Non-Boring History

Non-Boring History

Why Does American Schooling Suck?
No, I'm not here for a fight! I'm starting to unpack startling tales from education's own history
 • Annette Laing
Cruelty As The Point
ANNETTE TELLS TALES Workhouses were so cruel, people would rather die than go into them. That was their point. But suppose you had no choice?
 • Annette Laing
Detained
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD People like us, in American concentration camps
 • Annette Laing
The Final Frontier Guy
MEET THE HISTORIAN!/ANNETTE TELLS TALES Let's boldly go with Fred Turner, my ghostly historian neighbor, and seek out why history changes! Yes, it does
 • Annette Laing
Not a Walk in the Park
NON-BORING HISTORY Thinking about victimhood, courage, and agency, that favorite historian word, on a stroll in Birmingham, Alabama
 • Annette Laing
A Drive Through Harriet Tubman's World
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD She wasn't just a symbol or statue. She was a real person.
 • Annette Laing
The Great Exhibition Is Open
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD The First Ever World's Fair Closed in 1851. But Not Really.
 • Annette Laing
It Would Have Been Us
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Weeping Without Shame For Americans Who Were Cruelly Shamed in World War II
 • Annette Laing
Unexpected Turns
What prompts historians (and you!) to take interest in new historical subjects? It's personal. 😁
 • Annette Laing
A Solitary Man's Family
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Popping into a legendary tree-hugger's house, and meeting the women who made John Muir possible
 • Annette Laing
A Difficult Woman Figures Things Out
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Discovering How an 18th Century British Woman Fights Back, and Finds Herself. But Does Anyone Care? Hey, Annette does.
 • Annette Laing
Going Global, 1500 Years Ago
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Fancy Products and Ideas Travel in the "Dark" Ages
 • Annette Laing
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