The AHA Teaching Division encourages all K–12 history and social studies teachers attending the 125th Annual Meeting in Boston to check out the following sessions and activities. This roster of sessions reflects the combined efforts of the division, the Program Committee, the National History Education Clearinghouse, affiliated societies, and other groups.
In addition, commentators on all sessions are encouraged to address the implications of the papers being given not only for research but also for teaching. For more information, on each session, please refer to the Annual Meeting Program (the print version of which was mailed to all AHA members at the end of October) or the annual meeting web site.
Thursday, January 6
- 3:00–5:00 p.m. Wise Use of the Methods Course: Teaching Historical Thinking while Preparing Future Teachers to Do the Same
Friday, January 7
- 8:00–9:30 a.m. National Endowment for the Humanities EDSITEment Information Session
- 9:30–11:30 a.m. Strategies for Effectively Mentoring Students at all Levels
- 9:30–11:30 a.m. Questioning Sacred Narrative: New Perspectives on the Teaching of History
- 12:15–1:45 p.m. Organization of History Teachers luncheon
- 2:30–4:30 p.m. Teaching the Survey
- 2:30–4:30 p.m. Revisiting the Teaching of Religious History
Saturday, January 8
- 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.Teaching Workshop for the National History Education Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse was created by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University in partnership with the American Historical Association and the National History Center, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education (Contract Number ED-07-CO-0088). For additional information, consult the web site at teachinghistory.org.
- 9:00–11:00 a.m. Nourishing Ideas: Food History in the Archives and the Classroom
- 9:00–11:00 a.m. When “Real” is “Magical”: Supporting Teaching Innovation with Online, Archival, and Material Primary Sources from Elementary Grades through Graduate Studies
- 9:00–11:00 a.m. What’s Gone Right? What’s Gone Wrong? Multiple Perspectives on the Successes and Failures of Teaching American History Grants
- 9:00–11:00 a.m. Piloting Lesson Study: The Intersection between History and Pedagogy in a Teaching American History Program
- 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Belief and Morality, Spirituality, and Songs of War and Conguest
- 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. America on the World Stage: A Global Perspective to the Teaching American History Program
- 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Women’s History
- 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Integrating Religion into World History: Conversion, Power-Knowledge, and the State
- 2:15–1:45 p.m.College Board/Advanced Placement luncheon
- 2:30–4:30 p.m. Teachers as Historians: Creating a Content-Based Teaching American History Program
- 2:30-4:30 p.m. Creating, Nurturing, and Sustaining Collaborative professional Development Programs through and beyond Teaching American History Grant Projects
- 2:30–4:30 p.m. History and Technology In and Out of the Classroom
Sunday, January 9
- 8:30–10:30 a.m. New Directions and Perspectives on Teaching Religious History
- 8:30–10:30 a.m. How to Ensure Successful Collaboration among Historians, Professors, and K–12 Teachers to Improve Student Achievement in History
- 8:30–10:30 a.m. Teaching the History of Terrorism
- 8:30–10:30 a.m. Civic Engagement in the Classroom: Strategies for Incorporating Education for Civic and Social Responsibility in History Courses
- 8:30–10:30 a.m. Teaching Slavery and Abolition in the Twenty-First Century, Part 1
- 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Enhancing Historical Thinking Skills through Teaching American History Grants
- 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Teaching Slavery and Abolition in the Twenty-First Century, Part 2
