Cross-post from AdaKat.com:

In today’s classrooms, time is tight, standards are high, and the future is arriving faster than ever. As educators, we’re expected to prepare students for a world shaped by artificial intelligence, digital media, and global change—all while meeting the demands of packed curriculum guides.

Too often, history and social studies are the first to be cut. But what if they’re exactly what students need most?

That’s the premise behind our new book, History Matters in an Age of AI: Interdisciplinary Approaches for K-8 to be released July 2, 2025 on Amazon.

This isn’t a book about adding more. It’s about making what you already teach more meaningful.

We wrote this book because we’ve seen how powerful it is when teachers use history to deepen learning across the curriculum. When students explore the past, they sharpen the skills they need to question the present and shape the future.

Whether you’re a kindergarten teacher building literacy skills or a middle school teacher navigating digital citizenship and AI ethics, this book offers practical, standards-aligned ways to bring history into your classroom, in ways that work for your schedule, your students, and your goals.

Leading up to the July 2, 2025 book launch, we each published blogposts reflecting our passion for this topic.

Gold Rush Meets Wi-Fi: Teaching History Through Computer Science

History Can’t Wait: Teaching in an Age of AI and Misinformation

These post are a mere preview of the standards-aligned lesson ideas, pedagogical strategies, and interdisciplinary approaches found in our new book.

Inside the book, you’ll find:

• Strategies to integrate history with reading, writing, math, science, and digital literacy
• Ideas for using tech—like timelines, maps, and digital storytelling—to bring history to life
• Ways to align with standards without sacrificing relevance
• Ready-to-use lesson ideas and examples from real classrooms

We believe that history isn’t a luxury. It’s the lens students need to make sense of the world they’re inheriting. And when taught interdisciplinarily, history doesn’t take time away from core instruction, it makes that instruction more connected, more engaging, and more essential.

If you’ve ever felt like history deserves more time in your classroom but weren’t sure how to fit it in, this book is for you.