{"id":2370,"date":"2024-03-25T13:42:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-publications\/american-historical-review\/ahrsyllabus\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:09:08","slug":"ahrsyllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-publications\/american-historical-review\/ahrsyllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"#AHRSyllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\tAbout #AHRSyllabus\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>The #AHRSyllabus is a collaborative project designed to help teachers and students look &#8220;under the hood&#8221; at how historians in the early 21st century do the work of history. Each contribution to the syllabus will feature a practical hands-on teaching module that foregrounds innovative uses of historical method in the classroom. Beginning in September 2023, every <em>AHR<\/em> issue includes one or two #AHRSyllabus modules. All #AHRSyllabus modules are freely available through the <em>AHR<\/em>&#8216;s website to encourage wide classroom adoption.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tModules\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/syllabus-dec-2025.jpeg\" alt=\"A black and white photo of a woman standing behind a podium, with the logo for the National Woman&#039;s Conference, speaking into a microphone\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"743\" width=\"520\" title=\"AHR_2025_Dec Syllabus\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tSharing Stories from 1977: Igniting Student Interest in US Women&#8217;s History\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/sharing-stories-from-1977\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AHR_2025_09_photochrom-postcard.jpeg\" alt=\"A photochrom postcard of Smith College, a side view of a red brick building with tall green trees in front\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"743\" width=\"520\" title=\"AHR_2025_09_photochrom postcard\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tUnpacking the History of Higher Education\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/unpacking-the-history-of-higher-education\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Everyday_frontis.png\" alt=\"I. Baranov, Here and there in the Soviet Union, 1938-1951, photograph, 18 x 23.5 cm, Soviet Information Bureau Photograph Collection, Fung Library, Harvard University Library.\n\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2400\" width=\"1680\" title=\"Everyday life under Stalin\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tTeaching Historical Thinking Through a Primary Source Database: Everyday Life Under Stalin\u00a0\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/teaching-historical-thinking-through-a-primary-source-database\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Frontis_Teaching-the-Vietnam-War-Syllabus-1.png\" alt=\"Black April\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2400\" width=\"1680\" title=\"Black April\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tTeaching the History of the Vietnam Wars: A Geographic History of the Vietnam Wars\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/teaching-the-history-of-the-vietnam-wars\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Revised-Frontis.png\" alt=\"Revised Frontis\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2400\" width=\"1680\" title=\"Revised Frontis\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tA Case for Objects: Material Culture in the History Classroom\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/a-case-for-objects-material-culture-in-the-history-classroom\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Frontis.png\" alt=\"Frontis\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"960\" width=\"672\" title=\"Frontis\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tGood Question: Right-Sizing Inquiry with History Teachers\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/good-question-right-sizing-inquiry-with-history-teachers\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frontis-1.png\" alt=\"Covers of National Standards for History for Grades K-4, National Standards for United States History, and National Standards for World History, 1994. National Center for History in the Schools, University of California, Los Angeles.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"960\" width=\"672\" title=\"AHR_2024_NationalStandards\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tTeaching How Official History Is Made: State Standards as Primary Sources\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/teaching-how-official-history-is-made-state-standards-as-primary-sources\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/How-History-Works-Earle_frontis.png\" alt=\"Lithographs by Genaro L\u00f3pez, based on the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, in Homenaje \u00e1 Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n: Antig\u00fcedades mexicanas: L\u00e1minas, ed. Alfredo Chavero (Mexico City: Junta Colombina de M\u00e9xico \/ Oficina Tipogr\u00e1fica de la Secretar\u00eda de Fomento, 1892).\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2400\" width=\"1680\" title=\"AHR_2024_AHRArticle\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tHow to Teach an AHR Article\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/how-to-teach-an-ahr-article\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TeachingHistoriography.png\" alt=\"TeachingHistoriography\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"593\" width=\"672\" title=\"TeachingHistoriography\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tTeaching Historiography: Testimony and the Study of the Holocaust\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/teaching-historiography-testimony-and-the-study-of-the-holocaust\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HistoricalPodcasts_figure1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Podcast studio desk with computer and microphone.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"888\" width=\"776\" title=\"HistoricalPodcasts_figure1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tHistorical Podcasts in the Classroom\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/historical-podcasts-in-the-classroom\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shutterstock_2239596683-2.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the character Arthur Miller on a dock, from the video game Red Dead Redemption II.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"888\" width=\"776\" title=\"shutterstock_2239596683 2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tTeaching History with Video Games\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/teaching-history-with-video-games\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KnowingbySensing_figure1.png\" alt=\"KnowingbySensing_figure1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"888\" width=\"766\" title=\"KnowingbySensing_figure1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h5>\n\t\t\tKnowing by Sensing: Teaching Sensory History\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/knowing-by-sensing-teaching-sensory-history\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<em>History in Focus<\/em> on #AHRSyllabus\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Listen to recent episodes with authors of #AHRSyllabus\u00a0pieces.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tIntroducing the #AHRSyllabus Project\t<\/h3>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qF5JnIxU3Vs?si=sreu-X0cRlUTIj5V\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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