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 Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet.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, double-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.

This seminar will examine Richard Nixon’s Presidency and its long-term consequences for the separation of powers in American Politics. Though Americans were accustomed to a strong presidency that acted unilaterally both in domestic and foreign policy, Nixon’s presidency produced a strong reaction from Congress and the American people as a whole. We will examine Nixon’s policy agenda, as well as his use of presidential power, and the reaction that it sparked.