Remembering Seneca Falls
This blog post, written by faculty member Sarah Morgan Smith, was first posted on July 16, 2020. We rerun it today in honor of the 175th anniversary of the first
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This blog post, written by faculty member Sarah Morgan Smith, was first posted on July 16, 2020. We rerun it today in honor of the 175th anniversary of the first
General Gouverneur K. Warren saw the problem in a flash, the flash of Confederate bayonets threatening the Army of the Potomac’s position on Cemetery Ridge near the village of Gettysburg. Behind
Apart from Richard Nixon’s two-armed-victory-fingered-wave goodbye atop the steps of Marine One preparing to depart the South Lawn of the White House in his final hours as president, John Dean’s hearing before the Select Committee
Where do you find the unexamined documentary history of the Great Plains during the time of settlement and early statehood? In the archives of county courthouses, Donna Devlin has found.
Larry Dorenkamp uses aphorisms to communicate life lessons to students in his 8th grade American history course at North Hills Middle School, near Pittsburgh. “Words matter,” he says, emphasizing the
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For the past four years I have had the privilege to teach a dual enrollment class on American Indian History. While I love teaching this course, it can be difficult
As pivotal a constitutional event as it was, the Thirteenth Amendment’s abolition of slavery initially accomplished less than its supporters had hoped — substantially due to President Lincoln’s successor Andrew Johnson’s
Today we feature an interview with Professor John Moser, author of The Great Depression and The New Deal, a concise history of this critical juncture in American history. The first
Did you know? Teaching American History partners with Ashland University to offer weeklong summer graduate courses that combine quality instruction with the opportunity to become part of a community of