AHA Session 233
Sunday, January 5, 2025: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Gibson Room (New York Hilton, Second Floor)
Chair:
James R. Grossman, American Historical Association
Panel:
Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ohio State University
Jane Kamensky, Harvard University
Jonathan L. Zimmerman, University of Pennsylvania
Ashley Rogers Berner, Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas Kryczka, American Historical Association
Jane Kamensky, Harvard University
Jonathan L. Zimmerman, University of Pennsylvania
Ashley Rogers Berner, Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas Kryczka, American Historical Association
Session Abstract
In September 2024, the AHA published a major report summarizing findings from a comprehensive analysis of secondary US history education across the United States. This report pushes beyond the heat and noise of recent culture wars to provide a helpful and reliable source of information to parents, administrators, legislators, journalists, historians, and the many other stakeholders invested in the future of public education.
This panel convenes a range of leading experts to discuss the implications of AHA research for the future of history instruction. What is the purpose of introductory history courses in secondary education? How do we tell the story of the United States? And why? What can historians do to improve student learning?
Each presenter will offer a brief commentary on the present and future of history instruction in schools and then engage in a moderated discussion to illuminate points of consensus and constructive disagreement.
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