501: The American Revolution
2026-07-12 - 2026-07-17 | Ashland, OH, 340 Samaritan Ave, Ashland, OH, 44805, United States
HIST 501 4A / POLSC 501 4A: The American Revolution
This course focuses on three topics: political developments in North America and the British empire and the arguments for and against independence, culminating in the Declaration of Independence; the Revolutionary War as a military, social and cultural event in the development of the American nation and state; and the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
Materials: Syllabus Course Pack

602: The American Founding
2026-07-20 18:15 - 2026-07-30 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Online
HIST 502 O6B / POLSC 502 O6B: The American Founding
This course is an intensive study of the constitutional convention, the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, and the creation of the Bill of Rights. It will include a close examination of Federalist and Antifederalist writings.
Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15-9:30 p.m. ET
Materials: Syllabus

510: Great American Texts – The Federalist
2026-07-20 20:15 - 2026-07-30 23:30 UTC | Online
HIST 510 O6B / POLSC 510 O6B: Great American Texts – The Federalist
The Federalist is a complex political work comprised of arguments about war, economics, national unity, and liberty (among other things) based on appeals to human nature, history, reason, and prudence. In this course we will examine and discuss The Federalist as fully and as deeply we can, aiming to understand how (or whether) its parts fit together in a coherent whole and its enduring contribution to our understanding of politics.​​​​​​​
Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 8:15-11:30 p.m. ET
Materials: Syllabus Course Pack

Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in NYC
2026-07-31 17:00 - 2026-08-02 13:00 (America/New_York) | New York, NY
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.

Historic Site: Fraunces Tavern
Hotel: Summer Housing at Barnard College

(Private bedroom with shared bathroom)

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.

French & Indian War to Revolution: 1754-1776
2026-08-01 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Frankfort, KY, Frankfort, KY, 40601, United States
The global Seven Years’ War (known in America as the French and Indian War) caused Britain, France, and their allies to clash from 1754 to 1763. Although important in its own right, perhaps it is even more significant in that it reordered the world in ways that would prove consequential beyond anyone’s expectations. In colonial America, especially, this great victory for Britain and the British American colonies had the unforeseen effect of unraveling the great empire that the 1763 Treaty of Paris codified.
This program will be conducted as a Socratic discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

The American Revolution
2026-08-03 17:00 - 2026-08-05 13:00 (America/New_York) | Niagara Falls, NY, NY, United States
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.

Historic Site: Old Fort Niagara
Hotel: Sheraton Niagara Falls

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.

633: The American Presidency II, Andrew Johnson to the Present
2026-08-03 18:15 - 2026-08-13 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Online
HIST 633 O7B / POLSC 633 O7B: The American Presidency II, Andrew Johnson to the Present (2)
This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the office of president from Reconstruction to the present. It focuses on how changing conceptions of the presidency have shaped American political life in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially as America has become a global power.
Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15-9:30 p.m. ET
Materials: Syllabus Course Pack

West Coast Immigration
2026-08-05 17:00 - 2026-08-07 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Angel Island, CA, CA, United States
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.

Historic Site: Angel Island Immigration Station
Hotel: The Lodge at Tiburon
This seminar is part of our CA Initiative!

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.

Modern Social Movements
2026-08-06 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Oregonia, OH, Oregonia, OH, 45054, United States
Beginning with the upheavals of the 1960s, the United States saw a diverse set of groups pushing for social change. These included African Americans, Native Americans, women, and gays and lesbians. This seminar will focus on the legacy of the 1960s, the intersection of personal behavior with political movements and battles won and lost by various groups. Please join us for a lively discussion of the primary sources that tell the story of these movements, the players and the key events.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

Reagan & Gorbachev: The Edge of War
2026-08-15 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Cayce, SC, Cayce, SC, United States
As detente between the United States and the Soviet Union collapsed in the late 1970s, the prospect of superpower confrontation and nuclear war became a disturbing possibility for the entire world. Entering office vowing to confront the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan struggled to reconcile his determination to confront Soviet power with his efforts to improve U.S.-Soviet relations and step back from the brink of annihilation. When Mikhail Gorbachev ascended to the leadership of the Soviet Union, for the first time Reagan found a Soviet leader with whom he could work. The dramatic diplomatic revolution that followed fundamentally altered the status quo, even as both men, and their governments, remained suspicious of one another and unsure where their work would take them, and take the world.
This program will be conducted as a conversation, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

The American Founding
2026-08-21 17:00 - 2026-08-23 13:00 (America/New_York) | Valley Forge, PA, PA, United States
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.

Historic Site: Valley Forge National Historic Park
Hotel: The Alloy King of Prussia-a Doubletree by Hilton

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.

Applications for this event have closed. Please apply to one of our Fall offerings by June 12!

The Declaration of Independence in Crisis: Origins of the Civil War
2026-08-22 10:45 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The Declaration of Independence in Crisis: Origins of the Civil War is a live, interactive webinar series for secondary social studies teachers that centers the Declaration of Independence in the antebellum era. Through discussion of primary sources, participants will explore how its ideals fueled the debates and divisions that led to civil war and stood at the heart of the nation’s most profound test.
This opening session examines the tension between the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the reality of American slavery at the nation’s founding. Through primary sources, participants will explore how leading founders grappled with slavery in a republic built on liberty and equality.
Our live teacher webinars provide content-rich and interactive professional development through conversation. We’ll share a reading packet with registrants several weeks before the event and provide space for early discussion between participants. The documents, pre-seminar conversation, and questions asked in the discussion board are vital to shaping the direction of the panelists’ conversation. Audience members ask questions during the event, comment in the lively chat, and share resources and ideas.
Our online seminars meet monthly on select Saturday mornings from 10.45 am–12 pm ET. Those who remain digitally present for the duration of the conversation will receive an attendance letter from Teaching American History for 1.25 hours of professional development.

Three Dead Guys Walk into a Bar: Franklin, Twain, Rogers and the Heritage of American Political Humor
2026-08-28 17:00 - 2026-08-30 13:00 (America/New_York) | Hartford, CT
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.

Historic Site: Mark Twain House & Museum
Hotel: Hartford Marriott Downtown

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.

Applications for this event have closed. Please apply to one of our Fall offerings by June 12!

Political Crises of the 1970s
2026-09-11 18:00 - 2026-09-13 12:00 (America/New_York) | Grand Rapids, MI, MI, United States
The 1970s was a tumultuous decade in American history, filled with war, political scandal, the resignation of a President, and multiple domestic crises. More fundamentally, it was a decade that witnessed the greatest expansion of federal regulation in American history, as well as a rethinking of the major institutions of American government. This seminar will explore the key figures (including Nixon, Ford, and Carter) and momentous events of the 1970s and their long-term effects on American history and governance.

Historic Site: The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Hotel: Amway Grand Plaza, Curio Collection by Hilton

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. Weekend 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.

America at 250: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
2026-09-14 08:30 - 14:15 (America/Phoenix) | Sterling, CO, Sterling, CO, United States
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. both argued that the proper foundation for civic education is the belief that America has a moral essence derived from the principles of the Declaration of Independence. America’s history and purpose—it’s past, present, and future—is the story of our struggle to live up to those principles. Our conversation with center around three documents that demonstrate that an American is not just a citizen or an abstract concept, but a certain kind of human being, a person whose mind and heart have been profoundly shaped by the principles contained in the Declaration. These words still resonate 250 years later for teachers, students, and citizens: “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal.”
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings with the Professor facilitating the conversation. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

America at 250: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
2026-09-15 08:30 - 14:15 (America/Chicago) | Vandalia, IL, Vandalia, IL, 62471, United States
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. both argued that the proper foundation for civic education is the belief that America has a moral essence derived from the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and that America’s history and purpose—its past, present, and future—is the story of our struggle to live up to those principles. In this seminar, we will read three documents–the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the “I Have a Dream” Speech”– that demonstrate that an American is not just a citizen or an abstract concept, but a certain kind of human being, a person whose mind and heart have been profoundly shaped by the principles contained in the Declaration, especially the truth of the proposition that all men are created equal. That understanding of an American still resonates with teachers, students, and citizens today, 250 years after Thomas Jefferson first wrote the words that made America: “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal.”
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

Civil Rights in America
2026-09-18 08:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, United States
The Civil Rights Movement in America has endured a difficult and tumultuous path. The Emancipation Proclamation ended the Institution of slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment should have guaranteed freedoms, equality and civil rights for all men; however, it would take many generations of hardships and court cases for that reality to be achieved. This seminar addresses the complicated road endured by African Americans.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with Professor Krugler facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

The First Three Presidents
2026-09-19 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Frankfort, KY, Frankfort, KY, 40601, United States
The presidencies of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson established precedents and dealt with issues of executive power. This seminar will examine documents from the Washington, Adams and Jefferson administrations including topics like the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Louisiana Purchase.
This program will be conducted as a Socratic discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

Harlem Renaissance
2026-09-24 08:30 - 14:15 (America/Phoenix) | Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Harlem became the hub of African American culture in the 1920’s and 30’s and the extraordinary writing that developed during this time continues to influence American literature and culture. This seminar will explore the literature of the Harlem Renaissance in relation to its history as well as its social and cultural context. We will also examine the competing theories about race and racial identity that defined the Harlem Renaissance’s intellectual culture.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with Professor Threat facilitating the conversation. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

American Massacre: What Mob Violence Can Teach Us About American History
2026-09-25 18:00 - 2026-09-27 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Tulsa, OK, OK, United States
This seminar explores what several incidents of mob violence can teach us about American history. Our focus will be on incidents that have occurred in the last 150 years, with particular attention paid to incidents of anti-Black violence. We will consider primary and some secondary sources in sessions on the Colfax Massacre, the New Orleans Riot of 1900, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the Tulsa Massacre, and the Battle at Ole Miss. We will seek to determine if we can identify common patterns of thought and behavior that led to these acts of violence and we will consider what might be done to prevent them in the future.

Discussion Leader: Nicholas Buccola
Historic Site: Greenwood Rising
Hotel: Hyatt Regency Tulsa

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. Weekend 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.

Westward Expansion to Civil War
2026-09-26 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Marietta, OH, Marietta, OH, United States
This elementary teacher focused seminar will explore documents on the expansion of the United States after the founding, including the impact of the Northwest Ordinance. Teachers will be asked to look at how westward expansion furthered tensions with Native Americans and the issue on slavery as the nation moved toward the Civil War.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

The Declaration of Independence in Crisis: Enslavers vs Abolitionists
2026-09-26 10:45 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The Declaration of Independence in Crisis: Origins of the Civil War is a live, interactive webinar series for secondary social studies teachers that centers the Declaration of Independence in the antebellum era. Through discussion of primary sources, participants will explore how its ideals fueled the debates and divisions that led to civil war and stood at the heart of the nation’s most profound test.
This webinar examines the struggle over slavery through the lens of the Declaration of Independence and its promises of liberty and equality. Through primary sources, participants will analyze how enslavers and abolitionists intensified divisions over the meaning of the nation’s founding ideals.
Our live teacher webinars provide content-rich and interactive professional development through conversation. We’ll share a reading packet with registrants several weeks before the event and provide space for early discussion between participants. The documents, pre-seminar conversation, and questions asked in the discussion board are vital to shaping the direction of the panelists’ conversation. Audience members ask questions during the event, comment in the lively chat, and share resources and ideas.
Our online seminars meet monthly on select Saturday mornings from 10.45 am–12 pm ET. Those who remain digitally present for the duration of the conversation will receive an attendance letter from Teaching American History for 1.25 hours of professional development.

The Cold War in the 1950s
2026-09-30 08:30 - 14:15 (America/Chicago) | Wheaton, IL, Wheaton, IL, United States
The rise of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union is a story that has often been told. This seminar will focus on Truman and Eisenhower’s policies on postwar anti-communism, containment, nuclear buildup, The Korean War, issues in Vietnam, and the Soviet Union. Join us at the table for an intriguing conversation.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

Supreme Court Cases that Changed America
2026-10-01 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Charlestown, IN, Charlestown, IN, United States
While many Supreme Court cases have shaped American policies and history, this seminar explores cases that focus on the Constitution and Federalism, the Constitution and the Commerce Clause and Civil Rights Cases.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

America at 250! - The Legacy of The Declaration of Independence
2026-10-01 08:30 - 14:15 (America/Chicago) | Corning, IA, Corning, IA, 50841, United States
There have been thousands of books and articles written about the Declaration of Independence, and its ringing words make an appearance in every American History textbook. Given all this commentary and interpretation, is it still possible to understand the Declaration as its authors understood it? In this seminar, we will discuss the primary sources that best illuminate the Declaration’s meaning and imbue its words with living significance.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Professor facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with.

Japanese Internment and the American Experience
2026-10-02 18:00 - 2026-10-04 12:00 (America/Denver) | Cody, Wyoming, WY, United States
Japanese internment is often considered the darkest aspect of America’s involvement in World War II. The study of what happened to the Japanese people living in the United States allows us to explore the most fundamental parts of the American experience. Law, pluralism, immigration, citizenship, war, racism, and the history of the western United States all intersected in Cody, Wyoming.

Historic Site: Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site
Hotel: Holiday Inn Cody-At Buffalo Bill Village

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.

The Federalists: Washington, Hamilton, and Adams
2026-10-02 18:00 - 2026-10-04 12:00 (America/New_York) | Quincy, MA
The Federalists dominated American politics and government from 1789 to 1801. This critical period saw these three statesmen breathe life into the Constitution and set the new republic on the path to becoming an economic and military power. Perhaps most importantly, these statesmen created a sense of American identity that forged the citizens of thirteen disparate states into one union.

Historic Site: Adams National Historical Park
Hotel: Marriott Boston Quincy

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. Weekend 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.

Black Wall Street: African American Entrepreneurship
2026-10-03 08:30 - 14:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Anselmo, CA, San Anselmo, CA, United States
Following the Civil War, African American businessmen and women began to invest, build, and thrive despite white controlled financial and commercial networks. But what happened in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma? Why will it become a target of racial massacre in 1921? Using primary documents we will read the stories of these entrepreneurs.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

America at 250: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
2026-10-06 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Eden, NY, Eden, NY, 14057, United States
There have been thousands of books and articles written about the Declaration of Independence, and its ringing words make an appearance in every American History textbook. Given all of this commentary and interpretation, is it still possible to understand the Declaration as its authors understood it? In this seminar, we will discuss the primary sources that best illuminate the Declaration’s meaning and imbue its words with living significance.
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.

America at 250: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
2026-10-06 08:30 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Greenville, OH, 5279 Education Dr., Greenville, OH, 45331, United States
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. both argued that the proper foundation for civic education is the belief that America has a moral essence derived from the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and that America’s history and purpose—its past, present, and future—is the story of our struggle to live up to those principles. In this seminar, we will read three documents– the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the “I Have a Dream” Speech”–that demonstrate that an American is not just a citizen or an abstract concept, but a certain kind of human being, a person whose mind and heart have been profoundly shaped by the principles contained in the Declaration, especially the truth of the proposition that all men are created equal. That understanding of an American still resonates with teachers, students, and citizens today, 250 years after Thomas Jefferson first wrote the words that made America: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. All attendees will receive a Letter of Attendance at the end of the seminar.
