AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED

WHO BUILT AMERICA? AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL 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.MISSION US: DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIES OF AWARD-WINNING, FREE ONLINE HISTORY GAME FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THIRTEEN/WNET. THE SERIES HAS BEEN USED BY OVER 3,000,000 STUDENTS AND 80,000 TEACHERS NATIONWIDE. IN FY23, MISSION 7, NO TURNING BACK: CIVIL RIGHTS IN 1960S MISSISSIPPI WAS RELEASED. ALSO, WORK BEGAN ON MISSION 8, SPIRIT OF A NATION. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IDEAS AND STRATEGIES FOR CONTINUING FUNDING, TESTING, AND UPDATING OF THE SERIES.VISUAL CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH: IN JULY 2023 TWENTY-FIVE SCHOLARS PARTICIPATED IN THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT/CENTER FOR MEDIA AND LEARNING'S SIXTH NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE VISUAL CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH. NINETEEN NOTED HISTORIANS, ART HISTORIANS, AND ARCHIVISTS REPRESENTING THE RANGE OF CURRENT WORK IN THE FIELD MET WITH NEH SUMMER SCHOLARS. THESE VISITING LECTURERS 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. NEH SUMMER SCHOLARS VISITED AND VIEWED THE HOLDINGS OF NATIONALLY RENOWN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.PAST/PRESENT: LINKING HISTORY TO CURRENT EVENTS: IN SPRING 2023, WE WORKED WITH SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO ADD CONTENT TO SOCIAL HISTORY FOR EVERY CLASSROOM WHERE TEACHING RESOURCES CONSIDER CONTEMPORARY EVENTS WITHIN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT. WORKING WITH TEACHERS AND PEDAGOGY EXPERTS, WE DEVELOPED NEW COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL HISTORY FOR EVERY CLASSROOM WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR WIDESPREAD USE.PODCAST: CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A PODCAST SERIES, MAKING QUEER HISTORY PUBLIC, THAT EXPLORES HOW THE WORK OF HISTORIANS, ACTIVISTS, EDUCATORS, AND ARCHIVISTS HAVE PRESERVED AND RECLAIMED THE TELLING OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY. ASHP/CML PRODUCED AND RELEASED THREE EPISODES OF THE SERIES.