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Mastering the Past: Unlocking Excellence in High School History
Mastering the Past: Unlocking Excellence in High School History
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisJuly 18, 2023M. Keith Harris, Books, Study guides, Mastering the Past, APUSH, high school history, history students, study skills, historical writing, intellectual honesty, critical thinking, primary sourcesComment
Shackles of a Freeman by Don Alexander
Shackles of a Freeman by Don Alexander
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisMay 27, 2023Don Alexander, Shackles of a freeman, abolition, John Brown, Lewis Sheridan Leary, Harper's Ferry, Book reviewsComment
A "Useful" Past
A "Useful" Past
GettysburgKeith HarrisApril 25, 2023Field trip, education, historian, agenda, past, Lincoln, Gettysburg, Washington D.C.Comment
Reading “Bad” Ideas
Reading “Bad” Ideas
EducationKeith HarrisApril 18, 2023ideas matter, classroom, teaching, historical thinking, context, history, primary sourcesComment
Osprey and the Value of Military History
Osprey and the Value of Military History
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisApril 16, 2023Osprey, civil war, books, reviews, military history, weapons, revolution, 1863, 1864Comment
It's Critical in the Classroom - April 2023
It's Critical in the Classroom - April 2023
EducationKeith HarrisApril 10, 2023critical thinking, classroom, education, teachers, teaching, historical thinking, history, history student, history teacherComment
Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac Trilogy from the Library of America
Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac Trilogy from the Library of America
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisApril 9, 2023Bruce Catton, The Library of America, Gary W. Gallagher, UVA, Catton, Civil War, historiography Comments
Old School Revisionists
Old School Revisionists
politicsKeith HarrisApril 3, 2023Revisionists, politics, agenda, C. Vann Woodward, spring breakComment
Teachers - When You Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking, Don't Be Surprised When...
Teachers - When You Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking, Don't Be Surprised When...
EducationKeith HarrisMarch 27, 2023education, critical thinking, thinking, students, school, high school teacherComment
Post-Class Debate - It Was the Best Thing Ever
Post-Class Debate - It Was the Best Thing Ever
EducationKeith HarrisMarch 27, 2023critical thinking, education, high school, history, classroom, studentsComment
It's Critical in the Classroom - March 2023
It's Critical in the Classroom - March 2023
EducationKeith HarrisMarch 26, 2023Harvard Salient, CriticismComment
People Behaving on TikTok
People Behaving on TikTok
Social MediaKeith HarrisMarch 7, 2023TikTok, social media, Internet, Histrian, video, platformComment
Teaching About the Thing is Not the Same as Teaching the Thing
Teaching About the Thing is Not the Same as Teaching the Thing
EducationKeith HarrisMarch 5, 2023Teaching, CRT, 1619 project, Florida, banning books Comments
At War with King Alcohol - A Review
At War with King Alcohol - A Review
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisFebruary 26, 2023Booze, Civil War soldiers, Alcohol, UNC Press, Magna Vever, Megan Bever, Civil War books, Book reviewsComment
Civil War Soldier Fraternization and some Thoughts on Reconciliation - A Review of Lauren K. Thompson's Latest
Civil War Soldier Fraternization and some Thoughts on Reconciliation - A Review of Lauren K. Thompson's Latest
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisFebruary 22, 2023University of Nebraska Press, Lauren K. Thompson, Soldier Fraternization, Reconciliation, Rce and Reunion, Race, Race and Reunion, Civil War SoldiersComment
Why I Am So Hard On My Students
Why I Am So Hard On My Students
Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisFebruary 21, 2023Teaching, grit, hard work, challenging, history class
It's Critical in the Classroom - February 2023
It's Critical in the Classroom - February 2023
EducationKeith HarrisFebruary 12, 2023classroom, teaching, critical thinking, education, historyComment
The Grimkes by Kerri K. Greenidge - a Review
The Grimkes by Kerri K. Greenidge - a Review
Book ReviewsKeith HarrisFebruary 6, 2023Grimkes, book review, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, slavery, John Grimke, South Carolina, progres, Civil Rights, Abolition, Quakers, Kerri K. GreenidgeComment
Historiography in the Classroom
Historiography in the Classroom
EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 31, 2023Historians, Historiography, education, history, class, bancroft, Classroom, methodology, resourcesComment
Teaching Local History
Teaching Local History
EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 29, 2023teaching, local history, classroom, cemetery, Los Angeles, local, history, students, teachersComment
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