Tavern tabs, laundry bills, flour receipts: how historians rebuild Revolutionary-era Philadelphia from the documents most people throw away. With Dr. Catherine Person, American Philosophical Society. Free classroom resources included.
Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 PM ET. Register: buff.ly/Wk0mui4
We've partnered with the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress to bring you free companion lesson plans for their "Life in 1776" modules. These resources explore America's founding and challenge students to think about what the next 250 years could look like.
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Totally agree, Tyson. Thank you for sharing!
Most AI-in-the-classroom PD is either techno-utopia or doom. One week from tonight, our webinar with Amy Allen and David Hicks of Virginia Tech does the harder middle conversation: lesson planning, assessment, and representation.
Free, Mon April 27, 7 PM ET
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Tomorrow at 7:00 PM ET, Dave Serio of the Arab American National Museum leads a session on Arab American history, culture, and identity you can carry into your teaching all year long.
Free registration: buff.ly/KYejF6n
Tomorrow night, Sarah Westbrook walks us through the Question Formulation Technique, a simple strategy that gets students generating and refining their own questions about any primary source you teach with.
7:00 PM ET. Register for free: buff.ly/L6ZHlRa
Arab Americans trace their roots to 22 countries and four waves of immigration to the U.S. One week from tonight, Dave Serio walks us through that history and how to bring it into your classroom.
Free webinar, Tues 4/21, 7 PM ET. [link]
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That’s a wrap on the EDGE mini conference! 🎉
Congrats to all the presenters on their incredible breakout sessions. We are so lucky to have such wonderful teacher leaders.
Huge thanks to Broward County Public Schools, the FL Dept. of Education, Cengage, and every educator who showed up today.
Final breakout block of the EDGE mini conference!
Storytelling, personal history, digital storytelling, the Windrush Generation through music — plus NCHE’s own Shauna Liverotti presenting Reading Between the Lines: Primary Sources without Barriers in Room 326. 📚
Round two of breakout session for the EDGE conference!
Civics vocabulary, the Bill of Rights, Seminole and Miccosukee voices, source credibility in the age of AI, the Afro-Caribbean South, and civil rights in the Cold War. #historymatters
Breakout Session 1 is underway at the EDGE conference!
Eight sessions running — vocabulary strategies, Holocaust history, the Seminole Tribe through STREAMSS, escape room design, and more. 👏 #historymatters
Good morning from Nova High School! ☀️ We’re in Davie, FL with Broward County Public Schools for the EDGE Grant Social Studies Conference: Engaging Dialogue through Global Encounters.
Kicking off with a keynote from NCHE Executive Director Jessica Ellison.
LINKS educators gathered at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum in Wichita on 3/7 for a Saturday Seminar on Life in Colonial America with Dr. Holly White (William & Mary) and Spotlight Educators Tahra Nayelli & Jasmine Medina.
"The best PD of my 30+ years of teaching." —Kansas teacher
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The National Women's History Museum is seeking K–12 educators committed to building rigorous, primary source-based lessons that place women's history at the center of the American story. Selected participants receive a $350 honorarium. Learn more at: womenshistory.org
TOMORROW: Westward expansion began on the Wilderness Road. Join Alex Long for part three of our Appalachian history series.
April 9 | 7 PM EST
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Appalachia was America's doorway to the West. Next Thursday, Alex Long continues his series with "Wilderness Road & Appalachia into the 20th Century," exploring Daniel Boone's trail and the pioneers who followed.
April 9 | 7 PM EST
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This afternoon's keynote featured Charles Mauldin, who marched from Selma to Montgomery at 17 and witnessed Bloody Sunday. We also honored 2026 awardees Valencia Abbott (Gagnon Prize) and Annie Evans (Sarah Drake Brown Leadership Award). #historymatters
Something big is in the works! We're offering attendees a sneak peek of Module 1 of our new History's Habits of Mind Micro-Credential at the NCHE table. It helps K–12 teachers bring Habits of Mind into classrooms. Stop by!
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Grateful for everyone who spent time with me today at #NCHE2026! The energy, the conversations, the community this is what keeps our work alive in classrooms. First time here, but not my last. History folks, we’re building something special together. #NHTOY #NCHE2026 @historyed.bsky.social
Saturday morning at #NCHE2026 and the energy is still going strong! Educators are diving into sessions on everything from the Korematsu case to Afro-Caribbean migration to food trucks as cultural exchange.
Yes, food trucks. History is everywhere. #historymatters
NCHE attendees are cruising the Alabama River tonight with dinner, live entertainment, and a presentation from Dr. Hasan Jeffries of Ohio State University. #NCHE2026 #historymatters
Philip Deloria, Harvard historian, takes the stage for our Friday keynote: "Migration, Removal, and Relocation: Diaspora in Native American History."
The stories of Indigenous peoples are central to understanding our shared past. #NCHE2026 #historymatters
Excited to represent the Remedial Herstory Project this weekend at the 2026 National Council for History Education conference @historyed.bsky.social in Montgomery.
Pop over to our booth to grab some goodies + learn how you can incorporate women's stories into your curriculum!
The concourse is packed! Educators are exploring poster sessions on everything from Library of Congress primary sources to teaching the African diaspora through music.
Stop by, ask questions, and discover something new for your classroom. #NCHE2026 #historymatters
Good morning from Montgomery! #NCHE2026 is officially in full swing.
Kicking off with a Connection Session on celebrating America's 250th birthday with The American Village and Alabama 250, and a room full of educators ready for a packed day ahead. #historymatters
One week until the 2026 NCHE Conference! We look forward to seeing you in Montgomery, Alabama on March 26-28.
Not registered yet? Go to:
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Tomorrow: Immigration history beyond Ellis Island.
Sarah McNamara will cover the southern ports where immigrants from Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia arrived.
Beyond Ellis Island: Immigration and Identity in the New South Presenter: Sarah McNamara 3/15, 7pm ET
TOMORROW: Immigration history is more than Ellis Island. Join Dr. Sarah McNamara to discover the diverse communities who entered through the South, and how to bring their stories to your classroom.
March 15 | 7 PM EST
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TOMORROW: Declarations of independence didn't end in the 1700s. Join Maja Harmanos to explore Slovakia's modern path to sovereignty.
March 14 | 11 AM EST
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The 2026 NCHE Conference is two weeks away! Join us in Montgomery, Alabama on March 26-28 for the Diasporas: Histories of Movement and Cultural Exchange conference.
To register, go to:
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