Teaching the United States in the Age of Trump

A half-day conference hosted by the Nottingham Historical Association History Teacher Network and the University of Nottingham's School of Education and Centre for the U.S in the World Studies.

The conference will include presentations and workshops from local history teachers and University of Nottingham academics focusing on the teaching of the United States in the age of Trump. We will be sharing our practice and research from our work in schools and university, surveying the latest developments in the field, and looking to bridge the gap between school and university education.

Topics will include:

• The American West and borderlands
• Teaching indigenous histories and SHP paths ethical principles
• US foreign policy and globalisation, political change since 1945
• Teaching the US in the age of Trump

Registration is from 9.15am. The conference will run from 9.30am-1pm

Presentation Proposals

We welcome proposals from teachers to speak for 10 minutes about their own classroom practice linked to the teaching of:

• US history (for example teaching indigenous history, civil rights, War of Independence and such)
• The influence of the US on the history of other nations (for example Vietnam, WW1 treaties, involvement in Europe post WW2 and such)
• The role of the US in global impact events (for example terrorism or the Great Depression)

If you are interested in submitting a proposal to speak, please complete our form by Friday 28 March. Selected speakers will be notified by Friday 4 April.