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Why Should We Teach Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered "a few appropriate remarks" at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The inspiring prose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address…
Core Documents Collection: Causes of the Civil War
https://cdc-volumes.s3.amazonaws.com/CDC+Causes+of+the+Civil+War+Stevens.mp3 Teaching American History's latest Core Documents Collection, Causes of the Civil War explains the…
Saturday Webinar: Henry Clay
American Minds Webinar Live show aired at 11am, Saturday, 2 NOV 2019, with a focus…
Documents in Detail: Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801) will be the focus of the 23 OCT 2019…
Constitution Day Lecture from Professor Gordon Lloyd
Professor Gordon Lloyd, Senior Fellow at the Ashbrook Center, author of TAH's four Exhibits on…
Saturday Webinar: Alexander Hamilton
American Minds Webinar Live show to air at 11am, Saturday, 5 OCT 2019, exploring the…
Documents in Detail: Federalist 1
Federalist 1 (1787) will be the focus of the 25 SEP 2019 Documents in Detail…
Saturday Webinar: Benjamin Franklin
Live show to air at 11am, Saturday, 7 SEP 2019, exploring Franklin the entrepreneur, thinker,…
Documents in Detail: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786) will be the focus of the 28 AUG…
Saturday Webinar: Jonathan Edwards
Live show aired at 11am, Saturday, 17 AUG 2019, exploring the famed revivalist preacher and…
Core Documents Collection: Women’s Voices in Religion in American History and Politics
While women have historically made up an overwhelming percentage of America’s religious practitioners, their roles…
2019-2020 Webinars – Registration is Open
Saturday Webinars: American Minds - REGISTER HERE During the 2019-20 school year we will revisit…
Saturday Webinar: Federalists vs. Antifederalists
The second of TAH.org's Great American Debates webinar series took place on Saturday, 8 September. Our…
Documents in Detail: LBJ’s Great Society
In this final episode of the 2018-19 Documents in Detail year, we discuss President Lyndon…
Saturday Webinars: The Great Society vs. Modern Conservatism
The final episode in the 2018-19 Great American Debates webinar series, in which the ideas,…
Documents in Detail: FDR’s 1944 State of the Union Speech
In this month's episode of Documents in Detail, TAH faculty members discussed the meaning, context…
Saturday Webinars: Martin Luther King, jr. vs. Malcolm X
Drs. Chris Burkett, Peter Myers, and Lucas Morel discussed the different views and goals of…
Documents in Detail: Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points laid out Wilson's plan for not only a post-war world, but…
Core American Documents: The Bill of Rights
TeachingAmericanHistory.org is excited to share another resource for American history, government, civics, and social studies…
Saturday Webinar: FDR vs. Hoover
TAH'S Saturday Webinar on March 3rd, 2019, focused on the ideological, practical, and political debates…
Documents in Detail: Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
An essential statement of America's changing role in the world at the time, both aimed…
Saturday Webinar: Imperialists vs. Non-Interventionists
TAH.org's Great American Debates Saturday Webinar for 2 February 2019 focused on the heated years…
Documents in Detail: Lincoln’s Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Abraham Lincoln's 1865 speech on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise signaled his return to…
Saturday Webinar: Secessionists vs. Unionists
The first Great American Debates webinar of 2019 took place on Saturday, 12 January, with…
Documents in Detail: Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Roger Weightman
Thomas Jefferson wrote this letter only weeks before his death in 1826, and in it…
Saturday Webinar: Lincoln vs. Douglas
TAH.org's last Saturday Webinar for 2018 took place on 1 December, and featured another Great…
Documents in Detail: Bill of Rights
Our Documents in Detail episode for 14 NOV 18 focused on the Bill of Rights:…
Saturday Webinar: Frederick Douglass vs. William Lloyd Garrison
Program Archive Page TAH.org's Saturday Webinar for 10 NOV 2018 focused on the debate between…
Documents in Detail: Brutus I
The 24 OCT 18 episode of Documents in Detail took a look at Brutus I,…
Saturday Webinars: Jefferson vs. Hamilton
The Saturday Webinar for October 2018 featured a discussion of the political and personal split…
Core American Documents: The Executive Branch
"[The concept of executive power]...in our system of government, which subscribes to the rule of…
TAH.org Podcast Now on Google Play
You can access our current and archived podcasts through Google Play, and subscribe to our…
Constitution Day Lecture: “The Least Dangerous Branch”
Professor Gordon Lloyd gave the attached address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library as part…
Documents in Detail: Madison’s Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
[caption id="attachment_4149" align="alignright" width="199"] Click to view on Amazon[/caption] Today's episode of Documents in Detail focused…
Core American Documents: Reconstruction
"Reconstruction is one of these times in American History where you can learn the limits…
Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport: Full Reading
https://s3.amazonaws.com/document-readings/GW+letter+podcast.mp3 "...to bigotry no sanction..." After receiving congratulations from people and groups from across America…
Documents in Detail: James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance
James Madison authored a powerful defense of religious liberty while serving in the Virginia state…
The Declaration of Independence: Full Reading
https://s3.amazonaws.com/document-readings/Declaration+of+Independence+Podcast.mp3 TAH.org is doing a trial run of making recorded readings of essential original documents…
Saturday Webinar: Patriots vs. Loyalists
The 2018-19 season of TAH.org's Saturday Webinars got off to a great start on 18…
Core Documents Collection: Religion in American History and Politics
"You can't understand American History without understanding the role of religion in our history and…
Core American Documents: World War 2
[podcast] Today's podcast includes an interview with Dr. Jennifer Keene, of Chapman University and president of the…
Core American Documents: The Constitutional Convention
The best way to study the advantages and disadvantages of compromise is to study the…
Core American Documents: The American Founding
The American Founding, which took place from 1776-1791, is book-ended by the Declaration of Independence…
Core American Documents: Great Depression and New Deal
The Great Depression and New Deal can be more easily understood by thinking of it…
TAH.org Podcasts Now Available on Stitcher!
The TAH.org podcast, already available through iTunes and our RSS feed, and now with over…
Documents in Detail: A Time for Choosing
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Core American Documents: Documents and Debates
The latest volumes of our Core American Documents Collections – Documents and Debates – are…
Core Documents: 2 Volume “Documents and Debates” now available
The latest volumes of our Core American Documents Collections – Documents and Debates – are…
Saturday Webinar: Iran Hostage Crisis
TAH.org's last Saturday Webinar for the 2017-18 school year, today we focused on the 444…
Documents in Detail: MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
Today's Documents in Detail webinar focused on Dr. Martin Luther King jr.'s "I Have a Dream…
Core American Documents: The Cold War
Today's podcast includes a conversation with David Krugler, Professor of History at the University of…