Letter Opposing Alabama SB 166\/HB 178 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Alabama Senate Opposing “Divisive Concepts” Bill (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letters to Alabama Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAlaska<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letters to Alaska Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tArizona<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letters to Arizona Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter Opposing Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Resolution (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFlorida<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Florida Legislature Opposing Harmful K-12 Teacher Training Bill<\/a><\/p>\n Statement on Florida’s African American History Standards (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Florida Senate Opposing Restrictive Education Bill (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Statement Opposing Florida House Bill 999 (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letters to Florida Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tGeorgia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letters to Georgia Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIndiana<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Indiana Legislature Opposing “Intellectual Diversity” Tenure Bill (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Indiana Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIowa<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Iowa Senate Education Committee Opposing HF 402\/SF 322 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Action Alert: Iowa HF 402 \/ SF 322 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Iowa House of Representatives Opposing Bill on K-12 Social Studies Curriculum (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKansas<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Kansas Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKentucky<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Kentucky Legislature Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMaryland<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Maryland Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMissouri<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Missouri Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tNebraska<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to Nebraska Legislature Opposing Bill to Eliminate Tenure (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Nebraska Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tNorth Carolina<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter to North Carolina House of Representatives Opposing Bill to Eliminate Tenure (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOhio<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Action Alert: Ask Governor DeWine to Veto Ohio SB 1 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Testimony Opposing Ohio SB 1 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Action Alert Opposing Ohio Senate Bill 1 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Testimony Opposing Ohio SB 83 (2023 & 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n Testimony Opposing Ohio Learning Standards Legislation (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Ohio Senate Opposing Higher Education Bill (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Ohio Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Objecting to Social Studies Curriculum Legislation in Ohio (2021)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOklahoma<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Action Alert: Ask Oklahoma State Legislators to Pause Implementation of Social Studies Standards (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Action Alert-Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n AHA Urges Oklahoma Retain Current Social Studies Standards (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n Statement on Oklahoma Mandate for Religious Content in Public Schools (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n Letters to Oklahoma Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Opposing Oklahoma Bill That Would Limit Teaching of Race and Slavery in America (2021)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSouth Carolina<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letters to South Carolina Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSouth Dakota<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letter Opposing Proposed South Dakota Social Studies Standards (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to South Dakota Board of Education Opposing Social Studies Standards Revision Process (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n Letters to South Dakota Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTennessee<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Letters to Tennessee Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTexas<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Social Studies TEKS Revision Action Alert (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Update on TEKS Social Studies Sequence (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Opposing Texas Bill to Eliminate History Education Requirements (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Opposing Texas SB 10 (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Opposing Texas SB 37 (2025)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Texas House of Representatives Opposing Legislation to Eliminate Tenure (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Opposing Proposed Legislation on History Education in Texas (2021)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter Objecting to Texas House Bill 3979 (2021)<\/a><\/p>\n Statement on Threats to Historical Integrity in Texas (July 2021)<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tVirginia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t AHA, NCSS, and Virginia Partners Call for Pause in Changes to Commonwealth Social Studies Assessments (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n Coalition Including AHA Sends Letter to Virginia Board of Education Requesting Delay in the Implementation of Standards of Learning (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n AHA, NCSS, and Virginia Educational Organizations Release Collaborative Strikethrough and Review of Proposed Draft Standards (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Action Alert: Public Review of Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n Action Alert: AHA Supports Collaborative History Standards for Virginia (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n AHA on Virginia Social Studies Standards Revisions Process (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n Letter to Virginia Board of Education Urging Adoption of Proposed History Standards (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n AHA Collaborates on Proposed Virginia History and Social Science Draft Standards (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWest Virginia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t AHA Letter to West Virginia Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n As part of its chartered mission to advance historical understanding and history education in the United States, the AHA’s Freedom to Learn initiative has been responding to legislation that would restrict history education with letters to state legislators. This\u00a0Perspectives on History<\/em> piece explains how the AHA develops each letter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Now\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n Federal, state, and local representatives rely on input from constituents to inform their decisionmaking. In many instances, they want to hear from you as they navigate the competing interests of different stakeholders. The AHA has developed guides to help AHA members, and the public more broadly, advocate for history, the work of historians, and history education.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t While any communication with policymakers can be helpful, a personalized statement is often more effective than a form letter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t This guide is intended to provide resources for historians working in a range of different environments to support themselves and colleagues if faced with threats, punitive restrictions, and harassment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n The AHA’s 2024 report shares findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. AHA researchers appraised standards and legislation in all 50 states, conducted a survey of over 3,000 middle and high school US history educators, interviewed over 200 teachers and administrators, and reviewed thousands of pages of instructional materials from small towns to sprawling suburbs to big cities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our advocacy efforts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t As part of its mission to promote historical thinking in public life and professional integrity in history education, the American Historical Association monitors and offers guidance on state-level academic frameworks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t The AHA leads or participates in several initiatives to support history educators facing intensifying controversies about what we teach and how we teach it. Historians, including both scholars and educators, play a crucial role in public deliberations about how to engage students in truthful and rigorous inquiry in history classrooms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t AHA staff have delivered public testimony highlighting the challenges teachers and educators face from legislation restricting the teaching of “divisive concepts” and issues related to teaching history with integrity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n The AHA’s criteria outline foundational elements for history-rich education that can be adapted to account for local priorities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n In June 2021, the American Association of University Professors, the American Historical Association, the Association of American Colleges & Universities, and PEN America authored a joint statement stating their “firm opposition” to legislation, introduced in at least 20 states, that would restrict the discussion of “divisive concepts” in public education institutions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t In January 2021, the AHA issued a statement<\/a> condemning the report from “The President’s Advisory 1776 Commission.” “Written hastily in one month after two desultory and tendentious ‘hearings,'” the AHA writes, “without any consultation with professional historians of the United States, the report fails to engage a rich and vibrant body of scholarship that has evolved over the last seven decades.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the Statement\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t Access press releases issued by the AHA and other resources for the media.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tLegislative Advocacy Letters: Behind the Scenes at the AHA\t<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t\tYour Voice Matters\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\t\tIndividuals Can Make a Difference\t<\/h4>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tPreparing Your Message\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tTexas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tSupporting Historians Under Threat\t<\/h5>\n\t
\n\t\t\tAHA Initiatives\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\t\tAmerican Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools<\/i>\t<\/h4>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tAHA Advocacy\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tAHA State History Standards Support\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\tTeaching History with Integrity\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tAHA Testimony Before Legislatures & Boards of Education\t<\/h5>\n\t
\n\t\t\tCriteria for Standards in History\/Social Studies\/Social Sciences\t<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t\tAHA News\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView All News\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n\t\t\tJoint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism in American History\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tAHA Condemns Report of Advisory 1776 Commission\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tFor the Press\t<\/h5>\n\t
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\n\n\t\t\tPerspectives on History<\/i>\t<\/h5>\n\t