Thinking Nation - Thinking Nation

Shifting the Paradigm of History Education

We provide schools with innovative data-driven history curriculum and professional development to empower students to become thinking citizens.

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“Thinking Nation's online platform created a streamlined process for me to teach historical thinking skills...and made it very engaging for students."

Enrico Cosinas

8th Grade Teacher

"Not only did the DBQ challenge the way you structured your argument but it challenged your mindset and made you think outside the box.”

Mayrin

10th Grade Student

“Thinking Nation’s reporting capabilities provide me extremely useful feedback for pinpointing where my students are succeeding and where more guidance is needed.”

Robert Chavez

Middle School Teacher

A Historian-approved Curriculum that engages students

Our Standards-aligned curriculum for grades 6-12 uses a document-based approach to empower students to analyze effectively, think historically, and write persuasively.

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Our Expert reviewers

“I really admire the effort and thought that's been invested in this: it's important, timely and original.”

James Walvin

Professor Emeritus in History, University of York

“Thank you for doing this important work in this strange time when history is being weaponized in all kinds of irresponsible ways.”

Nadya Williams

Professor of Ancient History, University of West Georgia

“It is very thoughtfully done and would be a great contribution to any curriculum on the Revolution.”

Denver Brunsman

Associate Professor, Early American Republic, The George Washington Univeristy

Data-driven instruction made easier

We do the grading in order to both give teachers valuable time back and provide objective data to push learning forward.

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We See a Problem

Society is becoming increasingly polarized and our classrooms are struggling to navigate critical issues.

Bigotry over Bias

Bias in itself is not bad if noticed. However, the bigot not only sees the world a certain way, but condemns anyone who sees it differently.

Lack of Perspectives

We often aren't willing to listen to different perspectives. This means we lack empathy when interacting with people different than us.

Clickbait Culture

If we can't understand something in 30 seconds, we don't bother to. We instantly hold opinions on issues we haven't explored deeply.

The Solution is to Cultivate Thinking Citizens

To cultivate thinking citizens and confront the problems we see in civic society, our curriculum empowers students to read closely, think deeply, and write persuasively.

Historical Thinking

Historical Thinking Skills are transferable to any context. Students who can think historically can enter the ever-evolving public world equipped to think through the challenges that arise.

Multiple Perspectives

By allowing students to analyze multiple perspectives in primary sources, they can recognize the complexity of both the past and present. Empathy is formed.

Depth over Breadth

Rather than simply identifying historical moments on a timeline, our curriculum explores unique historical topics in depth, helping students to avoid studying a surface-level past.