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Forgotten Stories in American History: The Battle of Peleliu
This is the first in a series of posts we’re calling Forgotten Stories in American History. It will point out events, people, ideas and places from our history that you…
For Constitution Day: Teaching the Blessings of Liberty
We rely on teachers of American history, government and civics to do the most critical…
The Constitutional Convention Online Exhibit – A Great Resource for Teachers and Students
In anticipation of Constitution Day (September 17), TAH invites you to take a look through…
Meet Our Teacher Partners: Melanie Stuthard
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history…
Saturday Webinar: Alexander Hamilton
American Minds Webinar Live show to air at 11am, Saturday, 5 OCT 2019, exploring 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At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history…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) will be the focus of the 25 SEP 2019 Documents in Detail…
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…
Women’s Rights & Roles: Colonial America
In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women…
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
https://tah-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/19-20+podcasts/American+Minds+-+Benjamin+Franklin.mp3 Live show to air at 11am, Saturday, 7 SEP 2019, exploring Franklin the entrepreneur,…
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…
Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story
Editor’s Note: Earlier this spring as the TAH editorial team was preparing for our essay commemorating…
Documents in Detail: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
https://tah-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/19-20+podcasts/2019+08+28+DiD+VA+Statue+for+Religous+Freedom.mp3 The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786) will be the focus of the 28…
TAH Webinars: How They Are Different and Why You Should Register
As with all TAH programs, our webinar series are designed to help classroom teachers…
Foreshadowing Brown: How a South Carolina Case Influenced the Supreme Court’s School Desegregation Ruling
As teachers, we know students become more interested in historical events if you can establish…
The Moon Landing – Resources for the 50th Anniversary
On 20 July 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people…
Saturday Webinar: Jonathan Edwards
https://tah-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/19-20+podcasts/2019+08+17+SatWeb+J+Edwards+audio.mp3 Live show aired at 11am, Saturday, 17 AUG 2019, exploring the famed revivalist preacher…
What We’re Talking About: A MAHG Reading Roundup 4
Every summer, TeachingAmericanHistory brings together scholars and teachers from around the nation to our campus…
Core Documents Collection: Women’s Voices in Religion in American History and Politics
https://tah-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/CDC+Podcasts/CDC+Women's+Voices+RAHP.mp3 While women have historically made up an overwhelming percentage of America’s religious practitioners, their…
What We’re Talking About: A MAHG Reading Roundup 3
Every summer, TeachingAmericanHistory brings together scholars and teachers from around the nation to our campus…
Protesting the Louisiana Purchase
For most teachers and students of American history the decision seems like the no-brainer of…
What We’re Talking About: A MAHG Reading Roundup 2
Every summer, TeachingAmericanHistory brings together scholars and teachers from around the nation to our campus…
What We’re Talking About: A MAHG Reading Roundup
Every summer, TeachingAmericanHistory brings together scholars and teachers from around the nation to our campus…
Summer Reading Recommendations from Our Staff
Unsure of what to read this summer? The Teaching American History staff have some recommendations.…
Adding the Lens of Literature to the Testimony of Primary Documents
This summer, Suzanne Hunter Brown will join historian Jennifer Keene (Chapman University) to lead a…
D-Day: What if it had failed?
General Dwight Eisenhower was the most powerful man in the world in early June, 1944,…
Religion and Rhetoric in Times of War: The 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Religious Rhetoric at the Front Among other equipment for battle on D-Day, the invading troops…
2019-2020 Webinars – Registration is Open
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+05+29+Podcast.mp3 Saturday Webinars: American Minds – REGISTER HERE During the 2019-20 school year we will…
Did You Know…? Memorial Day
Did you know that the origins of this weekend’s holiday honoring America’s servicemen and women…
USS Midway Institute for Teachers
Join TAH.org and the USS Midway Museum Institute for Teachers for our Seminar series on…
Saturday Webinar: Federalists vs. Antifederalists
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2018+09+08+Federalists+vs+Antifederalists.mp3 The second of TAH.org’s Great American Debates webinar series took place on Saturday, 8 September.…
“A Great Day for America and its Court”: Brown v. Board of Education Recognizes Segregation As “Inherently Unequal”
Today marks the 65th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court decision mandating racial desegregation in…
Documents in Detail: LBJ’s Great Society
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+05+15+DiD+Great+Society.mp3 In this final episode of the 2018-19 Documents in Detail year, we discuss President…
Saturday Webinars: The Great Society vs. Modern Conservatism
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019.05.11+SatWeb+Great+Society+vs+Conservatism.mp3 The final episode in the 2018-19 Great American Debates webinar series, in which the…
Documents in Detail: FDR’s 1944 State of the Union Speech
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+04+24+DiD+FDRs+1944+SOTU.mp3 In this month’s episode of Documents in Detail, TAH faculty members discussed the meaning,…
Saturday Webinars: Martin Luther King, jr. vs. Malcolm X
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+04+05+MLK+vs+MalX.mp3 Drs. Chris Burkett, Peter Myers, and Lucas Morel discussed the different views and goals…
Documents in Detail: Wilson’s Fourteen Points
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+03+20+DiD+Wilsons+Fourteen+Points.mp3 Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points laid out Wilson’s plan for not only a post-war world,…
The Bill of Rights
TAH has produced some new content and resources about the Bill of Rights, and we’ve…
Core American Documents: The Bill of Rights
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/CDC+Podcasts/Gordon+Lloyd+Bill+of+Rights+CDC.mp3 TeachingAmericanHistory.org is excited to share another resource for American history, government, civics, and social…
162nd Anniversary of Dred Scott v. Sandford
March 6th is the anniversary of the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision, and…
Saturday Webinar: FDR vs. Hoover
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+03+02+SatWeb+FDR+vs+Hoover.mp3 TAH’S Saturday Webinar on March 3rd, 2019, focused on the ideological, practical, and political…
Documents in Detail: Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+02+20+DiD+TRs+Corollary+to+the+Monroe+Doctrine.mp3 An essential statement of America’s changing role in the world at the time, both…
Saturday Webinar: Imperialists vs. Non-Interventionists
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+02+02+Imperialists+vs+NonInterventionists.mp3 TAH.org’s Great American Debates Saturday Webinar for 2 February 2019 focused on the heated…
Documents in Detail: Lincoln’s Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+01+23+Repeal+of+the+Missouri+Compromise+Speech.mp3 Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 speech on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise signaled his return…
Saturday Webinar: Secessionists vs. Unionists
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+01+12+Great+American+Debates+Secession+vs+Union.mp3 The first Great American Debates webinar of 2019 took place on Saturday, 12 January,…
Women’s Rights & Roles: The American Revolution