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Stephanie Nelson: Why MAHG? | Teaching American History
Stephanie Nelson, 2021 Master of Arts in American History and Government grad
At a recent Teaching American History weekend…
The Telegraph – What Hath God Wrought?
During the early 1980s, I rented a small studio apartment on Capitol Hill, just two blocks from the Library of Congress. I…
The Judiciary: A New Core Document Collection Volume
Teaching American History is proud to introduce our newest volume in the Core Document Collection, The Judiciary. Edited…
An Interview with Josh Dunn
Given current news, the most recent addition to our Core Document Collection, The Judiciary, has generated a great deal of…
The Origins of Memorial Day
This post originally ran on May 23, 2019
Did you know that the origins of Memorial Day and its remembrance of America’s…
The Judiciary: Interview with the Author, Pt. II
Cover of The Judiciary, edited by Joshua Dunn
Last week we spoke with Professor Joshua Dunn about a recently published…
Homer Plessy and the Case that made Jim Crow’s Career
In the 1857 case Dred Scott v. Sandford, the United States Supreme Court argued that under the Constitution and laws of the…
Summer Reading with Teaching American History
What are our staff and faculty reading this summer?
Michelle Hubenschmidt, Teacher Program Manager
For your summer…