For the past year, Teaching American History’s webinars have been about the presidential election. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election ...
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On this day, we are pleased to post this essay by Lucas Morel, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at Washington and Lee University and long time ...
In May of 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, finding segregated schools “inherently unequal.” One year later, the Court issued ...
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern civil rights era. ...
Why is Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but ...
Part II: Teenaged Integration Pioneers Endure a Lonely SpotlightGloria SloanGloria Reeves Sloan was the oldest of the first three students to integrate ...
Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. Free professional development. What more could you ask ...
Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. ...