Memorial Day is one of the most significant days for U.S. service members and their families. It is a day set aside for commemorating those who have died in mil...
Right now, I am reading Donald Miller’s enthralling book Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy. This excellent study captures the history of o...
January 27 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. On this day in 1945, Red Army troops from the 322nd ...
Over the winter break, I read Max Hastings' thoughtful study of the Vietnam War entitled Vietnam, An Epic Tragedy. As the title suggests, the Vietnam War was in...
Every Veterans Day, I find myself thinking about sacrifice and service to this country. As a historian and teacher with a background in military history, I am d...
I have written and spoken before about how I was raised with split personality when it came to politics. I had one grandfather, a lifelong public servant, who g...
The founding of our republic was based on the principle that we are all created equal. We could go through the list of Americans who have changed the course of ...
I am dumbfounded by the inability of humans to remember and to learn from history. Although my historical understanding of the world is rooted in my studies for...
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. MLK’s life was one dedicated to the quest for justice and ...
Colorado Academy Head of School Dr. Mike Davis explains "Why I Teach."
Has there been a teacher who made a difference in your child's life? Support teach...
For my REDI lab project, I decided to focus on something that is important to me that I can
relate to. Black history is something I am very passionate about. B...
Fourth grade students made cornhusk dolls in the Lower School Library to round off their two-month unit on the Civil War this week.
Says fourth grader Kather...
Colorado Academy fourth graders had the opportunity to not just read about history, but to experience it firsthand this month. With the help of Denver non-profi...
Fifth Grade students are conducting classroom work in preparation for their April trip to Crow Canyon in the Four Corners area. This weeklong trip to learn abo...
Colorado Academy Fourth Graders are learning about the American Revolution, and their studies are enriched by learning about Patriots and Loyalists from this ti...
