M. Keith HarrisI am a high school history teacher and I use the 1619 Project in the classroom. Fight me.But if you’re open-minded then stick around. You might come away with a few useful insights. Here’s the story: I am in fact and deed…Jun 20, 20221Jun 20, 20221
M. Keith HarrisinNew American HistoryAmerican ExceptionalismsThoughts on Andrew F. Lang’s “A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era.”Jun 6, 2022Jun 6, 2022
M. Keith HarrisinNew American HistoryA View from the Ranks: Soldiers’ Experiences and Civil War HistoriographyHow Americans have attempted to understand the motivations of the men who marched into battle.Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
M. Keith HarrisIt’s Critical in the ClassroomI get asked for advice from freshly minted history teachers all the time.Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019
M. Keith HarrisI Miss the HistoryFriends, before you rip me a new one and inundate me with “but what about so-and-so” Tweets, please just take a deep breath, relax, and…Feb 2, 2019Feb 2, 2019
M. Keith HarrisOur Confederate AncestorsCommemoration of The Confederate States of America, in all its modern and historical incarnations, is under attack. The rebellion’s…Jul 18, 2015Jul 18, 2015
M. Keith HarrisAdvice for a Prospective Graduate StudentThe other day, I got an email from a prospective graduate student who is in the process of applying to schools, including my alma mater —…Jul 7, 2015Jul 7, 2015
M. Keith HarrisA Few Thoughts On Spangler’s Spring, Gettysburg, and the Business of ReconciliationI was going through some files today and found a folder filed under “great stuff that did not make it into the book” (yes…that is really…Mar 12, 2015Mar 12, 2015