Our seminar-style classes encourage you to engage directly with primary source documents, rather than simply listening to lectures. Our faculty treat you as colleagues, respecting your work as teachers, and helping you grow as scholars. Our goal is to bring social studies teachers into a conversation about the American experiment in self-government. Our hope is that America’s students will be brought into this conversation as well.
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Speaking of Professor Scott Yenor, Liz Schley said: “He guided us to do our own thinking. He’d ask us, ‘Why do you think what you’ve just said—can you point to a particular section of the document, or to other readings you’ve done?’” As teachers went back to the text to look for evidence, and as they listened to others who pointed to different evidence, they often revised their thinking.
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[CANCELED] One-Day Seminar: "The Revolution of 1800" hosted by St. Thomas High School (Houston, TX)
In 1800, America experienced what could be called its second partisan election, and this one more clearly separated into camps than in 1796. Engage... Read more »
[CANCELED] One-Day Seminar: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, hosted by Canyons School District (Salt Lake City area, UT)
Study the context around, ideas of, and debate over the Civil Rights Act of 1964, through primary sources and discussion. Lunch and a certificate for... Read more »
[CANCELED] One-Day Seminar: "Congress" hosted by El Pomar (Colorado Springs, CO)
This Seminar will focus on the institution of Congress: its powers, the evolution, expansion, and sometime-reinterpretation of its role in American politics and public life.... Read more »