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SUMMARY:Three Dead Guys Walk into a Bar: Franklin\, Twain\, Rogers and the Heritage of American Political Humor
DESCRIPTION:This seminar explores how three iconic figures in American history—Benjamin Franklin\, Mark Twain\, and Will Rogers—utilized wit\, satire\, and humor to navigate and critique pivotal eras of political and social change. Participants will examine Franklin’s pioneering political cartoons and essays targeting tyranny and corruption in the Revolutionary era\, Twain’s incisive commentary on Frontier life and the growth of America’s industrial economy\, and Rogers’s folksy humorous take on Congress\, presidents\, and economic policies during the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression. Through a survey of American political humor across a number of historical periods\, the seminar will examine how satire and wit served as powerful tools for political expression\, civic engagement\, and social critique\, shaping American attitudes toward power\, democracy\, and public life. \n\nHistoric Site: Mark Twain House & Museum\nHotel: Hartford Marriott Downtown\n\nGather 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 Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet.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. \n  \nApplications for this event have closed. Please apply to one of our Fall offerings by June 12!
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/three-dead-guys-walk-into-a-bar-franklin-twain-rogers-and-the-heritage-of-american-political-humor/
LOCATION:Hartford\, CT
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:The American Founding
DESCRIPTION:This seminar offers an overview of the principles of the American Founding and the documents that embody them\, especially the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. These principles will be illuminated through a close study of the events of the American Revolution and the struggle over ratification of the Constitution. \n\nHistoric Site: Valley Forge National Historic Park\nHotel: The Alloy King of Prussia-a Doubletree by Hilton\n\nGather 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. \n  \nApplications for this event have closed. Please apply to one of our Fall offerings by June 12!
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/the-american-founding/
LOCATION:Valley Forge\, PA\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260805T170000
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SUMMARY:West Coast Immigration
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will focus on immigration to the West Coast of the United States from the mid-to-late 1800s to the present day. Using a mixture of primary source documents\, memoirs\, and short fiction\, we will study topics such as Chinese immigration and exclusion\, Japanese immigration and internment during World War II\, refugees from Southeast Asia in the 1970s and 1980s\, and Mexican-American immigration throughout the 20th century. \n\nHistoric Site: Angel Island Immigration Station\nHotel: The Lodge at Tiburon\nThis seminar is part of our CA Initiative!\n\nGather 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.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/west-coast-immigration/
LOCATION:Angel Island\, CA\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:The American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:One of the enduring puzzles of the American Revolution is how American colonists\, once loyal to the king and enthusiastically attached to their status as British subjects\, could by 1776 stand willing to declare their independence and wage a war to secure it. This five-session seminar uses primary sources to examine the principles and philosophies that formed the basis of American colonists’ loyalty to Britain as well as their protests against measures instituted by Parliament in the aftermath of the 1754-63 French and Indian War. It examines the escalation of the imperial crisis\, the efficacy of Britain’s responses to colonial resistance\, and the difficulties armed conflict posed for both the British Army and troops fighting for the self-declared independent United States\, which seemingly surmounted great odds to defeat (or at least outlast) the most powerful military in the world.  \n\nHistoric Site: Old Fort Niagara\nHotel: Sheraton Niagara Falls\n\nGather 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.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/the-american-revolution-2/
LOCATION:Niagara Falls\, NY\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:Patriots\, Loyalists\, and Revolution in NYC
DESCRIPTION:Seminar participants will play the role-immersion game\, Patriots\, Loyalists\, and Revolution in New York City\, 1775-1776. They will enter into the political and social chaos of a revolutionary New York City\, where patriot and loyalist forces argued and fought for advantage among a divided populace. In order to play\, participants take on historical roles and engage with the ideological foundations of revolution and government through close readings of Locke\, Paine\, and other contemporary arguments. \n\nHistoric Site: Fraunces Tavern\nHotel: Summer Housing at Barnard College \n\n(Private bedroom with shared bathroom)\n\n\n\nGather 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.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/patriots-loyalists-and-revolution-in-nyc/
LOCATION:New York\, NY
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:How Congress Began
DESCRIPTION:Congress began as a revolutionary body\, gathering representatives from the colonies to protest British policy and eventually declaring independence from Great Britain.  During the Revolution Congress served as the organ of government for the new United States\, but dissatisfaction with their performance led to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 and the redesign of Congress as a bicameral legislature.  Looking at the Revolutionary Congresses\, the Articles Congress\, the Convention’s reconfiguration\, and the First Congress under the new Constitution\, we will explore the origins of America’s “republican branch.” \n\nHistoric Site: James Madison’s Montpelier\nHotel: Constitutional Village at Montpelier\n\nGather 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.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/how-congress-began-2/
LOCATION:Montpelier Station\, VA\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T130000
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CREATED:20260109T092325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T160626Z
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SUMMARY:JFK and the New Frontier
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThis workshop will examine the presidency of the 35th President of the United States\, John F. Kennedy. The early 1960s was a time of prosperity\, optimism\, and idealism in America\, and the young president embodied those themes. We will begin by looking at the issue of Kennedy’s Catholic religion during the 1960 election. Then we will focus on JFK’s domestic policy initiatives as well as his changing attitudes toward civil rights during his short administration. Lastly\, we will examine his Cold War foreign policy\, especially in relation to Cuba and Vietnam. The workshop will also include a tour of the JFK Presidential Library and Museum\, as well as a walking tour of Columbia Point\, the home of the JFK Library\, which includes a wealth of interesting history. \nApplications are closed for this seminar. Summer 2026 applications are coming soon!
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/jfk-and-the-new-frontier/
LOCATION:Boston\, MA\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T130000
DTSTAMP:20260306T160605Z
CREATED:20260109T092238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T160605Z
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SUMMARY:The Cold War: From Origins to Apogee\, 1945-1962
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nAfter defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan\, the American people looked forward to a long period of peace and cooperation with their former allies in the Soviet Union. What they got instead was 45 years of simmering international hostility\, occasionally breaking out in proxy wars\, and on several occasions bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. This seminar will examine roughly the first half of the Cold War\, from its origins through the Cuban Missile Crisis\, with an emphasis on the different ways that the ongoing contest with the Soviet Union was handled by Presidents Truman\, Eisenhower\, and Kennedy. \nApplications are closed for this seminar. Summer 2026 applications are coming soon!
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/the-cold-war-from-origins-to-apogee-1945-1962/
LOCATION:Tucson\, Arizona
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T170000
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SUMMARY:America in World War I
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThis seminar will examine primary documents to consider how American participation in World War I transformed American society. We will analyze debates over entering the war and expanding the postwar role of the United States in the world\, the homefront mobilization required to fight overseas\, challenges to civil liberties during the conflict\, the wartime fight for expanded civil rights by women and African Americans\, the American soldiers’ experience of war\, and the enduring legacy of the conflict.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/america-in-world-war-i-2/
LOCATION:Kansas City\, MO\, MO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T130000
DTSTAMP:20251001T080042Z
CREATED:20251001T080042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T080042Z
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SUMMARY:We Insist: An Africana Journey Through History\, Music\, and Culture
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nInspired by Max Roach’s groundbreaking 1960 album “We Insist! Freedom Now Suite\,” this seminar explores the powerful intersections of music\, history\, and culture across the African diaspora. Using the album as a point of departure\, teachers will trace the struggles and triumphs of Black communities from the civil rights and anti-colonial movements of the mid-20th century to contemporary global movements for liberation. Through close listening\, critical readings\, and interdisciplinary analysis\, we will examine how music functions as both a historical document and a tool for resistance\, healing\, and collective identity. Students will engage with jazz\, freedom songs\, and other forms of Black musical expression to understand how sound embodies protest and possibility. This journey will serve as a soundtrack as we navigate through the collections at the International African American Museum.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/we-insist-an-africana-journey-through-history-music-and-culture/
LOCATION:Charleston\, SC\, SC\, 29401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260109T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T130000
DTSTAMP:20251001T081127Z
CREATED:20251001T081127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T081127Z
UID:122646-1767978000-1768136400@teachingamericanhistory.org
SUMMARY:The World Wars and the American State
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThe World Wars unleashed destruction on such a massive scale\, and in such a short period of time\, that the nation-states involved were all pressured to make extraordinary efforts to marshal the total resources at their disposal to survive and seek victory. The demands of  these total wars would fundamentally transform the American State\, as the federal government\, particularly the executive branch\, took unprecedented powers to enlist millions of its citizens into the armed forces and to turn the United States’ immense industrial capacity into what Franklin Roosevelt called “the arsenal of democracy.”  This seminar will examine the effects that transformation had on the American state\, on the constitutional balance between the branches of government and between the federal and state governments\, and on the relationship of citizens to the state.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/the-world-wars-and-the-american-state-3/
LOCATION:San Diego\, CA\, 910 N. Harbor Dr.\, San Diego\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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