Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. Free professional development. What more could you ask for?

Applications open soon for our Spring 2025 Multi Day Seminars! We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The application will be open September 9-29, 2024. Some of our topics include:

• Security, Self Determination, and Empire: The Grand Alliance, 1941-1945 at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA.
• Controversy, Consensus, and Compromise in the American Founding, at  Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon, AZ.
• The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of the Nineties at  George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum in College Station, TX.
• Born Into Conflict: The United States and American Indians at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine, FL.
• How Congress Began at  National Constitution Center & Independence Hall National Historic Park  in Philadelphia, PA.
• Salem Witch Trials at Salem Witch Museum in Salem, MA.
• Andrew Jackson at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage in Nashville, TN.
• Ellis Island: 19^th & Early 20^th Century Immigration at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration in Newark, NJ.

Each Multi-Day seminar runs for three days and brings together a small group of teachers from around the country. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. See a sample itinerary here.

Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. At the end of each course, teacher participants receive a letter of participation for 15 contact hours and a $600 stipend to help defray travel costs or other expenses. 

For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. Have more questions? Click here.