Thinking Historically About

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Alicia Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Covenant College. Dr. Jackson helps us think historically about how political rights changed or stayed the same for African Americans during Reconstruction. 

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Michael Kazin,  Professor of History at Georgetown University. Dr. Kazin helps us think historically about different historical perspectives of the famous New York City political machine, Tammany Hall. The conversation demonstrates history's complexity and how more evidence often leads to more nuance. Dr. Kazin is an expert on political history of this era and listeners can learn more from his scholarship in his most recent book: What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Curtis Austin, Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Dr. Austin helps us think historically about how Black Americans asserted agency amidst discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement. The conversation covers the importance of defining agency, the broader movement beyond the "icons" of the movement, and the Black Panther Movement.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

With the 2024 election less than a week away, we thought it appropriate to release a recent conversation about the presidency. In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Robert Elder, Associate Professor of History at Baylor University. Dr. Elder helps us think historically about Andrew Jackson's Presidency. Specifically, we how to best evaluate the historical significance of his presidency. What stands out? Why does it matter? Dr. Elder helps do what historians do best, complicate the past.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Jennifer Cullison, Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus. Dr. Cullison helps us think historically about our present. Specifically, we discuss the following question, "How does the current border surge reveal different perspectives about U.S. immigration policy?" Dr. Cullison brings necessary historical context to best understand the perspectives on United States immigration policy in the present.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Katlyn Carter, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Carter helps us think about the 1798 Sedition Act's relationship to the First Amendment to the Constitution. Specifically, we discuss the extent to which these two laws were incompatible. The interview ends in a discussion over the broader implications of the discipline of history. 

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum. For more episodes, follow our channel ‪@thinking_nation‬

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Dylan Shearer, historian of labor and memory in American History. Dr. Shearer helps us think about the growth of the American Labor Movement between 1865 to 1920.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Lily Anne Welty Tamai, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Channel Islands. Dr. Welty Tamai helps us think about how the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II impacted both individuals and the larger Japanese American community.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. J.B. Mayo, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education. Dr. Mayo helps us think about how LGBTQ people resisted and protested cultural norms in the United States before the Stonewall Uprising in 1969.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode of Thinking Historically About, we go back to the basics. Why should we think historically? What is historical thinking? Why does it matter. Our guest is Dr. Catherine O'Donnell, Professor of History at Arizona State University. Dr. O'Donnell is an early Americanist by training, having published works on women, religion, and intellectual aspects of early American history. 

Dr. O'Donnell, who also sits on Thinking Nation's board, brings us back to the foundations of historical thinking in this conversation. We hope this conversation is a great way to ground social studies and history teachers at the beginning of the school year.