Gather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Multi-Day Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals, materials, single-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.

A few months before he died, Thomas Jefferson asked James Madison to “take care of me when dead.” This unusual request was the culmination of a friendship that lasted over five decades and formed the backbone of perhaps the most successful political coalition in American history. This seminar will examine the writings of Jefferson and Madison to understand where they agreed and where they disagreed and to discern, perhaps, where they were right and where they were wrong.

Applications are closed for this seminar. Summer 2026 applications are coming soon!