Meet Our Teacher Partners: Amy Parker
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history functions for a nation as memory does for an individual. Without memory, an individual or […]
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 […]
The American Revolution: Robert McDonald’s New CDC Volume
On July 4, 2020, the 244th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a new volume in Ashbrook’s Core Document Collections will appear: The American Revolution. Robert McDonald, Professor of History […]
Cholera in 19th Century America: Lessons for the Current Pandemic?
When Rebecca McGinnis chose the recurrent cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century as the focus of her Master’s thesis, she saw it as way to understand the history of her […]
How MAHG Made Me a Better Teacher—Even During a Pandemic
Teachers enroll in our Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program to gain the content knowledge they need to be more effective. They continue for the intellectual […]
The 75th Anniversary of VE Day
8 May 1945 was declared “Victory in Europe Day,” after the remaining leaders of Nazi Germany signed documents accepting their unconditional surrender on 7 May. American and British forces had […]
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 […]
An Interview with Political Economist Brianne Wolf
We have known and appreciated Brianne Wolf since, shortly after earning her PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, she came to teach political economy at Ashland University. Now […]
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 […]
Teaching Online While Supporting Distant Students
How are teachers we know around the country dealing with campus closures and the move to distanced learning? They are working harder than ever to learn a new approach, gamely […]