Thinking Historically About

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Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

  1. 12/23/2025

    Thinking Historically About Canals in Early America with the C&O Canal National Historical Park

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Christal Tongish, Education Program Manager at the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal National Historical Park. Tongish helps us think historically about the importance of canals to the early United States and the particular role that the C&O played in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    20 min

  2. 11/18/2025

    Thinking Historically About Japanese Americans with the Japanese American National Museum

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Lynn Yamasaki, Director of Education at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). Yamasaki helps us think historically about Japanese American history in Los Angeles as well as the broader Japanese American experience in the United States, especially in and around World War II. She also talks through the ways that JANM preserves Japanese American history. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    32 min

  3. 10/28/2025

    Thinking Historically About Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C.

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Paul Ramshaw, a member at Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington D.C. Ramshaw helps us think historically about the origins of Luther Place, the erection of the Martin Luther statue that remains in the front of the church, and how the church and statue can be seen as a United States place-based symbol within the context and historical legacy of the Protestant Reformation. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    23 min

  4. 10/15/2025

    Thinking Historically About Los Angeles's Chinatown with Eugene Moy

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Eugene Moy, president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. Moy helps us think historically about Chinatown in Los Angeles as well as the broader Chinese American experience in Southern California. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    32 min

  5. 10/07/2025

    Thinking Historically About the Delano Grape Strike with Dr. Lloyd Barba

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Lloyd Barba, Assistant Professor of Religion at Amherst College. Dr. Barba helps us think historically about the Delano Grape Strike and more broadly, the Farmworker's Movement. Dr. Barba also provides insights into the role of religion in the Farmworker's Movement and the life of Cesar Chavez. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org. Below are links to resources mentioned in the conversation: El Malcriado from April 1966 https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/elmalcriado/1966/April%2010,%201966.pdf Plan of Delano https://chavez.cde.ca.gov/modelcurriculum/teachers/lessons/resources/Documents/plan_of_delano.pdf UCSD Farmworker Movement Documentary Project https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/

    35 min

  6. 09/03/2025

    Thinking Historically About Frederick Douglass and Photography with the National Park Service

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Kevin Bryant, Park Ranger with the National Park Service at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, D.C. Bryant helps us think historically about Frederick Douglass, his love and use of portraits, and his Washington, D.C. house, now a national historic site. The conversation explores the many ways in which Douglass saw portraits as opportunity to emphasize his humanity in the fight to end slavery and bring more racial equality. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    33 min

  7. 08/26/2025

    Thinking Historically About the Role of Women in Early Modern Japan Through Art with the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Frank Feltens, PhD, Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art . Dr. Feltens helps us think historically about the Edo period of Japan, the art produced during this period, and the intersection of art and gender roles. The conversation highlights how the role of women changed over time in medieval to early modern Japan. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    37 min

  8. 08/05/2025

    Thinking Historically About Abraham Lincoln and the End of the Civil War with The Ford's Theatre

    In this episode, we are thinking historically with Alexandria Wood, Associate Director of Education and Public Programs at Ford's Theatre Society. Ms. Wood help us think historically about the place that is the Ford's Theatre, it's intersection with the Civil War, and it's history as a historic landmark. This episode explores the story of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the power of place in historical memory. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

    33 min
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Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

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  • Creator
    Thinking Nation
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    42
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