Teaching American History

AUGUST 6, 2024

Staff and faculty members at Teaching American History have heard from our teacher partners that they want nonpartisan election resources that elevate classroom discourse beyond political bickering and horse race coverage. 2024 marks the 60 th time that Americans have gone to the polls to elect a new president.

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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. Yet discussing these documents in the interactive online class sessions energized their teaching practice.

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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I often use class competition games in my US History classroom – you could say it is part of my classroom culture. Here are a few classroom competition games I use with students – all of which are great for US History EOC Review and STAAR Review! I have done-for-you timeline races for early US History and Modern US History.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations.

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Teaching American History

JUNE 18, 2024

And that means the pinnacle of TAH’s professional development for teachers has arrived as well: our Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University in Ashland, OH. The four questions cover a variety of topics, eras, or themes in American history and government.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The vote of the electors is recorded on a document called the Certificate of Vote. Both documents are then sealed up and sent to the National Archive. Check out this related blog: A Conversation with John Dinan, Editor of our core document collection, Federalism. Each Senator has a vote.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Little’s study in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program prompted him to think carefully about how the Constitution’s structure reflects the founders’ understanding of typical human behavior, or what they called “human nature.” Professor Joseph Postell told the history of our political party system.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Joseph Postel l is Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College and a faculty member in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University. He also edited TAH’s core document collection, Congress (2020).

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Teaching American History

JUNE 4, 2024

Photo courtesy of Center of Military History Thursday June 6, 2024 is the 80 th anniversary of D-Day, the day Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to begin the “great and noble undertaking” of liberating Europe. The post The 80th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944 appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Sean Brennan Brennan, a frequent participant in Teaching American History seminars , has long promoted civic education and civil cooperation at the local and state level. As a teacher, he appreciated Teaching American History’s free seminars featuring scholar-led discussion of primary documents.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

To answer these questions, we must look beyond the photographs and focus on a singular figure in the story of the Little Rock Nine, an African American woman named Daisy Bates. Not only is Bates important to the history of Central High’s integration, she is also a significant figure in the national Civil Rights Movement. Poston, Ted.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. The post Preparing for a One Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. Each US History unit also include thorough 9-page worksheets packets for every unit in the curriculum.

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NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

The National Council for History Education stands in support of history teachers in Florida. The social studies standards focused on African American history, recently approved by the Florida Board of Education, sanitize historical acts of violence against Black Americans. Slavery is, and was, wrong.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. Primary documents offer starting points for civil conversation. “I

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Originally designed as an academic conference to share research, the event brought together Florida K-12 and college teachers and students, national journalists and professionals from libraries and museums whose work focuses on history and civics. Robinson noted that these events took place even before Florida’s recent laws went into effect.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 16, 2024

In honor of the Iowa caucus and the impending presidential election, this week’s blog features one of our CDC volumes, The American Presidency. This volume, then, is first and foremost an invitation to teachers and students to join the dialogue suggested by the documents. Download it today from our bookstore ! Get your copy today!

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Moreover, any realistic account of history covers economic and financial factors. I concluded teaching was not for me,” he recalled.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. In 2010, Nathan was named Kansas and National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. My goal, for this blog post is twofold.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He did, and Livingston soon found herself sitting in an introductory college course in US history. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major. The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S.

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4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

THE ERROR BEHIND “DOCUMENT ANALYSIS” The fact is, even people who should really know better often make the same mistake. Sam Wineburg’s SHEG makes it sound as though “document analysis” were the primary purpose of social studies education. Now confess: you didn’t learn about the American Revolution that way. Plan it out.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 16, 2024

Primary documents give us unexpected perspectives on history. Landen Schmeichel sees this often when using documents in his Advanced Placement US History course at Legacy High School in Bismarck, North Dakota. Liberty and Equality: Ideas That Shaped America Primary documents prompt reflection on powerful ideas.

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Civics U

JULY 18, 2022

THE DRIVE FOR PROGRESS In American history early colonists’ and settlers’ desire and drive for progress was necessitated by the need to organize ways to survive, and fed by the opportunity to use the new territory that they took and occupied. Bodley, in his book Victims of Progress, 2 nd Ed.,

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Civics U

APRIL 21, 2022

The idea of natural law and natural rights appeared in ancient Greek philosophy and was addressed by philosophers in various periods of Western history.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2018

But even back when every school taught civics and American history, very few students attained adult literacy. The need for better early childhood and elementary school interventions is well documented, but that does not imply giving up on adolescents.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2017

During my scholarly career, beginning with a college honors essay on preachers and theologians who celebrated English monarchy in the American colonies, I have highlighted the consensus that runs through our history. American civil religion has united rich and poor, native and invader, ruler and rebel.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The American Historical Association offers over one thousand Civil War newspaper editorials , for example. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom. government as well.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If a teacher were to say to you, I’ve got time to use only two or three documents from your collection in my one-semester government class, which documents would you suggest the teacher select? Liebmann (Document 31). I would consider assigning the Kestnbaum Commission Report from the 1950s (Document 34).

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Whereas I worked for many decades now with Native American communities in the U.S. So, if I was going to make, develop an op-ed around Native American history and culture I’ve written books, received grants and so on, I’m well prepared to make that argument. No actual expertise in that area. south west.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 26, 2024

Although Jefferson’s amendment proved unnecessary, it is still a noteworthy document because of the insight it gives us into Jefferson’s hopes and concerns for the future of Native Americans. The post Effects of the Louisiana Purchase|March 26, 1804 appeared first on Teaching American History.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

“This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. He spoke on a recent Thursday, after finding a spot of good cell phone service on his drive from a tribal elder’s home.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

I refuse to kowtow to attempts to have me not teach what is the accepted and documented evidence within my field,” he said. Marissa Bellenger, one of Cassanello’s graduate students, was warned by a visiting professor teaching a lecture course on American history for which she is a teaching assistant. “He

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation “I knew that the public school system would not benefit my child without the important and critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

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