Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

To celebrate Bill of Rights Day, we offer below a condensed version of the introduction to the Bill of Rights core document volume , available, as are all the document volumes, in the TAH bookstore. References to documents in parentheses are the documents in the Bill of Rights volume.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

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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Archiving Government American History History 98

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Why is Lincolns Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but its profound enough to be worth discussing with older students as well. The Constitution is the silver frame around the more important document from our Founding.

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Library American History Government History 85

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Documenting over 1,300 plant species, the research underscores how biodiversity sustains cultural practices and emphasizes the need for sustainable land management in the region. It documents the uses of 1,319 plant species, detailing how specific parts—roots, leaves, sap, and bark—are used in daily life.

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Cultures Heritage Tradition Economics 97

Teaching American History

APRIL 15, 2025

For todays blog, we are highlighting a document that helps students intersect two of the most historically important elements of the 1960s: the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Read the entire document, our scholarly introduction, and discussion questions here. December 6, 1963. National Archives.

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Archiving American History Human Rights Government 59

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Lincoln’s notes are preserved in a document historians call the Fragment on the Constitution and Union. The Constitution was not a pro-slavery document. For more classroom-ready Lincoln documents, please see our CDC volume, Abraham Lincoln , available for purchase or download from our bookstore. Berger, Anthony.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2025

This site has thankfully been spared from destruction by the regional government when it was earmarked as a possible tourist attraction. While we were grateful that this impressive midden has been preserved, the government official accompanying us pointed out shells littering the landscape several hundred feet away.

Archaeology 137

Archaeology Geography History Humanities 137

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Gather 2 documents which demonstrate the systematic nature of the Nazi strategy that marginalized this group of people. Gather 4 archival photographs to provide documented proof of the specific abuse towards the victim group.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

The solution, one that has strong bipartisan support, is as prominent as John Hancocks signature: a generational investment in teaching students how the government works. When it comes to civics, the federal government usually plays a limited role, reasonably restricted from imposing a national curriculum. Former U.S.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. Although “Congress” alone is mentioned, the First Amendment applies to any agent of the national government, including the president. Sample Documents Schenck v. United States , 1919 Near v.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 8, 2025

For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. This allows participants to prepare their thoughts and questions and join in the conversation to really get the meaning behind the documents. Email us at info@teachingamericanhistory.org !

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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. Still, to paraphrase a famous campaign slogan from the 1990s, for TAH, it’s the documents, stupid!

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Passion for Social Studies

MAY 31, 2024

Honestly, this same situation can occur within the US Government. It ensures that each branch of government does not become too powerful or abuse its power. Checks and Balances Lesson Students must learn how the checks and balances system works in government. This disagreement leads to arguing, fighting, and tears.

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TeachThought

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Its also possible to send websites and documents to students, and monitor how long theyve been on a site or a particular learning app without leaving your own desk. A 30 year veteran in the sector he has written books on edtech, school governance, and school growth. Challenge No.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

That’s particularly the case in K-12 classes, where teaching materials may be hard to parse, according to the preprint of a research article that argues that many of these students have to figure out how to access basic documents on their own, outside of school. But there’s a push to change that. It will mean they have to act fast.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

A government agency digitizing census records might preserve official documents while disregarding handwritten notes. Large-scale digitization projects, such as those undertaken by museums or archives, often prioritize materials based on perceived cultural or historical value. But what about the materials that dont make the cut?

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Archiving Artifacts Anthropology Museum 86

Teaching American History

MARCH 19, 2024

Teaching American History’s Documents and Debates volumes present s American history as a series of topics. Below is a sampling of topics from Documents & Debates, v.2. Each topic contains an introductory essay, a curated and excerpted set of documents, and a series of discussion questions to guide understanding of the topic.

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History Teaching American History Government 52

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 31, 2024

Thankfully, the branches of government all have essential yet distinct roles. However, the documents are editable to fit the needs and time of every classroom. While working on this project, students will learn about ALL of the required cases for the AP US Government exam! Students will even analyze how the case impacts the U.S.,

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In each of these situations—and many more—the federal government makes possible the collection, analysis and dissemination of information that would otherwise not flow. When the federal government does this, it acts not as a regulator or as a funder, but as an information aggregator and distributor.

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EdTech Government Educational Technology Education 145

Political Science Now

MARCH 20, 2025

Mitchell , Brigham Young University Populisms effects on democracy after populists gain control of government (hereafter, populist incumbents) are some of the best theorized and documented consequences. The Effect of Populist Incumbents on Democracy By Kirk A. Hawkins and Grant A.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Even though the USs largest political party by far is independents, Democrats and Republicans influence everything about how government in the US operates. Thats why its essential to cover them in your high school Civics & Government class. This makes these large documents much more manageable. Its just a fact.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Amanda Bryan excepted today’s blog from our Core Documents volume, Political Parties , edited by Eric Sands. This would be especially true in the case of unified government where loyalty to party might come to interfere with the system of checks and balances. Download the volume in our bookstore today.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.”

Humanities 52

Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

Anthropology.net

APRIL 16, 2025

But the way those lands were used—how they were divided, worked, and governed—did more than sustain life. Expansive farming was sponsored by the palace through loans of plough oxen to share-croppers, documented in Linear B texts. When Governance Intervened—Or Failed To The story isn’t one of inevitability.

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Archaeology Civics Economics Government 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the vicious cycle of poverty. Families cannot afford to wait.

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Government Economics Advocacy Education 145

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work? 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Learning Objectives: Students will identify the three branches of the federal government. Vocabulary and Definitions: constitution: the document that sets up a system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, etc., is governed.

Government 52

Government Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2023

The federal government limits how much it loans undergraduates. A team of three economists from Columbia, Vanderbilt and Brigham Young universities had access to a trove of data in Texas and they calculated how the universities in that state charged more tuition when students were able to borrow more from the federal government.

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Government Research Education 135

Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. A supportive and engaged group of educators.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Teaching the different forms of government seems easy enough – go over some definitions and provide examples, then quiz your students. Below is my dig-deeper lesson sequence for teaching the different types of government in my on-level Civics class. What are the Main Types of Government?

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Government Teaching Civics Critical Thinking 52

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Teaching high school students about these stages prepares them with knowledge about the decision-making process and how their participation impacts the government. It even includes video links, answer keys, and editable documents! They are complex processes involving nomination, campaigning, voting, and counting.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Primary sources include: Personal correspondence and diaries Government and civil documents Speeches and oral histories Audio and video recordings Photographs and posters Unfortunately, most textbooks provide just facts and figures, not an immersive experience.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

To celebrate Bill of Rights Day, we offer below a condensed version of the introduction to the Bill of Rights core document volume, available, as are all the document volumes, in the TAH bookstore. References to documents in parentheses are the documents in the Bill of Rights volume.

Government 98

Government Museum Tradition American History 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Under this program, called Investing in Innovation or i3, the federal government gave out $1.4 The results for each program are hidden in pages 55 through 64 of a separate appendices document , but I have created a pdf of them for you. The failure rate was 74 percent. Only a small handful left students worse off.

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Moler's Musing

APRIL 30, 2025

Students question the bot like they would a biased newspaper article, a government document, or a historical speech. More accurate? More complete? Would you use this response? This turns AI into the text not the shortcut. Why Fray-I works: It puts students in the drivers seat. Theyre not copyingtheyre critiquing.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 29, 2025

But instead of dwelling on the hard-fought victory, Lincoln spent the bulk of his speech outlining his approach to the next difficult task: returning the lately rebellious states to their pre-war status as participants in the democratic governance of the nation. The occasion was unprecedented and posed numerous practical difficulties.

Library 59

Library American History Government History 59

ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2023

The quantities were notable, researchers explained, because of well-documented parental concerns over other people having access to their children’s information. They were also concerned that access to Facebook data by third parties like government and police agencies may violate laws meant to protect student privacy.

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EdTech Government Research Public School 137

Sapiens

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The connection between poor water quality and serious threats to health, such as gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea, are well-documented. Peru’s northern coast regularly suffers droughts followed by torrential rains, some so severe the Peruvian government has declared states of emergency multiple times over the past few years.

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