Thinking Historically About

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Thinking Historically About

In each episode of "Thinking Historically About," a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students should think through when engaging with a particular historical topic.

  1. JUN 9

    Thinking Historically About Women in the American Revolution with Dr. Carol Berkin

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College & the Graduate Center, CUNY. Dr. Berkin helps us think historically about how women impacted the American Revolution, as well as how the American Revolution impacted women in America. Dr. Berkin also addresses women's history more broadly, discussing part of the process, as she experienced it, in elevated women's history in an academic setting. 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.

    32 min

  2. MAY 7

    Thinking Historically About the Codification of Race in Early America with Dr. Katharine Gerbner

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Katharine Gerbner, Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gerbner helps us think historically about the codification of race in early America. Dr. Gerbner discusses the legal, cultural, and religious contexts that cemented race as a tool to divide people and integrate into the institution of slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries. Her book, Christian Slavery, explores much of what is discussed her in greater depth. 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.

    22 min

  3. APR 10

    Thinking Historically About Westward Expansion's Impact on American Indians with Dr. Sean Jacobson

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Sean Jacobson, Assistant Professor of History the University of North Alabama. Dr. Jacobson helps us think historically about American Westward Expansion and its impact on American Indians. Dr. Jacobson discusses the importance of centering an Indigenous perspective in this particular area of study as well as gives insight into the role of a public historian. 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.

    37 min

  4. APR 2

    Thinking Historically About AP Exams with Heimler's History

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Steve Heimler of the popular AP History Youtube Channel, Heimler's History. Heimler's history is meant to support students success on the AP exam "with a healthy mixture of seriousness and buffoonery." In this conversation, though, we see a thought-provoking and contemplative Heimler, who muses on the system of success created by the College Board, the purpose of learning, and the impact this work can have on students' futures.  This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In most episodes, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum. Here, we are excited to dive into the current historical moment with the AP exam just a month away from this episode's release.

    42 min

  5. MAR 18

    Thinking Historically About Slave Resistance with Dr. Manisha Sinha

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Manisha Sinha, Draper Professor of History the University of Connecticut and President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. Dr. Sinha helps us think historically what slave resistance looked like and why it is important to center the study of abolition through the lens of those who were enslaved. 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.

    31 min

  6. FEB 19

    Thinking Historically about the Ideas of the American Revolution with Dr. Denver Brunsman

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Denver Brunsman, Professor of History and Department Chair at The George Washington University. Dr. Brunsman helps us think historically about different ideas that shaped the American Revolution and how we can see them in relation to each other. 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.

    36 min

  7. JAN 22

    Thinking Historically About Reconstruction with Dr. Alicia Jackson

    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.

    27 min

  8. 12/23/2024

    Thinking Historically About Tammany Hall with Dr. Michael Kazin

    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.

    24 min
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In each episode of "Thinking Historically About," a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students should think through when engaging with a particular historical topic.

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  • Creator
    Thinking Nation
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    31
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    © 2025 Thinking Historically About
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