A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

These children's books provide important lessons in Black History.

The teaching of history has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. But while the battle is fierce, it’s not new. An earlier round in the conflict in the 1920s — over the teaching of the American ...

Military History of Russia, a new textbook introduced in Moscow on Jan. 27, frames the war in Ukraine as a continuation of the Soviet battle against Nazi Germany, portraying the invasion as a ...

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

History teachers love to keep things serious. Wars, treaties, plagues, and the rise and fall of empires. All very important ...

Close-up of opened book on bookshelf on blurred books background. Home library reading books concept. Close up. Selective soft focus. Shallow depth of field. Text copy space. This past summer's uproar ...

As schools across Russia and the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine prepare for the start of the school year on September 1, some 650,000 copies of a brand-new history textbook for students in 11th ...