Clarissa J. Ceglio is Associate Director of Research for Greenhouse Studio and Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on her new book, A Cultural Arsenal for Democracy: The World War II Work...
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Citizenship is More Than Just the Facts We Learned in Civics Class
History News Network is running my piece on history and citizenship. Here is a taste: Good students and teachers of history understand full well that history is more than just “the facts.” Yet even they may fail to grasp the...
From the Archives: Education for a Democracy
How did Jefferson understand the idea of an “informed citizenry?” I originally published this piece in March 2012 when I was writing my Patheos column “Confessing History.” I loved writing that column and still stand by most of what I...