historiography – Think 31

Information, Mis-Information, and History

It never ceases to amaze me. Never. No matter how much historical evidence provided (note I said historical) there are still

08 Sep

You might be asking yourself why I’d choose to write about a letter from Mr. Jefferson to a historically obscure John

19 May

Recently, a school board member and current candidate for DesPlaines School District 62 Tina Garrett (In Illinois), made this

26 Mar

Edward Gibbons, the historian whose masterpiece The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, written

22 Jan

Historian Dr. Hannah Barker calls it “generational chauvinism”. Essentially, it is the notion that what we see as a moral

30 Jul

It’s a curious thing. As decades and centuries pass by, what was once considered grand, wonderful, stupendous or any other

23 Sep

I sit among them, almost counting them as friends, but never having met them. I can almost hear their

15 Jul

The old Chinese curse (yes, it was a curse), seems to have taken root in the modern day with the election

27 Jun

If I were to have my choice, I would teach history through the study of biography. In fact, if I really had my way, I would

14 Mar

I’ve heard the question since I became a history teacher, and I love to answer it. For students,

26 Feb