Summer 2023 Professional Development Opportunities
Looking for a chance to flex your scholarly muscles this summer? Or in need of recertification hours? Teaching American History has...
The Spanish-American War: The Beginning of the American Century?
The 1896 presidential contest pitting Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan against the Republican nominee William McKinley centered on economic issues. Bryan, nominated on...
335 Year-Old Antislavery Arguments | Teaching American History
In 1700, a Puritan judge named Samuel Sewall published the first anti-slavery pamphlet in North America. It was titled “The Selling of Joseph,”...
Summer MAHG course on Adams Family Shows the American Republic Becoming an Industrial Democracy
This summer on the campus at Ashland University, teachers in the Master of Arts in American History and Government program have an opportunity...
Lincoln on Reconstruction | Teaching American History
One hundred and fifty eight years ago, President Abraham Lincoln gave his Last Public Address. This speech was delivered only two days...
Summer MAHG Course Examines Influence of Political Rhetoric on Citizens’ Choices
How does rhetoric shape citizens’ understanding of the political choices they face? In the political contests of our history, which arguments have exerted...
American Forces Leave Vietnam, Fifty Years Ago This Week
On March 29, 1973, the last American combat soldier, Master Sgt. Max Beilke, left Vietnam, completing the American military withdrawal. President Richard Nixon...
The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act
One year ago, on March 7, 2022, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act was passed unanimously by the Senate. Having been passed by the...
Honest History and Hope in Ojibwe Classroom
Reid Benson, 2018 graduate of the
Master of Arts in American History and Government, teaches at Cass Lake-Bena High School on the...
The Fight for a Federal Anti-Lynching Law
Over 122 years of effort preceded the passage of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, signed into law by President Biden on March 29,...
