Author: Nate Noorlander

Media Literacy Challenge #1: Lateral reading

The Nomadic Professor’s 2026 Media Literacy Challenge: Read Smarter Online! Twice a month throughout 2026, America’s 250th anniversary year, we’ll share one small skill to help you read better online—social media, YouTube, podcasts, newsletters, forums, magazines, journals, newspapers, and everything between. Challenge #1 is Lateral reading: learning about the source before read from the source.

What kind of history does the Nomadic Professor do?

Nomadic Professor teaches history as method, not ideology: build knowledge, then master bias, evidence, and context to judge competing narratives with confidence.

Whose “Last Frontier”?

How do we explore history without choosing sides? In tackling various angles of the contested narratives surrounding Alaska’s past, this course challenges simplistic, one-sided interpretations. The History of Alaska: America’s Last Frontier? dives into the complexity of indigenous land rights, colonization, and competing perspectives—encouraging learners to move beyond black-and-white storytelling. Discover a curriculum that takes the past seriously on its own terms. Learn more at Nomadic Professor.

Instructor/Parent Question: Do your courses center God?

Recently, we received another question from a parent considering our courses for her children. After sharing a belief that God stands at the forefront of the historical events that have shaped the United States, the question was roughly as follows: Do your courses center God? Here’s Nate Noorlander’s reply on behalf of The Nomadic Professor: […]

Instructor/Parent Question: Do you teach a whitewashed version of history?

We received the following question this week from someone considering our courses for her son. As it’s an excellent (and recurring) question, we’re glad to have received her permission to share it here:  We’re excited to have found your courses as we head into home educating our son for high school. We’re trying to be […]