This school year, the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology launches a series to explore strategies for using digital ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the online Native Cinema Showcase, celebrating short films by Indigenous filmmakers of the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s annual ...

I’m always reluctant to talk about upcoming columns, because in this twisted era everything changes at the drop of a MAGA hat, and I hate to jinx things. But as of now, I’m booked for a trip to ...

Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw empires battling for supremacy in the Americas, with Native nations caught in ...

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the ...

On a chilly midweek afternoon, hundreds of New York City high school students gathered in the pews of Trinity Church in Lower ...