Dr. Joel Breakstone is an expert on history education and directs the Stanford History Education Group. He received his Ph.D. from the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Along with Mark Smith and Sam Wineburg, he led the development of SHEG's assessment website, Beyond the Bubble. He received the Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation Award from the National Council for the Social Studies in 2014. He holds a B.A. in history from Brown University and a M.A. in Liberal Studies from Dartmouth College. After college, he taught high school history in Thetford, Vermont. His research focuses on how teachers use assessment data to inform instruction. You can follow him on Twitter @JoelBreakstone and read more at SHEG.

Some Highlights: 

The Stanford History Education Group

Reading like a Historian

How do we teach history?

Un-leveled classes, individualized education plans, and advanced students

How do you create inquiry based materials?

Sam Wineburg and the origins of the Stanford History Education Group

Historical Thinking aligned with content standards

Using technology to evaluate online information

Beyond the Bubble and creating assessments for measuring growth as a historian

Using short responses to measure learning

Connection between the academy and the classroom

Structured Academic Controversy rather than debate

Scaffolds for learners of all abilities and global audiences of SHEG

Suggestions: 

Joel: Chronicling America - Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Learn more here.

Steven: Columbia University's Asia for Educators  - An initiative of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University, Asia for Educators is designed to serve faculty and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature at the undergraduate and pre-college levels.

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