Keith A Erekson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1481321 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith A Erekson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith A |
| FAMILY NAME | Erekson |
| SIGNATURE | EREKSON K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A New Era of Research Access in the Church History Library
Research Article| October 01 2020 A New Era of Research Access in the Church History Library Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson KEITH A. EREKSON is an author, teacher, and public historian who serves as the director of the Church History Library. This article draws on a presentation made at the 2016 meeting of the Mormon History Association in Snowbird, Utah. Some of those ideas were later shared in Keith A. Erekson, “Restriction-ism Unveiled!,” J…
Erik Christiansen. Channeling the Past
Erik Christiansen chronicles five different historical initiatives undertaken in post–World War II America to explore the ways that various practitioners channeled the past for uses during the Cold War. The initiatives engaged different media, from books, to historic sites, to television and radio. They also reflected different perspectives, from those of liberal academics, to communist television writers, to right-wing corporate leaders. All emp…
Seeing through the Culture Warfare to Teach Students about Historical Change
The History Survey Project
By all appearances, history teaching in Texas is under attack. State legislators responded to budget shortfalls produced by the economic crisis of 2008–2009 by laying off more than 100,000 school teachers. The elected members of the Texas State Board of Education spent two years in 2009–2010 revising the standards for K–12 social studies by relying on the “expert” testimony of pastors to produce, in the words of a politically conservative watchdo…
Beyond History Wars
Beyond History Wars Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at El Paso and the founder and director of the university's Center for History Teaching & Learning. He is the author of Everybody's History (2012) and the editor of Politics and the History Curriculum: The Struggle over Standards in Texas and the Nation (2012). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…
Emancipating Lincoln
Journal Article Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory Get access Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory. By Harold Holzer. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. 213 pp. $24.95.) Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume …
Politics and the History Curriculum
The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made worldwide headlines. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broad context
From archive to awards ceremony
Recent literature on history teaching has emphasized ‘doing history’ – whether as ‘active learning’, cognitive science, or with simple photocopies of primary sources. This article extends the discussion of a ‘signature pedagogy’ of history to include all aspects of the work of historians, from archival research through public presentation. It presents an approach for engaging undergraduates in historical research by identifying a public need, int…
"Putting History Teaching "In Its Place
March 2011 The Journal of American History 1067 1 Lee Shulman, “Signature Pedagogies in the Professions,” Daedalus, 134 (Summer 2005), 52–59; Lee Shulman, “Pedagogies of Uncertainty,” Liberal Learning, 91 (Spring 2005), 18–25. 2 Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts (Philadelphia, 2001); Lendol Calder, “Uncoverage: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey,” Journal of American History, 92 (March 2006), 1358–70; Davi…
Lincoln's Pockets
The first day of a new course presents a dilemma for teachers. We want to plunge into an exciting subject while simultaneously feeling restrained by the need to explain course objectives and expectations. For their part, students arrive without having “prepared” anything and feel reluctant to speak out among new peers. All too often the scenario results in a teacher simply explaining the course outline. Some will employ a generic ice breaker acti…
"Method and Memory in the Midwestern "Lincoln Inquiry
This article narrates the role of oral testimony in the field of Abraham Lincoln studies from 1865 through the 1930s. Collected in the form of letters, affidavits, and face-to-face interviews, this mounting body of "eyewitness evidence" dominated the discourse for two generations and reflective, public practice culminated in the organization of a "Lincoln Inquiry" in the Midwest during the 1920s and 1930s. For a time, practitioners successfully d…
"Putting History Teaching "In Its Place
March 2011 The Journal of American History 1067 1 Lee Shulman, “Signature Pedagogies in the Professions,” Daedalus, 134 (Summer 2005), 52–59; Lee Shulman, “Pedagogies of Uncertainty,” Liberal Learning, 91 (Spring 2005), 18–25. 2 Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts (Philadelphia, 2001); Lendol Calder, “Uncoverage: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey,” Journal of American History, 92 (March 2006), 1358–70; Davi…
"Method and Memory in the Midwestern "Lincoln Inquiry
This article narrates the role of oral testimony in the field of Abraham Lincoln studies from 1865 through the 1930s. Collected in the form of letters, affidavits, and face-to-face interviews, this mounting body of "eyewitness evidence" dominated the discourse for two generations and reflective, public practice culminated in the organization of a "Lincoln Inquiry" in the Midwest during the 1920s and 1930s. For a time, practitioners successfully d…
Lincoln's Pockets
The first day of a new course presents a dilemma for teachers. We want to plunge into an exciting subject while simultaneously feeling restrained by the need to explain course objectives and expectations. For their part, students arrive without having “prepared” anything and feel reluctant to speak out among new peers. All too often the scenario results in a teacher simply explaining the course outline. Some will employ a generic ice breaker acti…
From archive to awards ceremony
Recent literature on history teaching has emphasized ‘doing history’ – whether as ‘active learning’, cognitive science, or with simple photocopies of primary sources. This article extends the discussion of a ‘signature pedagogy’ of history to include all aspects of the work of historians, from archival research through public presentation. It presents an approach for engaging undergraduates in historical research by identifying a public need, int…
"Putting History Teaching "In Its Place
March 2011 The Journal of American History 1067 1 Lee Shulman, “Signature Pedagogies in the Professions,” Daedalus, 134 (Summer 2005), 52–59; Lee Shulman, “Pedagogies of Uncertainty,” Liberal Learning, 91 (Spring 2005), 18–25. 2 Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts (Philadelphia, 2001); Lendol Calder, “Uncoverage: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey,” Journal of American History, 92 (March 2006), 1358–70; Davi…
Politics and the History Curriculum
The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made worldwide headlines. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broad context
Seeing through the Culture Warfare to Teach Students about Historical Change
The History Survey Project
By all appearances, history teaching in Texas is under attack. State legislators responded to budget shortfalls produced by the economic crisis of 2008–2009 by laying off more than 100,000 school teachers. The elected members of the Texas State Board of Education spent two years in 2009–2010 revising the standards for K–12 social studies by relying on the “expert” testimony of pastors to produce, in the words of a politically conservative watchdo…
Beyond History Wars
Beyond History Wars Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at El Paso and the founder and director of the university's Center for History Teaching & Learning. He is the author of Everybody's History (2012) and the editor of Politics and the History Curriculum: The Struggle over Standards in Texas and the Nation (2012). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…
Emancipating Lincoln
Journal Article Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory Get access Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory. By Harold Holzer. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. 213 pp. $24.95.) Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume …
Erik Christiansen. Channeling the Past
Erik Christiansen chronicles five different historical initiatives undertaken in post–World War II America to explore the ways that various practitioners channeled the past for uses during the Cold War. The initiatives engaged different media, from books, to historic sites, to television and radio. They also reflected different perspectives, from those of liberal academics, to communist television writers, to right-wing corporate leaders. All emp…
A New Era of Research Access in the Church History Library
Research Article| October 01 2020 A New Era of Research Access in the Church History Library Keith A. Erekson Keith A. Erekson KEITH A. EREKSON is an author, teacher, and public historian who serves as the director of the Church History Library. This article draws on a presentation made at the 2016 meeting of the Mormon History Association in Snowbird, Utah. Some of those ideas were later shared in Keith A. Erekson, “Restriction-ism Unveiled!,” J…
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