From September 11 – 28, 1893, the city of Chicago hosted what is now recognized as the first formal interfaith gathering in America. Known as the Parliament of the World’s Religions, the
Today we continue our exploration of Teaching American History’s two-volume document collection, Documents and Debates in American History and Government Almost exactly 230 years ago—on August 17, 1790—President George Washington
As the 2020 school year begins in Florida, a months-long pandemic continues, putting new demands on teachers. Jennifer Jolley has spent the summer rethinking her lesson plans so as to
At TAH, we know plans for the return to school this fall remain in flux in many districts—and that even though in many cases classroom instruction won’t look ‘like normal,’
Today we continue our exploration of Teaching American History’s two-volume document collection, Documents and Debates in American History and Government. July 4, 1894 was not a peaceful Independence Day for
With attention now turning to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, we offer today an interview with the editor of a new volume in our Core Document Collection, Political Parties.
Frederick Douglass, in one of his last speeches, drew attention to a little-known book published in 1680, The Negroes’ and Indians’ Advocate, Suing for Their Admission Into the Church. Written
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history functions for a nation as memory does for an individual. Without memory, an individual or
On May 29, 1868, General Ulysses S Grant accepted the Republican nomination for president in a short letter to Joseph R Hawley, the party’s convention president. Grant concluded his brief
The tributes to Congressman John Lewis have flooded the airwaves and filled the newspapers since his death on July 17 from pancreatic cancer. Lewis was a legend, an icon of
