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Teaching Online While Supporting Distant Students
How are teachers we know around the country dealing with campus closures and the move to distanced learning? They are working harder than ever to learn a new approach, gamely…
Eisenhower in a Time of Crisis
On June 5th, 1944, just one day before D-day’s Normandy landings, General Eisenhower composed a…
Role-Playing the Progressives of 1912: John Moser’s new Reacting to the Past Game
Professor John Moser is well known in the MAHG program for using carefully designed role-playing…
120 years of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
A poem that went on to be adopted as the “black national anthem” – “Lift…
Inspired by George Washington, Teacher Brings Naturalization Ceremony to his High School
“We are a nation of immigrants,” says Sean Brennan, who teaches US government at Brecksville-Broadview…
Talking Across the Generations About History
“The vision of the founding fathers—and of all the other extraordinary people who carried our…
Lonely Dissenter: Jane Addams Reflects on her Peace-making Efforts During World War I
In her essay “Personal Reactions In Time of War,” Jane Addams describes her experience as…
The League of Nations Begins, the United States Abstaining
One hundred years ago this month, forty-one nations became founding members of the League of…
Stunning End to Cold War: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 9 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This momentous…
Does the Presidency Function as the Founders Intended?
[caption id="attachment_36053" align="alignleft" width="307"] Professor Stephen F. Knott[/caption] In his new study of the presidency,…
As the SCOTUS Term Begins: Teaching What Free Speech Means
The first Monday in October traditionally opens the Supreme Court’s yearly term. To mark this…
Junípero Serra, Gaspar de Portolá, and the Spanish Conquest of California
Father Junípero Serra (1713–1784) founded the first Catholic “mission” in what is now present-day California…
For Constitution Day: Teaching the Blessings of Liberty
We rely on teachers of American history, government and civics to do the most critical…
African Americans Resist the Racial Violence of 1919: An Interview with David Krugler
A century ago, in the wake of a rapid demobilization of soldiers returning from World…
Did You Know…? Memorial Day
Did you know that the origins of this weekend's holiday honoring America's servicemen and women…
NCSS – Sign Up for TAH.org Resource & Program Updates
Join us at NCSS this weekend in San Francisco - register with TAH to receive…
Pennsylvania Teacher Testifies to Benjamin Franklin’s Wonderful Life
Talk with teachers participating in TAH.org's programs, and you learn that many have cultivated a deep…
A Conversation with Historian Charles Dew
Charles Dew, author of Apostles of Disunion, published this month The Making of Racist: A Southerner Reflects…