Birmingham and the Human Costs of Industrialization: Using the C3 Framework to Explore the “Magic City” in the Gilded AgeJeremiah Clabough and John H. Bickford III The 1848 Women’s Rights Convention: Where was Frances Seward?Alan Singer

“Did They Actually, Really Believe This?” Authentic Medical Documents as a Window on the Past Julie Riley Taking Student Government Seriously J.R. Bolen Acting Out History: From the Ice Age to the Modern Age Denee J. Mattioli and Frederick Drake Modern Times: The Industrial Revolution and the Concept of Time Frans H. Doppen

<p>The upcoming anniversaries of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth amendments offer an ideal opportunity to facilitate a classroom debate on whether these suffrage amendments succeeded in guaranteeing the right to vote.</p>

The Haitian Revolution was the largest and most successful slave revolt in the world. Why is it rarely discussed or taught in U.S. classrooms?   

Why have only 27 amendments out of 10,000 been passed? Why did Congressional pay raises take 203 years to be ratified? What sparked the repeal of Prohibition? A close-up look at the 18th, 21st, and 27th amendments sheds light on the intricate amendment process.  

Barbara G. Arfa Annual Professional Development Conference on Holocaust Education “From Documentation to Social Media: Empowering Students to Analyze (Mis)Information" FREE KOSHER BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR IN PERSON REGISTRANTS ZOOM REGISTRANTS WILL RECEIVE THE CONFERENCE LINK BY EMAIL Date: March 19th, 2023 Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm (ET) Location: In-Person or Virtual AttendanceIn-Person: Ramaz Middle School - New York, NYVirtual: Zoom link to be provided via email closer to the event

It started to dawn on me this week that we are entering the second full century of social studies education as we know it.  Of course, there was not a specific date in which a formal resolution declared, “….there shall be a new subject called social studies taught in every classroom and in every grade level throughout the United States.”  History is seldom that neat and tidy.  An article titled “Social Studies and the Birth of NCSS: 1783-1921”, published in a special 1995 edition of Social Education to commemorate NCSS’ 75th anniversary, provides a narrative on the growth of social studies as…

It started to dawn on me this week that we are entering the second full century of social studies education as we know it.  Of course, there was not a specific date in which a formal resolution declared, “….there shall be a new subject called social studies taught in every classroom and in every grade level throughout the United States.”  History is seldom that neat and tidy.  An article titled “Social Studies and the Birth of NCSS: 1783-1921”, published in a special 1995 edition of Social Education to commemorate NCSS’ 75th anniversary, provides a narrative on the growth of social studies as…

The History Detectives show is fun for any age, but especially useful for getting the middle schooler in your family hooked on historiography. America's top investigators are back for an eighth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. On the August 5 show, a Michigan woman wonders if her family clock kept time for the entire Midwest during the 19th century. The search takes HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray back to the industrial age when the country first began regulating time. Then, a document seems connected to an early…

On April 19th, the Weehawken chapter co-hosted an event with two other WHS Honor Societies, “An Afternoon with Joshua Zeitz." Mr. Zeitz, an historian and New York Times' bestselling author of Building the Great Society: Inside the Lyndon Johnson's White House and Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image presented a wonderful talk about his latest book and then went into his writing process. After 40 minutes, he opened the remaining part of the hour to student questions. The first six students to ask questions of Mr. Zeitz were surprised with customed autographed…