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There are three questions students of history should always ask: What’s the context?What’s the context?What’s the context? Yes, I know, it’s a play on the old real estate joke (location, location, location), but the importance of understanding how a quote or an event sits in terms of what’s happening around it cannot be overstated.

A history class offered an opportunity to model speaking up against bias.

How do you ensure students get the most out of black history and Black History Month? Here are some suggestions.

Four innovative educators discuss how they teach about our country's painful past. Plus, get a sneak preview of our new resources for teaching about American slavery.

Historian Carter G. Woodson established the first Negro History Week in 1926—a celebration that later became Black History Month. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, a group founded by Woodson, selects a new theme for Black History Month each year. This year’s theme is "Black Women in American Culture and History."

It’s not too late to put the best practices into place for honoring Black History Month in February and throughout the year.

An after-school teacher uses trivia to get her elementary students thinking about the world around them—including civil rights history.