Stearns, Peter N.2020-02-272020-02-272020-02-24Stearns, P. N. (2020). Teaching about the history of fear. International Journal of Fear Studies, 2(1), 9-16http://hdl.handle.net/1880/111684This article discusses existing approaches to teaching about a history of fear and their limitations. First, the possibility of basic changes in fear over the past three centuries deserves serious attention; there are relevant data and explanations. A second approach, focused on fear episodes, also has merit, including the opportunity to assess the reasons widespread fears recede. Without pretending a definitive model, historical perspectives contribute to our understanding of fear, just as fear deserves a more robust place in the growing field of emotions history.engP. N. Stearns ©2020emotions historyfearteachingfear episodesjournal article10.11575/PRISM/37603