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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One-Day Seminar: The Constitution and Limited Government hosted by TeachingAmericanHistory.org and North West Florida Region (Held Online)
This seminar will draw your attention to the Constitution and the limits it places upon government. The readings will focus on Madison and other Founding... Read more »
One-Day Seminar: Reconstructing the South hosted by Middle Georgia RESA (Held Online)
As the Civil War progressed and Union forces gained control of territory in states that had seceded from the Union during the winter of 1860-61,... Read more »
Online Seminar Series: Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights hosted by Phoenix Union High School District (Phoenix, AZ)
Study the origins, original understanding of, and current applications of the civil liberties protected in the Bill of Rights. SESSION I: 7:40 AM MT -... Read more »