- February 19, 2025
Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union
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 it’s
Bayard Rustin and Nonviolent Resistance: Shaping the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern civil rights era. Thirteen years
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: Sorting the Real from the Myth
One of the many letters Abraham Lincoln received after being elected president in November 1860 was from Alexander Stephens, a former congressional colleague of Lincoln
Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story
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 its
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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
Introducing our Spring 2025 Webinar Series, Books that Changed the National Conversation
For the past year, Teaching American History’s webinars have been about the presidential election. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election cycle. We spent
The Bill of Rights | Teaching American History
Bill of Rights day—December 15—commemorates the day in 1791 when the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, were ratified. To celebrate
Free Speech: Core Court Cases, Second Edition
Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. Edited by Joseph Fornieri,
The Many Lives of Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth died on November 26, 1883, aged 86. Yet reports of her death began circulating decades earlier. Abolitionists and women’s rights advocates had built
Teaching the Constitution in the Context of Human Behavior
“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who