{"id":18941,"date":"2024-06-15T19:35:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=18941"},"modified":"2024-06-29T22:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T02:52:13","slug":"utah-conference-on-introductory-history-courses","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/event\/utah-conference-on-introductory-history-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Conference on Introductory History Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18945 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCIHC-Webpage-Header-600x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCIHC-Webpage-Header-600x225.png 600w, https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCIHC-Webpage-Header-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCIHC-Webpage-Header.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The AHA held the inaugural Utah Conference on Introductory History Courses on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the South City Campus of Salt Lake Community College (1700 South &amp; State Street). This two-day, statewide conference facilitated conversations among people who teach introductory history courses, whether in high schools, community colleges, or four-year universities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2023 Utah Conference: Building a Stronger K-16 Bridge<\/h4>\n<p>History and social studies educators at all levels share a fundamental interest in helping our students develop knowledge and skills necessary for success in the twenty-first century. The Utah Conference will focus on the theme of\u201cBuilding a Stronger K-16 Bridge,\u201d bringing together educators across a range of institutions to engage in a robust discussion about the evolving needs of our students.<\/p>\n<p>Topics discussed included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What skills and support do today\u2019s students need in order to thrive on college campuses?<\/li>\n<li>How can we structure courses to improve success across the complex transition between high school and college?<\/li>\n<li>What can K-12 colleagues tell college faculty about incoming students\u2019 strengths, passions, and concerns? How can post-secondary faculty assist our K\u201312 colleagues?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Resources<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UT-Conf-Agenda.pdf\">Conference Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/History-Framework-SSRC.pdf\">History Essential Competencies<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n<p>James Grossman and Anne Hyde, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/research-and-publications\/perspectives-on-history\/may-2023\/history-at-a-crossroads-the-aha-responds-to-attacks-on-honest-history\">&#8220;History at a Crossroads: The AHA Responds to Attacks on Honest History,&#8221; <\/a><em>Perspectives on History<\/em> (April 2023).<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Gillis and Julia Brookins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/research-and-publications\/perspectives-on-history\/may-2023\/maintaining-standards-recent-aha-contributions-to-the-fight-for-honest-history-education\">&#8220;Maintaining Standards: Recent AHA Contributions to the Fight for Honest History Education,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<em>Perspectives on History<\/em> (April 2023).<\/p>\n<p>Andrew K. Koch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/research-and-publications\/perspectives-on-history\/may-2017\/many-thousands-failed-a-wakeup-call-to-history-educators\">&#8220;Many Thousands Failed: A Wakeup Call to History Educators,&#8221;<\/a><em>\u00a0Perspectives on History<\/em> (May 2017),<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Immerwahr, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/12\/23\/teach-history-american-patriotism\/\">&#8220;History Isn&#8217;t Just for Patriots,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Washington Post<\/em>, December 23, 2020,<\/p>\n<p>Laura Westhoff and Robert Johnston, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jah\/article\/108\/4\/767\/6564969?login=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Democracy and the Teaching of History in Our Perilous Moment,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Journal of American History<\/em>, 108, 4 (March 2022).<\/p>\n<p>James Grossman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/article278234658.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Florida Lessons Teach Full Story of Holocaust. They Shouldn\u2019t Make Slavery Seem Benign,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Miami Herald<\/em>, August 14, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Johann Neem, <a href=\"https:\/\/hedgehogreview.com\/issues\/the-use-and-abuse-of-history\/articles\/a-usable-past-for-a-post-american-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;A Usable Past for a Post-American Nation,&#8221;<\/a> <em>The Hedgehog Review.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Raul Ramos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/opinion\/outlook\/article\/Opinion-The-1836-Project-is-the-wrong-past-for-16177964.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The 1836 Project is the Wrong Past for Our Future,&#8221; <\/a><em>Houston Chronicle<\/em>, May 16, 2021,<\/p>\n<p>National Humanities Alliance, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nhalliance.org\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Are You Going To Do With That?,&#8221;<\/a> A podcast where we explore everyday folks\u2019 decisions to study the humanities as undergraduates and their pathways to fulfilling careers.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Passenger Wieck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/research-and-publications\/perspectives-on-history\/summer-2023\/revising-historical-writing-using-generative-ai-an-editorial-experiment\">&#8216;Revising Historical Writing Using Generative AI: An Editorial Experiment,&#8221;<\/a><em>\u00a0Perspectives On History<\/em> (August 15, 2023).<\/p>\n<p>Lendol Calder, Robert Williams, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jahist\/jaaa464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cMust History Students Write History Essays?\u201d<\/a>, <em>Journal of American History<\/em>, 107, 4 (March 2021): 926\u201341.<\/p>\n<p>Lendol Calder, \u201cThe Stories We Tell,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/oahmag\/oat017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>OAH Magazine of History<\/em><\/a>, 27, 3 (July 2013): 5\u20138.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/aha-advocacy\/aha-statement-on-floridas-african-american-history-standards-(august-2023)\">AHA Statement on Florida\u2019s African American History Standards<\/a> (August 2023).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/aha-releases-statement-opposing-exclusion-of-lgbtq-history-in-florida-(may-2023)\">AHA Releases Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida<\/a> (May 2023).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/aha-advocacy\/\">AHA advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whitney E. Barringer, Lauren Brand, and Nicholas Kryczka, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/research-and-publications\/perspectives-on-history\/september-2023\/no-such-thing-as-a-bad-question-inquiry-based-learning-in-the-history-classroom\">&#8220;No Such Thing as a Bad Question? Inquiry-Based Learning in the History Classroom,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Perspectives on History<\/em> (September 2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The AHA held the inaugural Utah Conference on Introductory History Courses on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70454,"template":"","aha-topic":[61,63,59,64],"month":[561],"event-type":[99,605],"year":[105],"class_list":{"0":"post-18941","1":"event","2":"type-event","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"aha-topic-academic-departmental-affairs","7":"aha-topic-k-12-education","8":"aha-topic-teaching-learning","9":"aha-topic-undergraduate-education","10":"month-october","11":"event-type-regional-conference","12":"event-type-conference","13":"year-105","21":"year-2023","22":"has-featured-image"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/18941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/18941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65610,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/18941\/revisions\/65610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aha-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aha-topic?post=18941"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=18941"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=18941"},{"taxonomy":"year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year?post=18941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}