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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now | Teaching American History
Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. At his rural Kansas school, he has few chances to discuss history with colleagues. He is also too young to have experienced the end of the Cold War, a time, he thinks, when American politics were less polarized than they are today.
Secrecy Encourages Careful Deliberation | Teaching American History
Americans in our day think “transparency” in government essential to its efficient and wholesome operation. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention did not entirely agree. They understood that secrecy encourages careful deliberation and compromise in the political arena.
Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars | Teaching American History
Applications open soon for our Spring 2025 Multi Day Seminars! We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The application will be open September 9-29, 2024. Some of our topics include:
Introducing our Fall 2024 Webinar Series, American Political Rhetoric | Teaching American History
Staff and faculty members at Teaching American History have heard from our teacher partners that they want nonpartisan election resources that elevate classroom discourse beyond political bickering and horse race coverage.
Joshua Dunn, Teachers Discuss Judiciary’s Involvement in Education | Teaching American History
Joshua Dunn taught “From Schoolhouse to Courthouse” in the 2024 residential MAHG program, leading teachers in lively but respectful discussion of the judiciary’s involvement in education policy and practice.
Teaching American History’s Narrative Histories | Teaching American History
Teaching American History emphasizes the use of primary documents. Why, then, is Teaching American History publishing a series of narrative histories? In case you didn’t know about the narrative histories, let me describe them, before I explain them. There will be six: