Thinking Historically About
Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.
Episodes
34 episodes
Thinking Historically About the Korean War Memorial with Ranger Jenn of the National Mall
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Jennifer Epstein Rudnick, an Education Specialist and Park Ranger with the National Park Service at the National Mall and Memorial Parks. Ranger Jenn helps us think historically about the of me...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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29:31
Thinking Historically About Portraits in Early America with the National Portrait Gallery
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Jocelyn Kho, Student Programs Coordinator, and David Rodgers, Gallery Educator at the National Portrait Gallery. Ms. Kho and Mr. Rodgers help us think historically about the role the role of po...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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35:11
Thinking Historically About Mt. Vernon and the American Revolution with Dr. Alexandra Montgomery
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Alexandra Montgomery, Director of the Center for Digital History at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Dr. Montgomery helps us think historically about the role Mount Vernon played in the Am...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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29:16
Thinking Historically About Women in the American Revolution with Dr. Carol Berkin
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College & the Graduate Center, CUNY. Dr. Berkin helps us think historically about how women impacted the American Revol...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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32:29
Thinking Historically About the Codification of Race in Early America with Dr. Katharine Gerbner
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Katharine Gerbner, Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gerbner helps us think historically about the codification of race in early America. Dr. Gerbner discus...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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21:38
Thinking Historically About Westward Expansion's Impact on American Indians with Dr. Sean Jacobson
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Sean Jacobson, Assistant Professor of History the University of North Alabama. Dr. Jacobson helps us think historically about American Westward Expansion and its impact on American Indians....
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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37:09
Thinking Historically About AP Exams with Heimler's History
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Steve Heimler of the popular AP History Youtube Channel, Heimler's History. Heimler's history is meant to support students success on the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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41:33
Thinking Historically About Slave Resistance with Dr. Manisha Sinha
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Manisha Sinha, Draper Professor of History the University of Connecticut and President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. Dr. Sinha helps us think historically wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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30:57
Thinking Historically about the Ideas of the American Revolution with Dr. Denver Brunsman
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Denver Brunsman, Professor of History and Department Chair at The George Washington University. Dr. Brunsman helps us think historically about different ideas that shaped the American Revol...
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36:23
Thinking Historically About Reconstruction with Dr. Alicia Jackson
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Alicia Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Covenant College. Dr. Jackson helps us think historically about how political rights changed or stayed the same for African Americans durin...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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27:05
Thinking Historically About Tammany Hall with Dr. Michael Kazin
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Michael Kazin, Professor of History at Georgetown University. Dr. Kazin helps us think historically about different historical perspectives of the famous New York City political machi...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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24:15
Thinking Historically About the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Curtis Austin
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Curtis Austin, Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Dr. Austin helps us think historically about how Black Ameri...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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34:59
Thinking Historically About Andrew Jackson's Presidency with Dr. Robert Elder
With the 2024 election less than a week away, we thought it appropriate to release a recent conversation about the presidency. In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Robert Elder, Associate Professor of History at Baylor Univers...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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35:14
Thinking Historically About Immigration Policy Perspectives with Dr. Jennifer Cullison
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Jennifer Cullison, Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus. Dr. Cullison helps us think historically about our present. Specifically, we discuss the follow...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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29:57
Thinking Historically About the 1798 Sedition Act with Dr. Katlyn Carter
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Katlyn Carter, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Carter helps us think about the 1798 Sedition Act's relationship to the First Amendment to the Constitutio...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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24:38
Thinking Historically About the Labor Movement with Dr. Dylan Shearer
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Dylan Shearer, historian of labor and memory in American History. Dr. Shearer helps us think about the growth of the American Labor Movement between 1865 to 1920.This episode is par...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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25:15
Thinking Historically About Japanese American Incarceration during World War II with Dr. Lily Anne Welty Tamai
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Lily Anne Welty Tamai, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Channel Islands. Dr. Welty Tamai helps us think about how the forced relocation and inca...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:43
Thinking Historically About LGBTQ Protest Dr. J.B. Mayo, Jr.
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. J.B. Mayo, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education. Dr. Mayo helps us think about how LGBTQ people resisted and protested cultural norms in the United States before the Stonewall Up...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:00
Thinking Historically with Dr. Catherine O'Donnell - Why Should We Think Historically?
In this episode of Thinking Historically About, we go back to the basics. Why should we think historically? What is historical thinking? Why does it matter. Our guest is Dr. Catherine O'Donnell, Professor of History at Arizona State University....
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:04
Thinking Historically About the Relationship between American Indians and Europeans Dr. James Merrell
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. James Merrell, Professor of History Emeritus at Vassar College. Dr. Merrell helps us think about how trade influenced the relationship between American Indians and Europeans in Colonial Nor...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:59
Thinking Historically About AI, Education, Democracy, and Social Cohesion with Ace Parsi
In this episode, we are thinking historically about artificial intelligence at the intersection of education, democracy, and social cohesion. Today, July 16th, is AI Appreciation Day. But what does that mean? What should we appreciate? What sho...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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41:35
Thinking Historically About the Concept of American Freedom with Dr. Adam Seagrave
In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor at the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. Dr. Seagrave helps us think about how the interpretation and appli...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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30:12
Thinking Historically About The Citizen's Role in a Democracy with Dr. Benjamin Gross
In this episode, we are thinking historically (ok, actually politically) with Dr. Benjamin Gross, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the General Education Program at the Jacksonville State University. Dr. Gross helps us th...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:18
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Shawn Healy
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with Shawn Healy, the Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy at iCivics. In this episode, Sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:16
Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Dr. Janet Tran
In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with Dr. Janet Tran, the Director of The Center for Civics, Education, and Opportunity for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:43