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Four Ways to Improve Your History Essays Right This Second

Four Ways to Improve Your History Essays Right This Second

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisDecember 28, 2022Writing, passive voice, essay, history essay, writing tips, 2022, history class, history student, history teacherComment

On Cheating and ChatGPT

On Cheating and ChatGPT

Technology, Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisDecember 25, 2022ChatGPT, chatbot, technology, technology in the classroom, cheating, artificial intelligence, openAI, AI Comments

Advice for the Fall Semester - 2022 Edition

Advice for the Fall Semester - 2022 Edition

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisAugust 8, 2022Books, Presentism, history class, students, teacher, history teacher, history student, 2022 school year, back to school Comments

Twitter-Free for Six Months! (and better off for the effort)

Twitter-Free for Six Months! (and better off for the effort)

Education, Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisAugust 1, 2022social media, Historians, good faith, racism, Twitter, Internet, scholars and the internet, Internet trolls, twitter, Twitterstorian Comments

Engaging a Pro-Slavery Position in the Classroom

Engaging a Pro-Slavery Position in the Classroom

Book Reviews, Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisJune 22, 2022antebellum, JQA, John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, Congress, SlaveryComment

Yes, I Use the 1619 Project in the Classroom. Fight Me.

Yes, I Use the 1619 Project in the Classroom. Fight Me.

Memory, Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisFebruary 15, 2022Nikole Hannah-Jones, 1619 project, Ben Shapiro, Allen Guelzo, historical memory, New York Times, James McPherson, Victoria Bynum, James Oakes, Gordon Wood, World Socialist Web Site, Donald Trump, indoctrination Comments

Using the WPA "Slave Narratives" in the High School Classroom

Using the WPA "Slave Narratives" in the High School Classroom

Ask Dr- Harris, Education, SlaveryKeith HarrisJuly 5, 2021Slave Narratives, WPA, New Deal, SLavery, Jim Crow, In the classroom, teach history Comments

The Part of the Alexander Stephens’s Cornerstone Speech that (Usually) Doesn't Get Quoted

The Part of the Alexander Stephens’s Cornerstone Speech that (Usually) Doesn't Get Quoted

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisOctober 9, 2020Confederate, Alexander Stephens, Cornerstone Speech, CSA, rebel, Georgia, white supremacy, racism, constitution, principles Comments

Advice for the Fall Semester, 2020 Edition

Advice for the Fall Semester, 2020 Edition

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisAugust 24, 2020academic year, historiography, class of 2021, school, high school, history teacherComment

Advice for the Fall Semester

Advice for the Fall Semester

We should not read to confirm our personal biases (yes, we all have them…like it or not) but rather to listen, learn, and inquire.

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisJuly 13, 2019blacklivesmatter, Slavery, Civil Rights, Justice System, Black History, American History, African American history, High School, Classroom Comment

On Getting It Wrong

On Getting It Wrong

One lesson I try to impart in the classroom is this: a hallmark of intellectual honesty and integrity is acknowledging that you might be wrong.

Education, Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisJuly 5, 2019Marina Amaral, Matt Loughrey, Colorization, historical photographs, vintage photography, technology in the classroom Comments

It's Critical in the Classroom

It's Critical in the Classroom

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisJuly 12, 2018teacher, teaching history, teaching, evidence, Historical evidence, show me the evidence, politics, politics in the classroom, read, learn, identity politics Comments

April Reading List

April Reading List

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisApril 5, 2018BIBLIOPHILE, books, reading, history books, history student, teach history, teacher, civil war books, US history, book shelfComment

Just In Case You Forgot Who We Were

Just In Case You Forgot Who We Were

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisJanuary 12, 2018Statue of Liberty, Liberty, New York, America

History Buff Holiday Top Ten Reading List

History Buff Holiday Top Ten Reading List

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisDecember 10, 2017BLM, Civil War, Elvis, holiday reading, Popular History, reading list, slavery, The American West, To Kill a Mockingbird, US History, WWI, WWII Comments

My Offer to the Students of Biloxi, Mississippi

My Offer to the Students of Biloxi, Mississippi

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisOctober 15, 2017Biloxi, book ban, Harper Lee, high school teacher, Mississippi, read, To Kill a MockingbirdComment

Was the Battle of Gettysburg the Turning Point of the Civil War?

Was the Battle of Gettysburg the Turning Point of the Civil War?

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisFebruary 3, 2016Abraham Lincoln, ACW, American Civil War, Battle, Civil War, Gettyburg, Pennsylvania, Robert E- Lee Comments

Racism in Reconstruction Politics

Racism in Reconstruction Politics

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisJanuary 2, 2016APUSH, politics, racism, ReconstructionComment

A Response to Mr. Fisher

A Response to Mr. Fisher

Ask Dr- HarrisKeith HarrisJuly 14, 2015 Comments