September 19, 2024
A New Digital Edition of Who Built America?
Ahead of the fall semester, we released an expanded and updated beta edition of our popular textbook, Who Built America? Working People and the Nation’s History. Now available as a free, open-access digital resource, this version includes a comprehensive social history textbook alongside thousands of primary sources from our History Matters website, and new teaching […]
September 19, 2024
New Collection Added to Social History for Every Classroom
In spring 2024, Trystin Curbelo joined ASHP as an intern to work with researcher Carli Snyder on a new collection for our popular database, Social History for Every Classroom (SHEC). Carli and Trystin compiled primary sources and collaboratively wrote teaching activities, essential questions, and a background essay. The collection, Workers Behind Bars: The Exploitation of […]
August 23, 2024
LGBTQ+ Histories of the U.S. Summer Institute
In July, thirty secondary school teachers joined ASHP for an NEH-funded summer institute focused on topics in LGBTQ+ history and culture, discussion of pedagogy, and an introduction to historical documents and materials for classroom use. After meeting virtually for a week, participants traveled from across the U.S. to gather at the Graduate Center and to […]
August 6, 2024
Announcing a New Digital Who Built America?
Just in time for a new academic year, the American Social History Project at the CUNY Graduate Center is releasing a new, expanded, and updated edition of the popular textbook Who Built America? Working People and the Nation’s History. A beta version is now available as a free, open-access digital resource featuring a comprehensive social […]
May 9, 2024
More Awards for Mission US
The newest addition to the Mission US educational series, “No Turning Back,” is receiving wide recognition, including: 2024 Webby Awards: Official Honoree – Websites and Mobile Sites: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (for “No Turning Back”) 2024 Anthem Awards: Gold Award – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Education or Literacy Program; Silver Award – Education, Art, & […]
March 5, 2024
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member!
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member! If you have experience developing and coordinating digital history projects and a passion for teaching history, apply to become our Assistant Director of Digital Projects. Keep reading for the job description and application information. Position Overview: The American Social History Project/Center […]
October 12, 2022
NEH Summer Institute 2023 – Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath
ASHP/CML will host a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded institute in Summer 2023 for 25 college and university teachers to study the visual culture of the American Civil War and its aftermath. This sixth iteration of the institute will focus on the era’s array of visual media—including the fine arts, ephemera, photography, cartoons, maps, and […]
October 12, 2022
LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States: Summer 2022 NEH-sponsored Institute
This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. For two weeks in July, participants met virtually for presentations by noted scholars and archivists, and for hands-on workshops focused on teaching about […]
October 12, 2022
Past/Present Update
Work is ongoing on “Past/Present,” our AHA-funded project to create teaching resources and primary source collections that help educators link history to current events. The new collections of materials will be available by the end of this school year on Social History for Every Classroom, ASHP/CML’s online resource database for K-12 educators. Over the summer […]