1991, Directed by Bruce Beresford and adapted by Brian Moore from his 1985 novel Black Robe. 101 minutes. Can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMcUG2YDeu8. Black Robe focuses on the trials and travels of a 17th century French Jesuit and…

The biggest challenge in regards to sources will be in collecting and framing the discussions and assignments of Onondaga oral traditions and material culture in the form of wampum belts. Historical methods and thinking in an Indigenous American context are…

Well, actually, I am changing puzzles. While I will still be thinking of ways to focus and design my monument assignment, our class meeting on Tuesday sparked some ideas, and, I think, a more interesting puzzle. I work at Le…

Through the 20th and into the 21st century, historians have maintained certain elements of historical thinking as crucial to the teaching of history. Ideas such as being able to recognize the “foreignness” of the past, and the ability to understand…

In the fall semester 2022, I will be teaching “Introduction to Public History” to 20 undergraduate history majors. This will be my first time teaching this course. I have a good draft of a syllabus already done, and that includes…