Are You Protecting Your Staff From Sexual Harassment?
Since the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein surfaced, the topic has dominated the news cycles with [...]
Six Hot Spot Board Issues and Three Cooling Tactics
Expectations are a two-way street (or maybe something more akin to a clover-leaf interstate exchange?). During our session “Who’s Shoulding on Your [...]
Call for Papers: Craft as Political Activism in a Nation Divided
Crochet faces adhered outside the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in Rochester, New York, during Women's History Month in [...]
4th Graders' QR Codes for Historic Sites in Lecompton, Kansas
What happens when a fourth grade teacher in a small town brings together the local elementary school, community volunteers, and [...]
First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics Since 1972
The exhibit First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics since 1972 at the State Historical Museum of Iowa explains the [...]
Indiana History for the Secondary Classroom
In Indiana, as in many states, the public school curriculum mandates state history just once — in fourth grade. The [...]
Wetlands & Waterways: The Key to Cahokia
The Interpretive Center at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, explains the Mississippian Culture [...]
The SCARY Truth Facing Historic Houses
The ghost of Christmas Yet to Be brings Scrooge all of the bad news in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Well, today that’s me! In 2008, the [...]
I Remember When Part 10
Fun with “C:\>” In the olden days (before Bill Gates introduced the Windows operating system and became a multi-billionaire), it was generally necessary to provide [...]
A Night at the Museum: Public-Private Collaboration Done Right
I was thrilled to attend the opening of American Enterprise, the new business exhibit that opened at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on [...]
National History Day: Leadership and Legacy in History
In June, I had the opportunity to work with National History Day staff at the National Contest in College Park, MD to facilitate a teacher [...]
AASLH 2015 Attendees Suggest Session Topics for 2016
We sent all attendees of the 2015 Annual Meeting a survey to find out what we did right and what we could improve. In that [...]
Power of Possibility: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
By Shelly Drummond, Plant City Photo Archives and History Center, Plant City, FL As a grateful recipient of a Small Museums Scholarship, I flew into [...]