March 10, 2015
Teaching American History: The End of an Era
Cake baked by TAH teacher Eve Creary for final TAH seminar on August 19, 2014 On August 19, 2014, ASHP-CML led its final Teaching American History (TAH) professional development workshop, hosted by the Museum of the City of New York. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the TAH program directed significant resources toward professional […]
March 10, 2015
Visualizing the American Civil War—An NEH Summer Institute
During two weeks in July, the American Social History Project-Center for Media and Learning hosted a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on “The Visual Culture of the American Civil War” at the CUNY Graduate Center and cultural institutions in the New York area. The 2014 institute built on the work established in our […]
March 10, 2015
CUNY Digital History Archive
nn n n n nn n n The CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) is an open, participatory, digital repository and portal that gives the CUNY community and the broader public online access to a range of archival materials related to the history of the City University of New York. This effort involves coordination and collaboration […]
March 10, 2015
Zoom In is recruiting History Teachers
nn n n n nn n n ASHP-CML has been partnering with the Education Development Center to develop Zoom In, an online platform to support literacy-rich instruction in history classrooms. For its first large-scale field study this school year, Zoom In is recruiting and building cohorts of teachers throughout the country and is interested in […]
March 10, 2015
Register Now: Bridging Historias Conference
nn n n n nn n n Bridging Historias: Latino/a History and Culture in the Community College ClassroomFriday, May 8, 2015 9:30 am – 5:00 pmElebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC Since fall 2013, ASHP-CML has been working with thirty-eight community college faculty and administrators to assist them in incorporating […]
March 10, 2015
City of Immigrants—New Mission US Game Premiers
February 11, 2015 marked the launch of the fourth Mission US digital role-playing game. This series of free online games is created to engage middle and high school students in the exploration and understanding of U.S. history. “City of Immigrants” supports the study of immigration, the labor movement, and cultural identity in the American History […]
March 10, 2015
Join Us April 30th for a Talk by Martha Biondi on Her Book The Black Revolution on Campus
nn n n n nn n n Historian Martha Biondi of Northwestern University will discuss her work on the Black Power movements on campuses across the country and the rise of African-American Studies programs. Her research includes case studies of several universities, including CUNY’s Brooklyn College. Thursday, April 30, 2015 6 – 8 pm, Skylight […]
February 5, 2014
Game On!
Carlos Hernandez (Borough of Manhattan Community College) giving opening remarks at the CUNY Games Festival, held at the CUNY Graduate Center, January 17, 2014. The first annual CUNY Games Festival, January 17-18, 2014, was a terrific success. One of the first academic conferences to explore game-based learning (GBL) in higher education, the two-day event attracted […]
February 5, 2014
CUNY Oral History Website Redesigned
As part of our CUNY History initiative, the website Student Voices from WWII and the McCarthy Era has been completely redesigned. ASHP/CML worked with historian Adina Back to launch the website in 2006 as a resource to teach college level oral history interpretation and practice and to explore the history of activism on the Brooklyn […]