Bill of Rights day—December 15—commemorates the day in 1791 when the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights,…
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Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. …
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Sojourner Truth died on November 26, 1883, aged 86. Yet reports of her death began circulating decades earlier. Abolitionists and women’s…
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“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,”…
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When Deputy Provost Marshall Silas Soule left his home late in the evening of April 23, 1865, to investigate reports of…
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Every presidential election year revives questions about our system of voting through the Electoral College. Teachers tell us that students find…
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The polls and pundits say this presidential election will be a close one, perhaps decided by a few thousand voters in…
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Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given…
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In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program…
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Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents, a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D.…