This week we’re marking the 125th anniversary of the presidential election season of 1896. In this groundbreaking year, both parties’ candidates deviated from past campaign practices, writes John Giltner, a
Rusty Eder, who teaches American history and government at West Nottingham Academy in Maryland, prompts students to think by asking seemingly goofy questions that lead in fascinating directions. Eder is
A reconstruction of a conversation from late January 2002, my classroom, 2nd period AP US History, student’s name altered for privacy: “Ms. Bryan, after Reconstruction, where did the Black people
An Interview with Jason Jividen This month we are featuring our core document collection Populists and Progressives, edited by Jason Jividen. Dr. Jividen, who teaches politics at St. Vincent College
“I know my students pretty well by the time they are seniors,” says Christina Cote. She teaches every history and government course they take between 7th and 12th grade. In
This June 25 marks the 80th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 8802, prohibiting discrimination in the defense industry. Considered from three critical perspectives, this small but important
Mapp v. Ohio 367 U.S. 643 (1961) On May 23, 1957, police officers came to the home of Dollree Mapp based on information that a bombing-case suspect and betting equipment
On June 14, 1846, 175 years ago, north of a small mission town called San Francisco, a group of American settlers declared the existence of a California republic, fashioning a
We asked our faculty what books they are reading during the more relaxed months of summer. Their choices, below, show their wide-ranging interests in history, biography, and fiction. Perhaps one
Over the past three years, I have grown a dual enrollment West Virginia History class at my school from only eight students in its first year to almost 50 students
