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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Free professional development. Click here.

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APSA’s Summer Rise High School Intern Program: Meet the Cohort

Political Science Now

This summer, the American Political Science Association partnered with Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) District’s Summer Rise Program to offer three high school students the opportunity to gain experience in political science knowledge production and higher education non-profits.

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

For one group, the experience included visiting the ocean hall at the National Museum of Natural History, where they viewed exhibits under a giant whale specimen displayed from the ceiling, then reflected on the sensory details they observed and how those might appeal to students. “I During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C.,

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

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. Learning of a Social Studies opening in an intriguing, “alternative” public high school, Hawkins considered giving teaching another go.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

One day this spring, Victoria Trice’s high school students in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, peered through virtual reality headsets as part of a lesson on Afrofuturism. LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School.

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