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At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history functions for a nation as memory does for an individual.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 […]
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 […]
Inspired by George Washington, Teacher Brings Naturalization Ceremony to his High School
“We are a nation of immigrants,” says Sean Brennan, who teaches US government at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School in Broadview Heights, Ohio. “Most of our families came here legally, and […]
Meet Our Teacher Partners: Katie Klaus
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history functions for a nation as memory does for an individual.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 […]
Talking Across the Generations About History
“The vision of the founding fathers—and of all the other extraordinary people who carried our republic forward after it was founded—will come to nothing if our students do not see […]
Seminar Discussions Inspire a Teacher to Reevaluate the Founding
Derek Collins discovered his deeper vocation after beginning his job at Latta Public School near Ada, Oklahoma. Originally, he’d chosen to teach social studies so that he could coach. After […]
As the SCOTUS Term Begins: Teaching What Free Speech Means
The first Monday in October traditionally opens the Supreme Court’s yearly term. To mark this first week of oral arguments at the court, we feature today a story about two […]
For Constitution Day: Teaching the Blessings of Liberty
We rely on teachers of American history, government and civics to do the most critical work in America: helping the next generation understand their rights and responsibilities as self-governing citizens. […]
Meet Our Teacher Partners: Melanie Stuthard
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history functions for a nation as memory does for an individual.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 […]
Meet Our Teacher Partners: Alan Vitale
At Teaching American History, we focus on telling America’s story through historical documents because history functions for a nation as memory does for an individual.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 […]