Texas' new history curriculum could give the state unprecedented control over textbooks
The Texas Education Agency is spending millions to develop Bluebonnet textbooks and lesson plans to match the controversial new history standards.
A Light the Darkness Cannot Extinguish," by David R. Brockman, Texas Observer, December 19, 2025
The Origins of White, Christian Supremacy: Can 15th-century doctrine explain today's culture wars? by David R. Brockman, Texas Observer, September 21, 2023
War Never Built Anything
The gas chamber, the colonial whip, the ethnic cleansing. When the alternative is extermination, armed resistance is a moral imperative, not an instrument of progress.
UT Austin’s Elimination of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies is a Betrayal of Texas, by Alfonso Ayala III
Expanding the Web of Control - PEN America
Government censorship of free speech and academic freedom has reached unprecedented heights on U.S. campuses as lawmakers extend a web of political and ideological control over the sector.
Plotted - An Infinite Atlas of Real and Imagined Worlds
Create and explore interactive maps of worlds from books, both real and fictional.
‘Historical time’ helps students truly understand the complexity of the past – and how they fit into it
History should teach students how to understand and interpret events – not just recite dates and names.
Seven US Military History Teaching Resources
Take advantage of these United States of America military history resources. They offer sample lessons, video, audio interviews, and more.
To Judge or Not To Judge?
One of our favorite testimonials on our website is from a tenth grade student: “The Four Question Method makes history more clear and helps me think.” That’s exactly the point of the whole project. Our big insight is that there are really only four questions that students can ask and answer in social studies, and... Read more »
Control Alt Achieve: Have Students Create Educational "Motivational Posters
We are all familiar with motivational posters . They typically have a black background, one large image at the top, then a word or short ...
Control Alt Achieve: Black Out Poetry with Google Docs
March 21st is World Poetry Day , so this is a good time to revisit some ideas for creative ways for students to write poems. In the past...
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Make a Student-Centred Classroom [Part 3]
Which Learning Management system (LMS) do you use? Blackboard? Schoology? Moodle? I guess these days, mine would be called “My Students,” you may or may not of heard of it :-). About 6 years ago, I…
Video Gaming Made Me a History Major — Bright — Medium
When my sixth grade history class finally covered the Battle of Hastings, I was beaming with excitement. I was a below average student. I daydreamed through math, and read paperbacks under my desk…