Aesthetic-based teaching, such as the featured lesson using Picasso’s Guernica to study the Spanish civil war, helps students emotionally connect to the past while also advancing academic performance.

Melissa K. Stanley, Dana Serure

Brianne Pitts

Three key strategies can help teachers implement successful projects in world history.

Promising practices offer educators opportunities to confront the perspective of white settler colonialism that has permeated the study of the history of Indigenous peoples.

Exploring digitized archives, such as the featured exhibit about a young Holocaust survivor, can spark important classroom discussions about prejudice and the responsibilities of ordinary citizens.

The exercise of writing opinion pieces allows students to explore real-world issues while challenging their understanding of the past.

The three approaches to teaching about the legacies of nuclear development outlined in this article can advance students’ critical literacy skills as they analyze artifacts of popular culture.

Teaching difficult histories has many challenges but it also offers important opportunities.

Immersive virtual reality experiences offer an innovative approach to oral history and can foster students’ emotional connection with distant historical events.