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History Teacher on How State History Standards Undermine the Teaching of Reconstruction

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca has an interesting column in the Washington Post today. Wolfe Rocca teaches American history and works with the Zinn Education Project on state…

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Video: Southern Historical Society Panel on Teaching Reconstruction at the College Level

Here is an interesting panel presentation given two months ago at the Southern Historical Association about ways to teach Reconstruction at the undergraduate level.  There…

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Nick Sacco Discusses Using Cartoons to Explore Reconstruction History

Our friend Nick Sacco has an interesting article up today at the blog of the Journal of the Civil War Era. Nick says that American…

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