Community Conversations: Teaching and Learning History

Levine Museum of the New South is proud to partner with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library to discuss the current climate of teaching history. This conversation encourages educators, students, and community members to engage in meaningful dialogue about the significance of understanding and teaching history today, highlighting how history influences the present and shapes our vision for the future.

Together, we will explore how stories of the past are chosen, challenged, and carried forward—both in classrooms and in public life. Educators and students will share their experiences navigating, shifting expectations, diverse perspectives, and the everyday realities of teaching and learning in a rapidly changing world. This is a space for reflection, inquiry, and connection—for anyone who cares about how history lives in us and around us.

PANELISTS:

Amanda Styles

Ballantyne Ridge IB High School

Amanda has a bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in secondary education at UNC Charlotte where she also obtained a master’s Degree in Academically Gifted Education. She has taught since 2012 in North Carolina and loves the work she does. She is a NC native and a happily married cat mom.

David Harris

Providence Day School

David teaches Middle School History at Providence Day School, and also serves as the Middle School Equity, Inclusion and Belonging co-coordinator. He is a native of the Chicago area, and in his spare time he enjoys watching the White Sox, reading, genealogy, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. David currently hosts the podcast, “The Teacher’s Forum,” which aims to amplify the voices and concerns of K-12 educators, particularly educators of color.

Host or Publisher Levine Museum of the New South