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Lonely Dissenter: Jane Addams Reflects on her Peace-making Efforts During World War I
In her essay “Personal Reactions In Time of War,” Jane Addams describes her experience as an opponent of World War I during a time of growing pro-war sentiment in the…
Meet Our Teacher Partners: Alan Vitale
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America's story through historical documents because history…
African Americans Resist the Racial Violence of 1919: An Interview with David Krugler
A century ago, in the wake of a rapid demobilization of soldiers returning from World…
Documents in Detail: Federalist 1
Federalist 1 (1787) was the focus of the 25 SEP 2019 Documents in Detail webinar.…
Documents Related to Labor, Servitude and Slavery in Early America
In a post earlier this week, we marked the 400th anniversary of the arrival of…
400th Anniversary of Landing of African Slaves at Jamestown
In late August 1619, John Rolfe tells us that the first enslaved Africans arrived in…
Jonathan Edwards: Founding Father of American Evangelicalism
The theme of this year’s Teaching American History Saturday webinars is American Minds. Prominent scholars…
The Atomic Bombs in the Context of World War II
On 6 August 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped…
Saturday Webinar: Benjamin Franklin
Live show aired at 11am, Saturday, 7 SEP 2019, exploring Franklin the entrepreneur, thinker, scientist,…
Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story Part II: Teenaged Integration Pioneers Endure a Lonely Spotlight
Continuing our blog series on the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, last…
Women’s Rights & Roles: Colonial America