Category: Article

making sense of the somewhat contradictory story of our founding and subsequent development as a nation.

Lincoln’s Apple of Gold

The image featured on the cover of TAH’s new document volume, Abraham Lincoln, might puzzle the casual observer. Why a golden apple in a silver frame? Looking closer, you might

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Weekend Seminars Return!

Historic locations. A supportive and engaged educator community. Free professional development. What more could you ask for? Applications are now open for our Spring 2023 weekend seminars! We are hosting

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World War II: An Educator Resource

Our popular document collection on World War II, edited by Jennifer D. Keene, has been published in a second, corrected edition. After using the collection in many Teaching American History seminars,

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Reacting to Pearl Harbor

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, today we share a document from Dec. 7th, 1941 with you. This primary source, along with thirty-three others

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