Documents and Debates: Chapter 1: Early Contact
Looking for thematic primary sources for your classroom? Teaching American History can help! We’ve developed the two-volume Documents and Debates Collection to illustrate the issues at stake in some of the […]
Federalism and Pandemics: A National Teachable Moment
“Emergencies are crucibles that contain and reveal the daily, slower burning problems of medicine and beyond – our vulnerabilities; our trouble grappling with uncertainty, how we die, how we prioritize […]
245th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord
The story is one of the most familiar in American history. Though shrouded in myth, the details are well-known. In the overnight hours of April 18-19, 1775, British regulars staggered […]
Foreshadowing Brown: How a South Carolina Case Influenced the Supreme Court’s School Desegregation Ruling
As teachers, we know students become more interested in historical events if you can establish a local connection. Here is a story I used with my South Carolina students to […]
Protesting the Louisiana Purchase
For most teachers and students of American history the decision seems like the no-brainer of all time. Napoleon of France was offering to sell the United States not just the […]