![]() ![]() ![]() Los Angeles, the site of the 2023 in-person conference, is the perfect setting for our conversation about crises and how we might overcome them together. It is difficult to imagine, though, that the world to come will be rid of the precarity, instability, and inequities-in short, crises-that have plagued the past. If or when the pandemic recedes, we’ll re-enter a world that will be different than the one we lived in on the eve of the shutdown. Or, maybe constant crises have always shaped the lives of all but the fraction of people whose social status has offered them comforts and reprieve? Perhaps the only difference now is that COVID-19 has made even the privileged feel vulnerable. They point to the possibility that we’re living in a state of permanent crisis as the new normal. Authoritarian rule, border walls, immigration bans, children in cages, police killings, a global pandemic, hate crimes, and global warming are just some of the crises we’ve faced in recent years. ![]() This year’s in-person and virtual conference highlight many sessions and workshops related to K-12 and college/university teaching during these challenging times.īuilding upon this theme, this plenary brings together leading scholars, teachers, and advocates in conversation to discuss the histories behind these efforts, how they threaten the teaching and practice of American history, what we can do to challenge them, and how we can support inclusive and social justice-oriented teaching and learning in all classrooms. Jackson - raises important questions about the role of U.S. In addition, the use and misuse of history and historical scholarship - most recently in the SCOTUS decision in Dobbs v. Laws across the country limit or ban teaching on systemic racism, sexism, gender and sexuality, and LGBTQ+ topics. The teaching of American history is under assault by a spate of educational gag orders that restrict what can be taught in K-12 schools and in institutions of higher education. ![]()
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