American Social History Productions Incorporated

TO REVITALIZE INTEREST IN U.S. HISTORY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND COLLABORATION WITH SCHOLARS, MEDIA PRODUCERS AND EDUCATORS.

WHO BUILT AMERICA? AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE BASED ON OUR GROUNDBREAKING TWO VOLUME HISTORY TEXTBOOK WHO BUILT AMERICA? WORKING PEOPLE AND THE NATION'S HISTORY IN COMBINATION WITH OUR AWARD-WINNING HISTORY TEACHING WEBSITE HISTORY MATTERS: THE U.S. SURVEY COURSE ON THE WEB. THE OER WILL OFFER INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS A WHOLLY FREE, MULTI-LAYERED, AND CUSTOMIZABLE RESOURCE FOR U.S. HISTORY CLASSROOMS.CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE OMISSION US: DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIES OF AWARD-WINNING, FREE, ONLINE HISTORY GAMES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THIRTEEN/WNET PUBLIC MEDIA. THE SERIES HAS BEEN USED BY OVER 3,000,000 STUDENTS AND 80,000 TEACHERS NATIONWIDE. DURING 2021, MISSION 7 ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN 1960S MISSISSIPPI WAS IN PRODUCTION, WE CONTINUED UPDATING EARLIER MISSIONS AND CONVENED A NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IN ADDITION, WE RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED A TREATMENT FOR A NEW MISSION, SPIRIT OF A NATION, ABOUT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM THE 1500S UNTIL THE MID-1600S AND SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.VISUAL CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH: IN JULY 2021 TWENTY-FIVE SCHOLARS PARTICIPATED IN THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT/CENTER FOR MEDIA AND LEARNING'S FIFTH NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE VISUAL CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH. PARTICIPANTS MET VIRTUALLY, WITH PRE-RECORDED VIDEO PRESENTATIONS BY SEVENTEEN NOTED HISTORIANS, ART HISTORIANS, AND ARCHIVISTS REPRESENTING THE RANGE OF CURRENT WORK IN THE FIELD. SCHOLARS LED PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, AND HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS THAT ASSESSED HOW INFORMATION AND OPINION ABOUT THE WAR WERE RECORDED AND DISSEMINATED, AND CONSIDERED WAYS VISUAL MEDIA EXPRESSED AND SHAPED AMERICANS' UNDERSTANDING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CONFLICT. SEVERAL LIVE "Q&A" SESSIONS FEATURED NATIONALLY RENOWN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AND NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE. LGBTQ+ HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES: IN AUGUST 2021, ASHP/CML WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE A $190,000 NEH GRANT TO COORDINATE A SUMMER INSTITUTE FOCUSED ON LGBTQ+ HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. THE TWO-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GRADUATE CENTER IN JULY 2021, BRINGING TOGETHER ABOUT TWO DOZEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR AN IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THE INSTITUTE WILL COVER HISTORICAL CONTENT, INTRODUCE PRIMARY SOURCES USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY, AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATORS TO DISCUSS PEDAGOGY. AFTER THE INSTITUTE, ASHP/CML WILL CREATE A DIGITAL RESOURCE WITH PRIMARY SOURCES AND CURRICULUM MATERIALS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHER TEACHERS.ONLINE HISTORY CURRICULUM FOR THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO THE VIRUS, K-12 EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REIMAGINE THEIR TEACHING STYLES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE NEW REALITY OF REMOTE LEARNING. IN ORDER TO HELP EASE THIS TRANSITION, ASHP WORKED WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM TEAM TO DEVELOP ONLINE U.S. HISTORY LESSONS. USING THE DOE'S EXISTING HISTORY RESOURCES--MANY OF THEM PREVIOUSLY CREATED BY AND/OR SOURCED FROM ASHP MATERIALS--AS GUIDANCE AS WE TRANSLATED IN-PERSON LESSONS INTO DIGITAL UNITS. ASHP DEVELOPED 31 LESSONS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM WESTWARD EXPANSION TO U.S. IMPERIALISM, PROGRESSIVE ERA REFORMS, AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE ALL DESIGNED TO BE TAUGHT REMOTELY ONLINE.LGBTQ+ CUNY CONSORTIA PROGRAM: THE CUNY OFFICE OF STUDENT INCLUSION INITIATIVES AND LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE OFFICES OF DANIEL DROMM (DISTRICT 25) AND SPEAKER COREY JOHNSON ALONG WITH HUMANITIES NY PROVIDED FUNDS FOR TWO PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND PODCAST SERIES. JONATHAN NED KATZ GAVE A TALK ABOUT HIS NEW BIOGRAPHY, THE DARING LIFE AND DANGEROUS TIMES OF EVE ADAMS AND STACIE BRENSILVER BERMAN (VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT AT NYU STEINHARDT). LED A WORKSHOP ON THE NECESSITY OF INCLUDING LGBTQ+ HISTORY IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA. THE PODCAST SERIES, SPACES, PLACES, AND FACES: EXPLORING QUEER PUBLIC HISTORY EXPLORES HOW THE WORK OF HISTORIANS, ACTIVISTS, EDUCATORS, AND ARCHIVISTS HAVE PRESERVED AND RECLAIMED THE TELLING OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY. ASHP/CML WILL PRODUCE TWO EPISODES AND SCRIPT FOUR ADDITIONAL EPISODES FOR THE SERIES.