State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Native American History

AHA Session 57
Saturday, January 4, 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Sutton North (New York Hilton, Second Floor)
Chair:
Karen Marrero, Wayne State University
Comment:
Dalton Savage, National Council for History Education and Ned Blackhawk, Yale University

Session Abstract

“If our schools and university classrooms are to remain vital civic institutions,” Ned Blackhawk urges in The Rediscovery of America, winner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction, we must create richer and more truthful accounts of the American Republic’s origins, expansion, and current form. Studying and teaching America’s Indigenous truths reveal anew the varied meanings of America.”

What does this look like in the classroom? And when, where, and how might teachers help their students engage with the experiences of Native peoples across the entire history curriculum?

The AHA’s State of the Field for Busy Teachers series provides a forum for history teachers at all levels to interact with leading historians and discuss content, sources, and trends in scholarly interpretation on a theme related to topics commonly addressed in the history classroom. Ned Blackhawk will outline current debates, new lines of inquiry, and useful sources. For the rest of the session, a panel of educators moderates a discussion, with robust audience participation, about how to incorporate insights from new research into the classroom. We anticipate a lively exchange in which all participants can walk away with new insights and resources.

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