Preamble: To study history is to develop a disciplined way of making sense of the world by inquiring about the past. The History Department has identified a common set of learning objectives that are ...

In recent years, how Americans discuss, memorialize, and teach our nation’s history has become a new battlefront for the culture wars in the United States. School board meetings across the nation have ...

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the NMAH Endowment. What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating question of Sarah Maza's Thinking About History, a ...

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You know the saying, “the truth is stranger than fiction?” A lot of the time, that really is the case — and these spooky podcasts about history prove it. There are plenty of events in our own pasts, ...

Americans are fighting about history. This past week, thousands of students from across the country came together to celebrate it. Kaleb Ice playing Elton John in a National History Day performance ...

The federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, has announced a major edit of the draft history curriculum by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) as part of an effort to ...

We are frequently reminded that the most powerful people in our country have no knowledge of or interest in history. In fact, they frequently demonstrate outright disdain. Front of center, of course, ...

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