CherylAnne Amendola
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Let's talk a little hidden history, a little pedagogy, and a lot of ways we can improve our teaching and mindset so that our history and social studies classrooms tell a more complete, diverse human story. Join me as I talk history and pedagogy with brilliant teachers from around the country to help make our classrooms more culturally responsive spaces.Let's be friends! Visit me at www.teachinghistoryherway.com or on Twitter @historyherway, Instagram @teachinghistoryherway, or Facebook www.facebook.com/teachinghistoryherway
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It turns history teaching into better questions, closer source work, and practical experiments educators can adapt.
Sherrilyn Amendola treats history teaching as an invitation to ask better questions, then brings educators and public-history practitioners into conversations about how that works in practice.
Sherrilyn Amendola would rather your students investigate Washington than recite his place in the presidential lineup.
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A convincing case for using edugons to make historical thinking more visible and interactive.
Sherrilyn Amendola presents edugons as a classroom-friendly version of hexagonal thinking, and the episode keeps its focus on how the approach helps students connect ideas and make those links easier to see.
A reflective case for teaching history as democratic work, grounded in classroom reality and everyday hope.
Teaching History Her Way treats history and government teaching as civic work, especially in a moment when anger, frustration, and division can make those subjects feel both urgent and hard to handle.
A practical Civil War teaching conversation that makes digital tools feel usable, not decorative.
Sherrilyn Amendola keeps the focus on classroom use, and Jim Bigley makes the case in plain terms. The discussion stays grounded in familiar tools like Google Earth and Google Maps, then moves into primary sources and AI without losing sight of the main point: students need help…
A practical case for better questions, deeper inquiry, and fuller history teaching.
Glenn Wiebe and Joe use the conversation to press on a simple point: social studies gets stronger when it asks better questions. Sherrilyn Amendola keeps bringing the discussion back to classroom practice, linking a fuller and more diverse human story to primary sources,…
A practical discussion of finding women in the historical record through genealogy, family papers, and local archives.
The episode gives women’s history a practical shape. Sherrilyn Amendola leads a panel discussion ahead of the National Council of the Social Studies Conference in November 2024, and the focus stays on a clear classroom takeaway: when institutional records fall short, teachers…
A practical, teacher-to-teacher look at making World War II feel broader, deeper, and usable in class.
Shane Gower's visit treats World War II teaching as both a content problem and a design problem: how to make students care, and how to help them hear a fuller human story.
A steady case for inquiry, curiosity, and fuller social studies classrooms.
Joe Schmidt and Sherrilyn Amendola keep the conversation grounded in inquiry based social studies, where curiosity matters more than memorizing the one right answer.
Museum visits are framed as a way to practice historical thinking, not just a break from the unit.
Leslie Hayes and Sherrilyn Amendola make a strong case that museums are not just field-trip filler; they can help students practice historical thinking in a concrete way.
Campus radio from the wrong side of reality.
Campus decisions, Northeast news, and Northeast priorities.
How research culture changes in practice.
Conversations from inside the IT channel.
Cherylann Amendola welcomes Darcy Daniels for a conversation about Boston's Freedom Trail and what changes when the familiar history gets widened out.
The Teaching History Her Way Podcast episode with Shannon Salter centers on Educating for American Democracy, or EAD, and why Shannon says civics and history need more attention than the “five cents a year” she cites for civics education.
Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Amy Mai Tierney, who was airlifted out of Saigon, Vietnam, during Operation Babylift in April 1975.
Sherrilyn Amendola speaks with T.
Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Tim Smythe, author of Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels, and Smythe explains why a Black Spider-Man, Miles Morales, changed the way he taught.
Sherrilyn Amendola welcomes Drew Fortune to talk about rock and roll as a way into history teaching.
Kitty Felde describes how the Fina Mendoza books and podcast use a fourth-grader on Capitol Hill to teach civics through story, including a State of the Union plot built around a bird pooping on the president’s head.
Sherrilyn Amendola talks with Trish Everett, a member of the I-TECH for Schools Educational Design Team, South Florida Division, about civics teaching, Project Citizen, and teacher support.
Cheryl-Anne Amendola and John Laub connect football to American consumer culture, starting with John’s claim that consumers are the overlooked “third leg” of the economy.
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The episode introduces the History Restoration Project, where students research and publicly display overlooked historical narratives to create meaningful learning experiences in classrooms.
This episode segment features a pre-service teacher discussing the importance of primary sources in making history education more engaging and hands-on for students.
Host Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Derek Schutte and TJ Worsnack, co-creators of edugons, about hexagonal thinking as a teaching tool.
Sherrilyn Amendola and Dr.
Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Glenn Wiebe and Joe, co-authors of the Social Studies Field Guide, about their framework for improving history education through foundational evidence, inquiry, ed tech, and learning design.
Sherrilyn Amendola hosts a panel with Carolee Wong-Nakatsuka, Annie Evans, Shannon Salter, and Angela Lee about women's history, local archives, genealogy, and digital tools before the National Council of the Social Studies Conference in November 2024.
Host Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Dr.
Sheryl Ann Amendola interviews Shane Gower, a teacher who worked as a master teacher at the National World War II Museum, about strategies for teaching World War II through human stories and diverse perspectives.
Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Joe Schmidt about effective social studies teaching, focusing on inquiry-based learning, technology integration, and fostering student curiosity.
Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Leslie Hayes about integrating museums into history education, covering how museums complement classrooms, strategies for teacher partnerships, and the emotional impact of artifacts on students.
Sheryl Ann Amendola talks with April Wills about teaching history through community connection.
Host Sherrilyn Amendola interviews Jeff Scott, Vice President of Education at Freedom's Foundation, about integrating civic education into elementary classrooms.
Host Sherrilyn Amendola interviews history teacher Hailee Attorri about using gravestones as teaching tools to uncover hidden local histories, from enslaved individuals in Massachusetts to early American poets.
Sherrilyn Amendola interviews author Alice Faye Duncan about her new book on Coretta Scott King, exploring Coretta's legacy, teaching history through poetry, and the cosmic companionship between Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.
Host Cheryl Ann Amendola interviews Sheetal Shah about her book Shakti Girls, which features poems on inspiring Indian women.
Host Sheryl Ann Amendola interviews teachers Kristen Kelly and Serene Williams about integrating women's history into education, the ongoing fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, and their research on Catholic feminist activism.
Sherrilyn Amendola opens with a warm welcome and treats ChatGPT as a serious classroom question, especially for history and social studies teachers.