Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Some of our topics include: The American Revolution at Old Fort Niagara in Niagara Falls, NY. Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Click here.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Hes concluded that Reagans optimistic, good-humored leadership style blunted partisan fights. Then we went to the Reagan Library and learned more about the era.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 15, 2025

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Structure and Leadership Brochure. Civil Rights and the War in Vietnam appeared first on Teaching American History. Read the entire document, our scholarly introduction, and discussion questions here. December 6, 1963. National Archives. The post Conflicted Policies?

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

This act required integration in employment, retail businesses and restaurants, and public facilities like libraries, parks and museumsas well as schools. Ellen Tucker, long time blog contributor for Teaching American History [1] But not as proactive as some. 4 [October 1988], 387 444.)) Watch for Part 2 coming in March 2025!

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Teaching American History

MAY 14, 2024

These rules allocate power among various people in Congress—such as the leadership, the majority party as a whole, the committee chairs, etc. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-35195. Congress was once the great achievement of the American Constitution. A knowledgeable and engaged citizenry can make it so again.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Courtesy of Denver Public Library. White settlers were either unwilling or unable to recognize that a renegade band of Cheyenne and Arapaho had committed the atrocities— not the warriors under the leadership of Black Kettle and Left Hand. Ray Tyler The post The Sand Creek Massacre appeared first on Teaching American History.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

At the meeting, reading a prepared speech from her cell phone, Saykhamphone shared the cotton gin story and told board members that “for me to truly appreciate American history and my Black and Asian history, standards should not be watered down.” Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

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