining Rosa Parks’ Lifetime of Civic Action through Library of Congress Primary Sources
Breakout Session
Adam M. Friedman, Wake Forest University
Session Video
Teach Truth: The Long Struggle for Antiracist Education
Keynote Session
-Jesse Hagopian, Educator, Author, Activist
Session Video

2021 NCHE Equity Summit: Recovery for Transformation

Day One

American Indian Removal: What Does It Mean to Remove a People?
Transformative Experience – Virtual Field Trip
-Ami Temarantz and Gem Labarta, National Museum of the American Indian
Session Video
2020: What We Learned
Transformative Discussions – Panel Session
-Kristy Brugar, University of Oklahoma
-Sarah Jencks, Ford’s Theatre
-Cherifa Martin, Polk County Public Schools
Session Video
Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Social Studies Classrooms
Transformative Voices – Keynote Speaker
-Tiferet Ani, Montgomery County Public Schools
Session Video
Center for Anti-Racist Education Evaluation Tools
Transformative Teaching Tools – Workshop
-Kate Shuster, Center for Anti-Racist Education
Session Video
History of European Antisemitism
Transformative Histories
-Jill Jacobs, Institute for Curriculum Services
Session Video
A Tale of Two Histories: Teaching about our Democracy in Turbulent Times
Transformative Voices – Keynote Speaker
-Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Session Video

Day Two

A Look into Promised Land As Proving Ground:
A New Experience at Conner Prairie Museum in Indiana
Transformative Experience – Virtual Field Trip
-Richard Cooper, Brandy Zollman, and Charlene Fletcher, Conner Prairie Museum
Session Video
How We Collaborate Moving Forward
Transformative Discussions – Panel Session
-Emma Humphries, iCivics
-Karalee Wong Nakatsuka, First Avenue Middle School
-Michael Williams, National Humanities Center
Session Video
Countering the Master Narrative: Nannie Hellen Burroughs
Transformative Voices – Keynote Speaker
-Alana Murray, Shady Grove Middle
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Teaching Asian American History to Expand the Narrative
Transformative Teaching Tools – Workshop
-Freda Lin and Cathlin Goulding, Yuri Education Project
Session Video
The Era of Red Power and Self Determination
Transformative Voices – Keynote Speaker
-LaNada War Jack, Indigenous Visions Network
Session Video

2020 NCHE Equity Summit

Join educators and historians in conversation as we discuss how to teach the complex history of race and ethnicity in America.

Summit Schedule

August 4

11:00am – 12:00pm
Virtual Field Trip: Interpreting Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Session Video)

1:00 – 3:00pm
Panel: Diverse Histories, Diverse Learners (Session Video)
Rusty Carlock, Albemarle High School
Ava Jolley, North Salem High School
Andrea Kolb, Center for Schools and Communities
Curtis Lewis, Black Male Educators Alliance of Michigan

4:00 – 5:00pm
Keynote Session: Seizing the Moment: Teaching Race and Racism Today (Session Video)
(PowerPoint) (Recommended Books & Links) (Census Race Options)

Hasan Jeffries, Ohio State University

7:00 – 9:00pm
Panel: Teaching the Legacy of Slavery (Session Video)
Hasan Jeffries, The Ohio State University
Alana Murray, Shady Grove Middle School
Kate Shuster, Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching Hard History

August 5

10:00 – 11:00am
Virtual Field Trip: Interpreting Northern Slavery at Philipsburg Manor (Session Video)

11:00am – 12:00pm
More to the Movement: Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement (Session Video)
(Power Point) (Recommended Book List)
Elizabeth Novara, Library of Congress

1:00 – 3:00pm
Panel: Systems of Race and Ethnicity (Session Video)
Damika Baker, Reginal Lewis Museum
Sam Mihara
, Author
Candacy Taylor
, Author

4:00 – 5:00pm
Keynote Session: Making it Easier to Teach Hard History (Session Video)
Kate Shuster, Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching Hard History

7:00 – 9:00pm
Panel: A History of Resistance (Session Video)
Luis Martínez-Fernández, University of Central Florida
Ruth Payno-Simmons, RPS Educational Impact
Yohuru Williams, University of St. Thomas

August 6

10:00 – 11:00am
History Matters (…and so does coffee!) (Session Video)
Joanne Freeman, Yale University

11:00am – 12:00pm
Keynote Session: Black Founding Fathers of the United States of America
(Video is Members Only)
LaGarrett King, University of Missouri

1:00 – 3:00pm
Panel: Monuments and Memory (Session Video)
Lisa Blee, Wake Forest University
Jonathan Kubakundimana, Equal Justice Initiative
Kevin Levin, Independent Historian
Allison Wickens, George Washington’s Mount Vernon

4:00 – 5:00pm
Keynote Session: Simply Because People Refuse to See Me: Black Lives Matter in Historical Context (Session Video)
Yohuru Williams, University of St. Thomas

7:00 – 8:00pm
Student Voices: National History Day Project on Race and Ethnicity

Critical Conversations

2021 Critical Conversations – Webinar Series

The series will engage participants in transformative conversations about the teaching and learning of diverse histories.

July 15 at 7:30pm
History UnErased: Teaching LGBTQ History with Primary Documents
Debra Fowler and Kathleen Barker, History UnErased
(Session Video)

July 22 at 7:30pm
RISE for Racial Equity Using Library of Congress Primary Sources
Donna Kiel, Tina Curry, and David Bates, Barat Education Foundation and DePaul University
(Session Video)

July 29 at 7:30pm
Empowering Learners through History and Civics of People with Disabilities
Rich Cairn, Emerging America
(Session Video)

Critical Conversations on Race, Ethnicity, and History

We are pleased to announce a new series of free webinars. This series will engage participants in important conversations about issues of race, ethnicity, equity, and history. Webinar recordings are available, along with related documents. This series is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program.

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July 14 at 7:00pm
Using Images to Teach Injustice
Grace Leatherman, NCHE Executive Director
(Session Video)

July 16 at 7:00pm
Rethinking Black History
LaGarrett King, University of Missouri
(Video is Members Only)

July 21 at 2:00pm
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Candacy Taylor, Independent Historian and Author
(Session Video)

July 21 at 7:00pm
Teaching the History and Controversy Surrounding Confederate Monuments
Kevin Levin, Independent Historian and Educator
(Session Video)

July 23 at 2:00pm
Teaching History to English Learners
Andrea Kolb, Pennsylvania Department of Education
(Slides & Handouts) / (Video Unavailable)

July 23 at 7:00pm
The Complexity of Mexican American Racial Identity in Fighting for Educational Equity
Maribel Santiago, University of Washington
(Handout) / (Session Video)

July 28 at 2:00pm
Indian Hating and Treaty Rights
Josh Reid, University of Washington
(Session Video)

July 28 at 7:00pm
Slavery and Resistance in the Atlantic World
Luis Martínez-Fernández, University of Central Florida
(Session Video)

July 30 at 7:00pm
Mapping Inequalities
Ed Ayers and Annie Evans, New American History
(Session Video)

The National Council for History Education is dedicated to providing pedagogically sound and historically significant resources to support teachers and historians. Our Conversations series reflects NCHE’s dedication to provide powerful and interactive opportunities for our members and guests to  work with leading scholars and thinkers on issues about history and history education. Each conversation page provides one or more discussions that help us understand the context of history better, our place in history, and how we can teach it.

Know More – Conversations for Students
with Kenneth C. Davis

May 20, 2020
Topic: More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War
(Watch here)

May 27, 2020
Topic: In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
(We regret that this video is unavailable due to technology errors)

June 3, 2020
Topic: Don’t Know Much About® Electing the President: What You Need to Know But Never Learned
(Watch here)