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Category Archives: Teaching & Learning
Pros and cons of working outside America
I thought it would be interesting to think this week about the unusual position of being a scholar of American history living and working outside the US. Many academics consider working in the US at some time in their career, … Read More
Myths of American History
Many of the students I teach have never studied any American history before. It’s not something that comes up regularly on the school curriculum. Some have studied a little slavery or done one module at GCSE on the American West, … Read More
Teaching American History with Visual Sources
Gone are the days when history was a subject researched and studied through textual sources only. Although text-based sources are still very important, the visual image also now has pride of place in the American history classroom. Photographs, cartoons, paintings … Read More
African History portal
At first glance it might seem odd that as an Americanist I am using my blog to promote a portal to African History websites, but as many of you will know, we are all Atlanticists now and so anyone studying … Read More
US student exchange programmes
When I was an undergraduate I went on an exchange to the University of South Carolina during my second year and I really believe that it was central to my decision to do postgraduate work and eventually become a lecturer. … Read More
Welcome back students!
It is induction week at my university and so this is an exciting time for many young people spending their first week away from home, starting a new chapter in their lives. For university lecturers this is always a daunting … Read More
Teaching censorship: a useful resource
Students always really enjoy learning about censorship, probably because we all like to explore the forbidden and the naughty! But studying censorship is an excellent way of learning about cultural change. The books, magazines, art and films that have been … Read More
The benefits of an end of year exam
One of the joys of being a university lecturer is the autonomy we are allowed in the design of our own courses (at least once you get to the stage of being a permanent staff member: temporary lecturers often have … Read More
The experience of non-whites in Europe
As scholars of North America, we are aware that including the histories of non-whites is an important part of the narrative we convey to our students. As an interesting counter-point to that, the experiences of Natives and Africans in Europe … Read More
Survey courses: what is the priority?
This is the time of year when academics begin revising their courses to get the teaching materials loaded on to VLEs or handbooks off to the printer. I teach a survey course in American history from (as the title of … Read More
