World War II: An Educator Resource
Our popular document collection on World War II, edited by Jennifer D. Keene, has been published in a second, corrected edition. After using the...
New Professional Development Opportunities | Teaching American History
The Teaching American History team had a great time at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference in Philadelphia this year!...
Reacting to Pearl Harbor | Teaching American History
In honor of the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, today we share a document from Dec. 7th, 1941 with you....
Rosa Parks: The Making of a Civil Rights Legend
Protesting a Segregated System
There were others before her. She was not the first African American woman who refused to surrender her seat on...
Native Americans: Befriending, Resisting and Enduring
Professor Jace Weaver‘s recently published core document volume, Native Americans, traces 400 years of the uneasy relationship between the indigenous inhabitants and later...
Echoes from Dealey Plaza | Teaching American History
On this day, 59 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. The following blog post is an excerpt from MAHG...
The First Thanksgiving—Truth or Fiction?
The story of the first Thanksgiving that most of us learned in grade school romanticizes the friendship between the Pilgrims who settled in...
Wilson’s Failure? The Treaty of Versailles
“The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month…” Is there a U.S. History teacher who hasn’t recited this phrase while discussing World War...
Veteran and Teacher Royce Aldridge
Royce Aldridge did not begin his career as a history teacher. As a freshman at the University of Montana, he fought against a...
Veteran and Teacher Royce Aldridge
Royce Aldridge did not begin his career as a history teacher. As a freshman at the University of Montana, he fought against a...
