00:00-00:33 Intro
00:33-03:18 Why teach history?
03:20-06:04 What do you want students to know when they leave school?
06:04-10:42 Relationship between individual students’ understanding and society
10:42-13:39 How goals for the year affect design of units and activities
13:39-17:02 Advice to a new teacher on goal-setting
17:02-20:27 Historiography and its importance
20:27-22:23 “Hamilton”
22:23-23:24 Historical fiction and films, David Liss’s “The Whiskey Rebellion”
23:24-29:32 Teaching writing as an ethical obligation
29:32-33:17 Reading the NY Times front page
33:17-42:18 Assessment: test, quizzes, project-based assessments
42:18-43:00 Outro