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The Sand Creek Massacre

Teaching American History

Most of Colorado’s white settlers and their leaders did not understand tribal government. Plains Indian Tribes such as the Cheyenne and Arapaho were not united under a governing alliance. Ray is a former Teacher Program Manager for TAH and a frequent contributor to our blog. The reality was very different.

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How the Electoral College Works—And Why It Exists

Teaching American History

The Electoral College process respects the federal character of the United States, giving certain roles to the states and others to the federal government. Much of the discussion during the Constitutional Convention revolved around measures needed to balance the powers of the state and national governments. How does the process work?

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Big List of Social Studies Journal Prompts – A Growing List

Thrive in Grade Five

If you’ve visited my blog, you know that social studies is my first love. So, this blog post was born. My goal for this blog post is to give you loads of social studies journal prompt ideas and maybe inspire you to create some journal prompts of your own! Explain your answer! Why or why not? Explain!

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics.

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Where to Find Stuff on tah.org: Document Page

Teaching American History

Teaching American History provides various free resources for American history and government teachers, including our popular seminars , multi-day seminars , and extensive database of original source documents. Two Core Document Collections cover the entire scope of American history.

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MAHG Qualifying Exam Tips – Fall 2024

Teaching American History

In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program may begin writing their qualifying exams, so as to graduate with their degrees this December. The post MAHG Qualifying Exam Tips – Fall 2024 appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Create Your Own Learning Community 

Teaching American History

In any class that focuses on the Founding era in our MA in American History & Government program (MAHG) , you’re almost certainly going to discuss Federalist #1 and how often human history is shaped by “accident and force” instead of “reflection and choice.” Some of them have been featured on this blog before.