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Preparing for a One-Day Seminar

Teaching American History

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.

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Preparing for a One Day Seminar

Teaching American History

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.

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How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

Edthena

Observing the veteran teacher down the hall effectively facilitating Socratic seminars helps new teachers see and hear what success looks like. In addition to the aspect of flexible time to watch others’ teaching, video-powered edtech for teachers can bridge geographical obstacles as well.

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Where to Find Stuff on tah.org: Document Page

Teaching American History

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. You may hope to find a new document that will freshen your approach to teaching a particular topic.

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MAHG Qualifying Exam Tips

Teaching American History

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.

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Lose the Breadth, Keep the Depth: How to Make Learning Meaningful with Inquiry-Based Lessons

Leah Cleary

I discuss some of these in my Teaching Gen Z series.) But we don’t teach in a perfect world. We teach in a world where students have varying backgrounds and ability levels. We teach in a world where people get sick and family emergencies happen. A valuable assessment would be a Socratic Seminar.

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Sean Brennan Leads Bipartisan Reading of the Declaration

Teaching American History

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. He carried on this work while teaching government and an elective course in constitutional, civil and criminal law at Brecksville-Broadview High School.