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. Here is some advice from teachers who frequent One Day seminars.
Edthena
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Observing the veteran teacher down the hall effectively facilitating Socratic seminars helps new teachers see and hear what success looks like. In addition, teachers often gather a multitude of resources, such as primary source documents, to supplement a curriculum. Edtech for teachers bridges the gaps to more collaboration.
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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!
Teaching American History
JUNE 18, 2024
The one day seminars we hold around the country provide in-depth learning from document-based discussions, but the experience is amplified during the summer residence program. There’s the obvious benefit of more time than in our one day seminars, with several days to develop your expertise in the topics you’re interested in.
Leah Cleary
DECEMBER 10, 2022
How can primary sources help us to understand the rise of the nation-state in Germany under Otto von Bismarck? How can primary sources help us to understand the rise of the nation-state in Japan during the Meiji Restoration? A valuable assessment would be a Socratic Seminar.
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.
Teaching American History
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Many speak of bringing into their classrooms excerpts of the primary documents they discussed in seminars the night before. Remember also that when we read primary sources, we try to understand their authors as they understood themselves. Still, the final hurdle between coursework and the degree presents a new challenge.
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