History

AASLH provides leadership and support for its members who preserve and interpret state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful to all Americans.

The American Historical Association (AHA) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research. As the largest historical society in the United States, the AHA provides leadership and advocacy for the profession, fights to ensure academic freedom, and monitors professional standards.

Aims to revitalize interest in history by challenging by challenging the traditional ways people learn about the past. Produces print, visual, and multimedia materials about working men and women whose actions and beliefs shaped American history. Produces teaching materials focusing on social history.

Promotes the importance of history in schools and society, partners with numerous school districts in Teaching American History projects, and annually presents a major history education conference for historians, educators, and museum and historic site staff.

The Organization of American Historians promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.

To support faculty devoted to the importance of history education in universities, community colleges, and pre-collegiate schools. The Society for History Education supports all disciplines in history education in universities, community colleges, and secondary schools through its membership journal, The History Teacher. SHE is an Affiliate of the American Historical Association.

Founded in 1982, with a mission to promote the study of global history by encouraging and supporting research, teaching, collegial communication, and publication in world history.