Learning With: ‘Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They’re Getting...
Before reading the article: The first Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869, joined two railroads to connect the east and west coasts of the United States for the first time. It was a feat of engineering that meant that a dangerous journey that once took months could now be completed in a week. As you will…
Should School Murals That Depict an Ugly History Be Removed?
In “These High School Murals Depict an Ugly History. Should They Go?” Carol Pogash writes: In one of the murals, George Washington points westward over the dead body of a Native American. Another depicts Washington’s slaves, hunched over, working in the fields of Mount Vernon. These images aren’t in a museum exhibition but on the…
Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month and March 8 was International Women’s Day. What do these celebrations mean to you? How do you think we should observe them? Do you think it’s meaningful to recognize and honor women with a special history month? Why or why not? Tell us in the comments, then read the related…
How Much Do You Know About Your Family’s History?
How much have your parents, grandparents or other relatives told you about your family’s past? Are there aspects of this history that you wish you knew more about? Helen Zia begins “My Mother’s Secrets,” her essay about learning about her own family history, this way: Growing up in the 1950s as one of the few…
