February 15, 2017
Looking at the Past and Future of Public History as ASHP Turns 35
nn n n n nn n n On October 21, 2016 ASHP/CML celebrated the 35th anniversary of its founding with a half-day symposium devoted to assessing the accomplishments, missed opportunities, and prospective future goals of U.S. public history. More than 100 people attended the event, which included two round table discussions, a keynote speech, a […]
September 17, 2016
The American Social History Project Reaches A Banner Year!
This fall the American Social History Project is old enough to run for president of the United States! The year 2016 marks the 35th anniversary of ASHP’s founding–and to commemorate this milestone in our history, we will hold a public event that celebrates our past and also reflects on the achievements, challenges, and continuing goals […]
September 9, 2016
2016 NEH Summer Institute – The Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath
During two steamy weeks this past July, the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning held our third National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. “The Visual Culture of the American Civil War and its Aftermath” institute was hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center and three New York City cultural institutions (New York Public […]
September 9, 2016
ASHP works with Reading Area Community College on NEH Conexiones program
Reading Area Community College in Pennsylvania, in partnership with ASHP/CML, was a awarded a two-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) professional and curricular development grant focusing on Latino history and culture. Conexiones: Linking Berks County Latino Communities to a Larger World, aims to build faculty participants’ competency in Latino history and culture, and help […]
September 8, 2016
New Collections Now Available in the CUNY Digital History Archive
As higher education is increasingly a subject of contentious debate, one way to explore the history of our own public university system is to visit the onine CUNY Digital History Archive. This online participatory archive and portal is a work-in-progress and we welcome your contributions. Focused on stories and material that document the struggle to […]
September 2, 2016
Up from the Dust – A New Mission US Release
Up from the Dust, the fifth in the Mission US series of online history games produced in collaboration with New York public television station WNET/Thirteen and game producer Electric Funstuff, was released on September 2nd. The role-playing game provides young people with an experiential understanding of the enormous hardships Americans faced during the late 1920s […]
February 16, 2016
“City of Immigrants” Wins Parents’ Choice Award
City of Immigrants—the fourth in the Mission US series of free online history games produced by public television station WNET/Thirteen in collaboration with ASHP/CML, the game company Electric Funstuff, and the Educational Development Center—just received the Parents’ Choice Gold Award in the Spring 2016 website competition. Issued by the Parents’ Choice Foundation, the oldest nonprofit […]
February 1, 2016
New York City Social Studies Curriculum Writing Project
ASHP is pleased to be participating in an ambitious social studies curriculum writing project currently underway at the New York City Department of Education. NYCDOE’s centrally-based Social Studies team, led by Executive Director Eric Contreras, has selected a group of social studies teachers representing grades K-12 who are writing model curriculum lessons and units to […]
January 29, 2016
ASHP Redesigns HERB: Social History for Every Classroom
ASHP is pleased to announce a major overhaul of HERB: Social History for Every Classroom, our free web resource of primary sources, curated collections, and teaching activities on U.S. history. HERB is now entering its fifth year online, and has been used by thousands of educators around the country. We’ve improved the visual layout of […]