One Question With...: Dr Kathleen Duval - Life in Colonial America

📜 Before there was a Declaration of Independence, there was a whole continent in motion. North America was home to hundreds of Indigenous nations, rival European empires, enslaved Africans, and a patchwork of colonial communities whose tangled relationships shaped the land for centuries. 🎙️ In this episode, SCP Master Teacher Sam Futrell sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Dr. Kathleen DuVal to dig into the complex world of early America — and how social, economic, and political forces set the stage for the American Revolution. ✨ Whether you teach early American history or just want a richer, fuller picture of how it all began, this conversation opens up a more inclusive view of the colonial world. 👤 About Our Guest --- Dr. Kathleen DuVal is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one of the nation's leading historians of early America and Native American history. 📚 Books by Dr. Kathleen DuVal 🏆 Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent 🌅 Keep Learning with lilyPD --- Enjoyed the conversation? Explore The Horizon of Independence, a free professional learning course from William & Mary and lilyPD about the road to American Independence. 🎁 And there's more — check out the free teacher resources for this course, including our curated primary source collections and student-facing videos for primary source analysis. 🍎 Find all of our professional development content for K–12 educators at 👉 https://lilypd.wm.edu ℹ️ A quick note: the views expressed by guests on One Question With are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of William & Mary or the Office of Strategic Cultural Partnerships.Here you go — same description, now with some personality: