Editor Nate Antiel discusses the soul of Humanitas and its mission to connect students to the people history was written by and about.
Teaching Humanitas
Our latest releases, Humanitas: American Origins and The American Republic, are now available!
Need help navigating primary source documents? Editor Nate Antiel helps guide you through the series and provides tips on teaching from these documents as artifacts themselves!
How to Teach Humanitas: A Teacher's Guide to Primary Sources
Humanitas Features
Humanitas Features
Explore the details of the Humantias texts that help you and your student navigate the worlds of the texts including introductions, highlights, art historical features, and discussion questions.
Back to the Sources: Introducing Humanitas
Back to the Sources: Introducing Humanitas
Get acquainted with the principles of reading primary texts and forming relationships with the people who wrote them.
Primary Sources in the American Texts
Primary Sources in the American Texts
Learn about the curatorial process of selecting the primary source texts our classical educator editors underwent for this series.
On Teaching Difficult Texts
On Teaching
Difficult Texts
Learn how to approach texts that seem intimidating at first glance and lead students confidently through them.
On Teaching Primary Texts from Discussion
On Teaching Primary Texts from Discussion
Receive pointers on how to guide students to the text and through its ideas amid conversations, tensions, and new questions.
Potential Pitfalls
Potential Pitfalls
Discuss the difficulties of primary source readings and the opportunities underlying them.
How to Begin a Discussion on the Declaration of Independence
How to Begin a Discussion on the Declaration of Independence
Use the Declaration of Independence as an example to work through dense texts.
Anecdotes About Students and Primary Sources
Anecdotes About Students and Primary Sources
Hear stories of students' insights transformed by their interactions with primary text.
Discussing Texts with Individual Students
Discussing Texts with Individual Students
Consider the dialectical advantages of one-on-one discussions compared to seminars.
Joining the Great Conversation
Contextualize the power of interacting with the remnants of our ancestors and "eavesdropping" in on the Great Conversation and growing to participate in it.