The Civil War had been raging for over two years when Abraham Lincoln began speaking to a large crowd gathered at the Executive Mansion on July 7, 1863. Lincoln thanked
“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
In 1982, country music legend Merle Haggard performed for President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and their guests at the Sierra Grande Ranch in the Santa Ynez Mountains three
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
Your coeditor for this volume, Patrick J. Garrity, passed away less than a year after you finished the project. Dr. Garrity was a quiet man who never taught for Teaching
On June 1, 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a war zone. Just before dawn, a loud whistle signaled a 10,000-strong army to swarm across railroad tracks and besiege the neighborhood of Greenwood,
