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Teaching Lincoln’s Decision-Making
Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death. Instead of a story about Lincoln, we're posting a story about a teacher who, each year in history class, tears the great…
Understanding the Immigrant Experience Through History and Literature
Pam Cummings, 2018 Madison Fellow for Arkansas and a student in the Master of Arts…
Did American Imperialism Threaten American Values?
Today we continue our exploration of Teaching American History’s two-volume document collection, Documents and Debates in…
Documents in Detail: Thomas Jefferson’s Letters to John Holmes and Henry Lee
Our Documents in Detail episode for Wednesday 18 November 2020 will focus on two…
2020’s Complicated Election Process
During this pandemic year, far more voters than ever before are expected to use mail-in…
1774: The Year Between Resistance and Rebellion
Today we continue our exploration of Teaching American History's two-volume document collection, Documents and Debates…
Sneak Peak at our New Core Document Collections: Congress & Political Parties
Parties, political power and partisans, oh my! As Americans look ahead to Election Day 2020,…
Remembering Roger Williams
On October 9, 1635, Roger Williams was exiled from the colony of Massachusetts--banished for having…
Saturday Webinar: How Did the Progressives Differ from the Founders?
This episode in our "Enduring American Questions" Saturday Webinar series will air live on…
Documents in Detail: James Madison’s “Property”
Join us for our October episode of Documents in Detail, during which we'll discuss James…
For “Classical Leadership Education,” TAH Document Collections Ground History Study
Miles Mathews teaches 11th grade US history at the John Adams Academy (JAA), a public charter…
In Their Words — Interviews With Teachers On the Power of Primary Documents