Blog Government Primary Sources 
Thrive in Grade Five
MARCH 9, 2019
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?
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics.
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. But where do I find the necessary materials to either curate the sources myself or send the students to curate sources themselves? My goal, for this blog post is twofold.
Teaching American History
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
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. Ray is a former Teacher Program Manager for TAH and a frequent contributor to our blog.
Teaching American History
MAY 14, 2024
Today’s blog is an edited excerpt from the introduction to TAH’s CDC volume, Congress , edited by Joseph Postell , available in our bookstore for free download or purchase. In other words, is liberty endangered by a government of elites, who ignore their constituents, or by a government that is too democratic, with majority tyranny?
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. Remember also that when we read primary sources, we try to understand their authors as they understood themselves.
US Government Teachers Blog
JULY 27, 2023
I love it—you can take primary sources that you find on the internet, paste in the URL and the program will generate the source with questions, both multiple choice and short answer. You can adjust the length of the source. Some primary sources are just too long for our kids, so the "shorten" function really helps.
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