The History Teacher publishes articles of three general types: (1) reports on promising new classroom techniques, educational programs, curricula, and methods of evaluating instructional effectiveness; (2) analyses of important interpretations, leading historians, historiographical problems, and recent trends in specific fields of historical research; and (3) critical review essays on audio-visual materials, textbooks, and other secondary works suitable for classroom use.

The History Teacher also publishes, as regular departments, reviews of audio-visual materials, textbooks, supplementary readers, and other printed classroom materials, with evaluations of their scholarly reliability, formats, and effectiveness of presentation.

Readers interested in contributing reviews should advise (via email) the Editorial Assistant of their qualifications and areas of specialization.